Amarin (AMRN) Up as Vascepa Shows Strong Rx Growth Last Week

June 6, 2013 8:20 AM EDT
Amarin (Nasdaq: AMRN) is indicated higher Thursday following strong weekly prescription numbers.

Bloomberg Industries noted that prescriptions of Vascep for high triglycerides improved 4 percent to 3,401 for the week ended May 24th. By comparison, Glaxo's (NYSE: GSK) Lovaza saw just a 0.5 percent gain in the prior week.

For the four weeks ending May 24, Vascepa prescriptions are up 13.8 percent.

Blocking of channels and/or changes in projection methodology have happened since Vascepa's introduction.

Ahead of the bell, Amarin is up 4 percent.


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