POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: PWAV) "Up 28.23% on Tuesday"
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of wireless solutions for wireless communications networks worldwide. The company offers antennas, boosters, combiners, cabinets, shelters, filters, radio frequency power amplifiers, remote radio head transceivers, repeaters, tower-mounted amplifiers, and advanced coverage solutions for use in frequency bands, including cellular, PCS, 3G, and 4G wireless communications networks. It sells its products through its direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and resellers to wireless original equipment manufacturers and individual wireless network operators. The company was formerly known as Milcom International, Inc. and changed its name to Powerwave Technologies, Inc. in June 1996. Powerwave Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Santa Ana, California.
THRESHOLD PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: THLD) "Up 41.93% on Tuesday"
Threshold is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of drugs targeting Tumor Hypoxia, the low oxygen condition found in microenvironments of most solid tumors as well as the bone marrows of some hematologic malignancies. This approach offers broad potential to treat a variety of cancers. By selectively targeting tumor cells, we are building a pipeline of drugs that hold promise to be more effective and less toxic to healthy tissues than conventional anticancer drugs.
CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS (NASD: CORT) "Up 46.86% on Tuesday"
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of severe psychiatric and metabolic diseases. Corcept's lead product, CORLUX, is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of the psychotic features of psychotic depression. The drug is administered orally to psychotic depression patients once per day for seven days. CORLUX, a potent GR-II antagonist, appears to mitigate the effects of the elevated and abnormal release patterns of cortisol seen in psychotic depression. In June 2007, Corcept Therapeutics announced positive results from its proof of concept study evaluating the ability of CORLUX to mitigate weight gain associated with olanzapine, a commonly used antipsychotic medication. The Company is in the process of fully evaluating all of the data from the study and considering its next steps. For additional information about the company, please visit www.corcept.com
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