After-Hours Stock Movers 07/13: (INMB) (VNDA) (FREQ) Higher; (OSMT) (MHK) (ALT) Lower (more...)
Today's After-Hours Stock Movers:
INmune Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMB) 68.9% HIGHER; today reported clinical data demonstrating that its lead drug candidate, XPro1595, decreases neuroinflammation in patients with Alzheimers disease. Interim results from a Phase Ib clinical trial show that treatment with XPro1595 decreases white matter free water, a biomarker of neuroinflammation measured by MRI. XPro1595 is a next-generation inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) that selectively neutralizes soluble TNF, an inflammatory cytokine implicated in Alzheimer's pathology, without affecting transmembrane TNF or the TNF receptors.
Osmotica Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: OSMT) 12.6% LOWER; announced today the commencement of a proposed public offering of 5,000,000 ordinary shares. All of the shares will be offered by Osmotica. Osmotica also expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 ordinary shares.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA) 10.3% HIGHER; announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a single patient in an Individual Patient Expanded Access protocol (VP-VLY-686-3303). This patient had previously participated in a randomized study of tradipitant in gastroparesis for 12 weeks. The patient and treating physician requested expanded access to continue treatment beyond 12 weeks, as the treating physician had judged that tradipitant was the only treatment that effectively managed the patient's gastroparesis symptoms.
Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK) 10% LOWER; confirmed that on June 29, 2020, an Amended Class Action Complaint for violations of federal securities laws was filed against Mohawk and its CEO Jeff Lorberbaum in the Northern District of Georgia. The complaint alleges that the Company (1) engaged in fabricating revenues by attempting delivery to customers that were closed and recognizing these attempts as sales; (2) overproduced product to report higher operating margins and maintained significant inventory that was not salable; and (3) valued certain inventory improperly or improperly delivered inventory with knowledge that it was defective and customers would return it. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in the lawsuit. On June 25, 2020, the company received subpoenas issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on topics similar to those raised by the amended complaint. The company is cooperating with those authorities.
Frequency Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FREQ) 3.2% HIGHER; Oppenheimer initiates coverage on with an Outperform rating and a price target of $36.00.
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT) 0.5% LOWER; Announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering and, to certain investors in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. Altimmune also expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of shares of common stock plus the shares of common stock underlying the pre-funded warrants sold in connection with the public offering. All of the securities in the offering will be sold by Altimmune. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
