Pre-Market Noise Makers: Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO), Children’s Place (NASDAQ:PLCE), Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO), Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK)

Shares in Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO), a biotechnology company developing DCVax personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, have jumped 12% pre-market after the company said the Data Safety Monitoring Board has recommended its Phase III trial into a lethal form of brain cancer continue. The company’s lead program is a 312-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO)’s stock on … Continue reading Pre-Market Noise Makers: Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO), Children’s Place (NASDAQ:PLCE), Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO), Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK)

Healthcare New Highs: Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Baxter International (NYSE:BAX), WellPoint (NYSE:WLP), The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), iKang Healthcare (NASDAQ:KANG)

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) on June 15 announced topline results from a Phase 3 clinical trial (GS-US-337-0113) in Japan evaluating the investigational once-daily fixed-dose combination of the NS5A inhibitor ledipasvir (LDV) 90 mg and the nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir (SOF) 400 mg, with and without ribavirin (RBV), for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) stock … Continue reading Healthcare New Highs: Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Baxter International (NYSE:BAX), WellPoint (NYSE:WLP), The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), iKang Healthcare (NASDAQ:KANG)

Top Gainers at Nyse: USEC (NYSE:USU), SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), The Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO), Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), Valhi (NYSE:VHI)

USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) closed up 143.89% today after news of its 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding new funding, of $2.5 million, from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The funding comes following an amendment to an agreement with a research lab operator for further research on American Centrifuge technology. USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) stock performance was 143.89% in last session and … Continue reading Top Gainers at Nyse: USEC (NYSE:USU), SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), The Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO), Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), Valhi (NYSE:VHI)