Hot Watch List: VIVUS (NASDAQ:VVUS), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA), Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB)

Drugmaker Vivus Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Actavis PLC and its affiliates in a New Jersey federal court over its bid with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell a generic version of company’ prescription weight-loss drug Qsymia. VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) stock performance was -0.19% in last session and…

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Healthcare Active Stocks: AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN), NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)

AstraZeneca Plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN), in the headlines for spurning buyout offers from Pfizer Inc, aims to regain prominence in oncology with compelling trial results and a splashy exhibit booth at the world’s largest meeting of cancer doctors. AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) stock performance was -0.83% in last session and finished the day at $72.76. Traded…

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Active Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL)

Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is also looking to connect unwired corners of the Earth and operates Internet.org, an initiative that aims to bring Internet connections to 5 billion unconnected people. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was -0.35% in last session and finished the day at $63.08. Traded volume was 36.00million shares in the last…

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Hot Stocks: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)

VMware, Inc (NYSE:VMW) COO Carl M. Eschenbach unloaded 5,897 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.05, for a total value of $560,509.85. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 81,879 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately…

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Stocks To Watch: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)

Effective May 15, 2014, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) granted an exemption to BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), together with its subsidiaries, affiliates and associates (collectively, “BlackRock”) under the Company’s Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2013, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent (the “Rights Agreement”) following the determination…

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Healthcare ACtive Stocks: Rexahn Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:RNN), Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ:GTIV)

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSEMKT:RNN) said, “We continue to enroll patients in each of our three clinical trials as expected, and as planned for. By the end of 2014, we expect to achieve key milestones in each trial. In Q4 we expect to have data from our Phase I trial of Supinoxin in cancer patients with…

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