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Shares of Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BCRX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose on Tuesday after the company received &quot;orphan drug&quot; status for an anti-cancer compound.
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Stocks were poised to open higher on Monday, boosted by deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Lear Corp.  shares rose as much  as 6.4 percent on Tuesday on expectations the U.S. auto parts  maker could command a higher price than the $36 per share  activist investor Carl Icahn has offered.
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Shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped about 5.5 percent on Wednesday, ahead of an expected news conference by company founder Martha Stewart.
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Shares of Genentech Inc. DNA.N, OSI  Pharmaceuticals Inc. OSIP.O and ImClone Systems Inc. IMCL.O  surged before the bell on Friday after rival AstraZeneca Plc  AZN.L said its lung cancer drug Iressa failed to show  survival benefits in a major clinical study.
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Biotech company buys itself a bigger future.
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Shares of drug company AtheroGenics Inc. opened up 81 percent Tuesday morning and remained at high levels after the company revealed promising clinical data late Monday for a drug to treat hardening arteries.
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Shares of Cyberonics Inc. CYBX.O  soared before the bell on Friday after Advanced  Neuromodulations Systems ANSI.O said it took an equity stake  in the medical device maker and initiated discussions about  combining the two companies.
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Shares in pharmaceutical company Elan soared in early trading this morning after a newspaper report that US company Biogen was considering a bid for the company.
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SHARES in Biota Holdings surged 27 per cent yesterday after the Melbourne biotech company secured rare US government funding of $US5.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia surged 13 percent, enough to make it the biggest percentage gainer on the NYSE, reaching a near 4-year high in intraday trading.
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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Biotechnology stocks moved higher Wednesday, led by MGI Pharma Inc., which agreed to buy a stake in SuperGen Inc. as part of a licensing deal for SuperGen&#39;s Dacogen drug.
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Shares in takeover target National Foods have pushed further ahead on the Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, they surged more than 5 per cent higher to $6.25, after Philippine food and drink giant San Miguel
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Shares of Bioscrypt Inc. (BYT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped 18 percent on Wednesday after it said it had teamed up with IBM (IBM.
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TORONTO - Biomira Inc. shares rocketed up more than 118 per cent on Friday on some positive results for a lung cancer vaccine the company is developing with Germany&#39;s Merck.
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Shares in BioCrist (BCRX :Nasdaq - news - research) jumped in premarket trading Tuesday after regulators granted orphan status to the company&#39;s lead anti-cancer drug, forodesine hydrochloride, boosting the Alabama-based biotech&#39;s prospects.