EdgeWater 10/14/2010 5:09:09 AM
News / Science & Technology

Small Cap Drug Stocks in Focus (ARNA, ALXA, STEM, DDSS)

Drug Stocks on the Move

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) went down 2.19% to $1.79 on about 5.99 million shares. Last month, WBB Securities and CRT Capital downgraded the stock a Hold, down from Strong Buy while CRT now rates the stock a Fair Value, down from Buy previously. WBB lowered its price target on ARNA shares from $7 to $2.

Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the range of $1.51-$8.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXA) jumped 0.67% to $1.35 on over 1.93 million shares. This week, the company announced that it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) regarding its New Drug Application (NDA) for AZ-004 (Staccato loxapine), submitted as Adusuve Staccato (loxapine) inhalation aerosol, 5 mg and 10 mg.

The stock opened at $1.35 and is trading within the range of $1.33-$1.39. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $71.40 million.

StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) dropped 3.26% to $0.917 on about 1.77 million shares. StemCells, Inc. is engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of stem cell therapeutics and related enabling technologies for academia and industry.

The 52-week range of the stock is $0.75-$1.72. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $116.66 million.

Labopharm Inc. (NASDAQ:DDSS) soared 11.46% to $1.07 on over 1.53 million shares. Labopharm Inc. is an international, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on optimizing the performance of existing drugs by incorporating its advanced controlled-release technologies.

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