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)

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s resurgent stock may have as much to do with financial engineering as the company’s technological wizardry. Monday marked Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s first stock split in nine years, a move designed to make it more affordable to buy shares of the iPhone and iPad maker. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 1.60% in last session and finished the day at $93.70. Traded volume … Continue reading Hot Watch List: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN)

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)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has inked a global licensing deal with the privately held Aduro BioTech for developing new therapies to treat prostate cancer. According to the oncology deal, the private company granted Janssen Biotech, a division of Johnson & Johnson, the exclusive license to certain candidates specifically engineered for the treatment of prostate cancer on the basis of Aduro’s proprietary live-attenuated double-deleted (LADD) … Continue reading Healthcare Active Stocks: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Endo International (NASDAQ:ENDP), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY)

US drugmaker Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) on Monday abandoned its pursuit to buy AstraZeneca PLC, saying it does not plan to make an offer for the British drugmaker following the rejection of its final proposal last week. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) stock performance was -0.57% in last session and finished the day at $29.49. Traded volume was 18.93million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Healthcare Active Movers: Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO)

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)