ARIAD Pharma (ARIA) puts active after former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders posted to Twitter

ARIAD Pharma (NASDAQ: ARIA) October weekly 12.5 and 13 puts are active on total put volume of 2,500 contracts (900 calls) on former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders posted to Twitter: "Drug corporations' greed is unbelievable. Ariad has raised the price of a leukemia drug to almost $199,000 a year." October weekly put option implied volatility is ta 102, October is at 78, November is at 73; compared to its 52-week range of 52 to 92.

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