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Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) on June 12 announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the partial clinical hold on the investigator-sponsored clinical trial of imetelstat in myelofibrosis (Myelofibrosis IST). The partial clinical hold was placed in March 2014 due to a safety signal of hepatotoxicity that was identified in clinical trials of imetelstat. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was 4.01% in last … Continue reading Biotech Movers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

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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 finished the day at $5.17. Traded volume was 1.03million shares … Continue reading 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)

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 volume was 5.14million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Healthcare Active Stocks: AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN), NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)

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 session and the average volume of the stock remained 67.58million … Continue reading Active Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL)

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 $7,782,599. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) stock performance was 1.54% in last … Continue reading Hot Stocks: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)

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 by a designated committee of the Board of Directors (the … Continue reading Stocks To Watch: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)