Market Currents

• Thursday, October 22, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: HTE +33%. SDXC +26%. JCG +13%. FFIV +11%. LOGI +8%. KOG +8%. PNC +6%. ALXN +6%. BQI +5%. CELG +4%. KMB +4%. STI +4%.
  Losers: TQNT -20%. NCR -11%. ERIC -8%. ADS -8%. TEX -7%. BG -6%. RFMD -5%. EQIX -4%. Comment!

• Thursday, July 23, 2009

• 15:39 PM After Medarex (MEDX +89%) fetched a healthy premium from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY +3.1%), investors have begun looking at similar companies to see who's next up for bids: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN +8.8%)? Seattle Genetics (SGEN +5.6%)? Alexion (ALXN +7.6%)? Allos Therapeutics (ALTH +6.9%)? Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX +6.7%)? Dendreon (DNDN +6.6%)? Comment!
• 08:08 AM Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): Q2 EPS of $0.20 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $92M (+55%) vs. $89M. Shares +1.9% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ALXN, BG, BLL, BMY, CBE, CELG, CLS, CME, DHR, DO, ECA, EMC, ESI, ESV, F, FITB, FLIR, GR, HBAN, HOT, HSY, IGT, JBLU, KMB, LCC, LLL, MMM, NCR, NEM, NIHD, NOC, NUE, NYT, OMC, ORI, OXY, PLD, PM, PNC, POT, R, RAI, RS, RTN, RX, SIAL, SPNC, T, TIN, TMO, TRA, UNP, UPS, WYE, XRX, ZMH Comment!

• Thursday, April 23, 2009

• 06:50 AM Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): Q1 EPS of $0.16 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $81M (+78.7%) vs. $82M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ABC, ALXN, AN, AVT, BDK, BG, BLL, CBE, CIT, CLS, CME, CNX, COP, CP, DHR, DO, EMC, ESI, ESV, EXC, FITB, GMT, GR, HSY, IGT, IVZ, JNS, LCC, LLL, MAR, MI, NCR, NCX, NIHD, NOV, NUE, OMTR, OXY, PENN, PM, PNC, POT, RCL, RS, RSH, RTN, RX, SCG, SEIC, SIAL, STI, SU, SVU, TCB, TMO, UNP, UPS, ZMH 1 Comment

• Thursday, February 12, 2009

• 06:42 AM Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): Q4 EPS of $0.23 beats by $0.15. Revenue of $77.4M (+128.3%) vs. $76.6M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AET, ALXN, BWA, CLI, ECA, ECL, FCL, KO, LH, LIFE, MAR, MAS, NRG, NXY, PCH, PGN, PTEN, SCG, TDC, VIA.B, VTR, WMI Comment!

• Thursday, October 23, 2008

• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AAI, ALK, ALXN, AMTD, AUO, AVT, BC, BEN, BG, BMY, CBE, CCE, CELG, CNX, DO, DOW, ECA, ECL, ELN, EME, EPD, EQT, ESI, ESV, F, FLIR, GR, HOT, JBLU, JCI, JNS, LCC, LH, LLL, LLY, LTM, LVLT, MO, NIHD, NOV, NYT, ORI, PCZ, PDS, PLD, POT, RGC, RHD, RSH, RTN, RX, SO, STI, TMO, TRA, UNP, UPS, XEL, XRX, ZMH Comment!

• Sunday, August 17, 2008

• 07:01 AM Big Pharma is feeling the need to find new products with blockbuster potential as important patents expire. Likely buyout targets include AMLN, UTHR, ALXN. ONXX and VRTX, Barron's says. Comment!