Healthcare Most Active Stocks: MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) VP David Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.51, for a total transaction of $315,300.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 102,286 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,075,026. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) stock performance was … Continue reading Healthcare Most Active Stocks: MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

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)

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)

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) was one of the Nasdaq’s most active movers, jumping 23 per cent to $3.20 on heavy volume after the US Food and Drug Administration lifted a partial clinical hold on a study testing its blood cancer drug. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was 21.15% in last session and finished the day at $3.15. Traded volume was 47.60million shares in the last session … Continue reading Healthcare Active Movers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Merck (NYSE:MRK), Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX)

Search and media site Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) gains modestly Wednesday as its partner, China’s Alibaba Group, rolls out a beta version of a U.S. e-commerce site, Reuters reported. YHOO holds a significant stake in Alibaba, valued recently at about $26 billion. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was 0.55% in last session and finished the day at $36.51. Traded volume was 13.32million shares in the last session … Continue reading NASDAQ Movers: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL), Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ:GALE), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN)’s shares gained 4.21% to $2.02. The company on May 9 announced that it has set May 28, 2014 as the record date for the distribution to Geron stockholders of the Series A Common Stock from Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Asterias”) that Geron received in the previously announced transaction to divest Geron`s human embryonic stem cell assets, which closed on October 1, 2013. Geron … Continue reading Volatile Stocks In News: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Aviat Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Life Time Fitness, Provectus Pharmaceuticals Inc., NewLead Holdings