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Short Sellers Move into Celgene, Regeneron
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:25pm | 861Read More...The short interest moves in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies were mixed in the first two weeks of April. The number of shares sold short in Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN), Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD...
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Short Sellers Move Out of Amgen, Celgene, Pharmacyclics
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:30pm | 819Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed in the final two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ONXX), Vertex...
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Short Sellers Dump Amgen, Focus on Celgene, Gilead Sciences
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:18am | 891Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and VIVUS (NASDAQ: VVUS) grew somewhat between the...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (AMGN, CELG, PCYC)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 1:19pm | 820Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), Onyx...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (ALXN, AMGN, CELG)
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 4:13pm | 841Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) grew somewhat between the January 31...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (AMGN, CELG, ONXX)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 2:29pm | 829Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) and VIVUS...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (BIIB, CELG, VVUS)
Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 1:17pm | 836Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the first two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ONXX) and Vertex...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (CELG, GILD, REGN)
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 12:10pm | 823Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the first two weeks of December. The number of shares sold short in Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) grew somewhat between the...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (BIIB, CELG, VVUS)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 1:57pm | 828Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed again in the final two weeks of November. Shares sold short in Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) grew somewhat between the November 15 and...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (AMGN, BIIB, VRTX)
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 2:24pm | 844Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed in the final two weeks of October. Shares sold short in Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and VIVUS (NASDAQ: VVUS) grew somewhat between...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (BIIB, GILD, VVUS)
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 2:09pm | 847Read More...The short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed in the first two weeks of October. Shares sold short in Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN), Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ...
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Short Interest Swings in Biotech Stocks (BIIB, CELG, GILD)
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:59am | 826Read More...After largely rising in the previous period, short interest in biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies was mixed in the final two weeks of September. Shares sold short in Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), Onyx...
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Three Biotech Stocks Analysts Are Keen On (MDVN, GEVA, OPTR)
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 3:34pm | 581Read More...Here is a quick look three top-performing biotech stocks with a consensus recommendation of analysts of Strong Buy. They are Medivation (NASDAQ: MDVN), Synageva BioPharma (NASDAQ: GEVA) and Optimer Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OPTR). Medivation This San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical company...
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Short Sellers Shy Away from Biotech Firms
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:18am | 547Read More...The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date. By and large short sellers have retreated from gambles on biotech firms compared to the July 13 settlement date. A couple of notable exceptions were Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), for which short interest was higher by 7 percent to 40.8...
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Dendreon, Pharmacyclics and Other Biotech Takeover Targets
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 2:07pm | 806Read More...M&A in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries continues. Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) just announced it has agreed to acquire Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) for $5.3 billion. And Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) has opened itself up to bidders, including GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE...
