Biotech Decliners: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD)

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) announced its earnings results on Friday. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of ($0.06). Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) stock performance was -8.05% in last session and finished the day at $2.40. Traded volume was 14.14million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.31million shares. The beta of the … Continue reading Biotech Decliners: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FOLD)

Sizzling Stocks: PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK), Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE:SWX), China Unicom (NYSE:CHU)

PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) EVP Neil Gregory Almstead sold 26,096 shares of PTC Therapeutics stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.26, for a total value of $1,572,544.96. PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is -3.34%. On last trading day company shares ended up $55.54. … Continue reading Sizzling Stocks: PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK), Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE:SWX), China Unicom (NYSE:CHU)

Active Watch List : Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE:PSXP)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alios BioPharma, Inc., a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for viral diseases, for approximately $1.75 billion in cash. The acquisition will include Alios BioPharma’s portfolio of potential therapeutics for viral infections including compound AL-8176, an orally administered antiviral therapy currently in Phase 2 studies for the treatment of infants with … Continue reading Active Watch List : Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE:PSXP)

Healthcare Active Movers: Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO)

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)

Notable Movers: ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), ZIOPHARM Oncology (NASDAQ:ZIOP)

ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS) presented results from a global, multi-center, open-label, comparator-controlled phase II study in patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Two doses of ISIS-FXIRx (200mg, 300mg) were compared to Sanofi’s Lovenox (enoxaparin). ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS) stock performance was 11.26% in last session and finished the day at $27.81. Traded volume was 4,554,523 shares in the last session … Continue reading Notable Movers: ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), ZIOPHARM Oncology (NASDAQ:ZIOP)

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)

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)