How These Biotech Stocks are Faring? -- Celgene, Sarepta Therapeutics, MannKind and Amgen
NEW YORK, December 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Today, Stock-Callers.com navigates the Biotech arena to review the most recent performances of Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG), Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT), MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD), and Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN). According to IBISWorld's Global Biotechnology market research report released in May 2016, the industry is expected to continue prospering over the next five years, with the Asia/Pacific region making significant investments to gain a foothold in the market. Register now and get full and free access to our downloadable research reports on these stocks at:
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Celgene
New Jersey headquartered Celgene Corp.'s stock finished Monday's session 0.91% lower at $116.56. A total volume of 5.11 million shares was traded, which was above their three months average volume of 4.57 million shares. The Company's shares have advanced 13.88% in the past month and 9.23% in the previous three months. The stock is trading 7.01% above its 50-day moving average and 10.01% above its 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of Celgene, which discovers, develops, and commercializes therapies to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases worldwide, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 51.78.
On November 09th, 2016, research firm Standpoint Research downgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Buy' to 'Hold'.
On December 05th, 2016, Celgene announced results from an analysis of three phase I/II studies evaluating CC-486 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who had received prior hypomethylating agents (HMA). For all patients treated with CC-486, the overall response rate (ORR), which included complete remission (CR), partial remission (PR), CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi; AML patients only), hematologic improvement (HI), and transfusion independence (TI), was 38%. Marrow CR (mCR) was assessed in MDS pts with ≥5% bone marrow blasts at baseline. Access our complete research report on CELG for free at:
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Sarepta Therapeutics
On Monday, shares in Massachusetts headquartered Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. recorded a trading volume of 2.36 million shares. The stock ended the session 4.41% higher at $34.10. The Company's shares have advanced 22.71% in the previous three months. The stock is 23.66% above its 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of Sarepta Therapeutics, which focuses on the discovery and development of RNA-based therapeutics for the treatment of rare, infectious, and other diseases, have an RSI of 32.68.
On November 30th, 2016, Sarepta Therapeutics granted equity awards that were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors under Sarepta's 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, as a material inducement to employment to seven individuals hired by Sarepta in November 2016. The employees received, in the aggregate, options to purchase 22,875 shares of Sarepta's common stock. The options have an exercise price of $34.26 per share, equal to the Company's closing price on November 30th, 2016. The complimentary research report on SRPT can be downloaded at:
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MannKind
Shares in Valencia, California headquartered MannKind Corp. closed the day 5.89% higher at $0.58. The stock recorded a trading volume of 3.24 million shares. The Company's shares have gained 38.70% in the last month. The stock is trading 5.91% above its 50-day moving average. Additionally, shares of MannKind, which focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diabetes patients in the US, have an RSI of 54.24.
On November 09th, 2016, MannKind announced that the promissory note and security agreement between MannKind and Aventisub LLC, a Sanofi affiliate, are terminated, with Aventisub agreeing to forgive the full outstanding loan balance of $71.56 million. MannKind is also relieved from its obligation to pay $0.5 million in previously uncharged costs related to the collaboration. Sanofi will purchase $10.2 million worth of insulin from MannKind in early December as part of its pre-existing commitment to purchase insulin following termination of the collaboration and MannKind's exercise of a "put" option. Register for free on Stock-Callers.com and get access to the latest PDF format report on MNKD at:
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Amgen
At the close, shares in Thousand Oaks, California headquartered Amgen Inc. finished 0.89% higher at $145.29. The stock recorded a trading volume of 3.85 million shares, which was above its three months average volume of 3.76 million shares. The Company's shares have advanced 8.17% in the last one month. The stock is trading below its 50-day moving average by 5.44%. Furthermore, shares of Amgen, which discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide, have an RSI of 45.21.
On November 08th, 2016, research firm Mizuho initiated a 'Buy' rating on the Company's stock, issuing a target price of $164 per share.
On December 02nd, 2016, Amgen and Allergan PLC announced the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for ABP 215, a biosimilar candidate to Avastin® (bevacizumab). The companies believe this submission is the first bevacizumab biosimilar application submitted to the EMA. Download your free research report on AMGN at:
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