Biotech Insider Buying: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK), Omeros (NASDAQ:OMER), Insys Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INSY), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO), BioTime (NYSEMKT:BTX)

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MACK) Director Gary L. Crocker bought 36,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $6.84 per share, with a total value of $246,240.00. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MACK) stock performance was 3.91% in last session and finished the day at $7.44. Traded volume was 1.38million shares in the last session … Continue reading Biotech Insider Buying: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK), Omeros (NASDAQ:OMER), Insys Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INSY), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO), BioTime (NYSEMKT:BTX)

Small Cap Losers: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND), Altisource Asset Management (NYSEMKT:AAMC), Oncomed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OMED), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announced that data from a Phase 1 study of the selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) lasofoxifene were featured in a poster presentation today at ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) stock performance was -5.92% in last session and finished the day at $62.35. Traded volume was 400.60K shares in the last session and the average volume of the … Continue reading Small Cap Losers: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND), Altisource Asset Management (NYSEMKT:AAMC), Oncomed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OMED), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO)

One solution, developed by PTC Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), a US biotechnology company, is to intervene in the transcription process in which the DNA is converted first to messenger RNA and then into protein. PTC Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT)’s experimental drug ataluren is designed to override the false stop signal by interacting with the ribosome – the tiny biological machine inside every cell that runs along messenger … Continue reading Biotech Losers: PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), Prosensa Holding (NASDAQ:RNA), Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CNCE), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:TLOG), Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AGIO)