Vivus Inc (VVUS) $11.75 -2.41%
Vivus Pharmaceuticals (VVUS) loses 33 cents to $11.71 and morning trades on the biotech include a Mar 8 – 16 bearish risk-reversal, bought for 10 cents, 2500X to open. A shareholder might have initiated the trade to collar stock after a one-month gain of more than 30 percent. Shares jumped 14.7 percent on 1/9 after the FDA asked the company to remove a restriction against the use of weight loss drug Qnexa for women of child-bearing age. Earnings will come into play late-Feb, early-March.
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