PONIARD PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: PARD) "Up 102.11% on Friday"
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative oncology products. Poniard's lead product candidate is picoplatin, a new generation platinum-based cancer therapy designed to treat solid tumors that are resistant to existing platinum-based therapies. Assuming receipt of shareholder approvals and satisfaction of other conditions to closing, the merger of Poniard and ALLOZYNE, Inc. will result in a Nasdaq-listed specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics in the areas of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and cancer. The combined company is expected to seek a partnership for the continued development of picoplatin.
MARINA BIOTECH INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: MRNA) "Up 20.85% on Friday"
Marina Biotech is a biotechnology company, focused on the development and commercialization of RNA interference- (RNAi) and RNA-based therapeutics. The Marina Biotech pipeline currently includes a clinical program in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (a precancerous syndrome) and two preclinical programs — in bladder cancer and malignant ascites. Marina Biotech entered into an exclusive agreement with Debiopharm Group for the development and commercialization of the bladder cancer program. Marina Biotech's goal is to improve human health through the development of RNAi and RNA-based compounds and drug delivery technologies that together provide superior therapeutic options for patients.
FIBERTOWER CORPORATION (NASDAQ: FTWR) "Up 33.59% on Friday"
FiberTower is a backhaul and access services provider focused primarily on the wireless carrier market. With its extensive spectrum footprint in 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands, carrier-class microwave and fiber networks in 13 major markets, customer commitments from six of the leading cellular carriers, and partnerships with the largest tower operators in the U.S., FiberTower is considered to be the leading alternative carrier for wireless backhaul. FiberTower also provides backhaul and access services for government and enterprise markets.
HIGH PLAINS GAS INCORPORATED (OTC: HPGS) "Up 50.12% on Friday"
High Plains Gas, Inc. is a Gillette, Wyoming based energy company actively engaged in the acquisition, development and production of natural gas primarily in the Powder River Basin. The Company’s assets include the former Marathon “North & South Fairway” assets. These assets consist of 1614 Coal Bed Methane Wells with associated flow lines and over 155,000 net acres. This combined with the company’s existing 92 natural gas wells gives the company a strong foundation in the natural gas industry. High Plains Gas intends to continue to pursue expansion opportunities for the profitable production and transmission of natural gas. High Plains Gas believes it has unique expertise and experience in the refurbishment and reactivation of wells that produce natural gas from coal bed methane formations that helps position it strategically in the Powder River Basin. In 2011, the Company formed a subsidiary, High Plains Gas Services, LLC, focused on providing construction and maintenance services to the energy industry, primarily in the Western United States.
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