Sophiris Bio Inc fka SPHS

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alerted, strange the nasdaq site is missing this:

"Sophiris Bio Inc :Empery Asset Management Lp reports 8.58 percent passive stake in Sophiris Bio Inc, as of May 6, 2016 - SEC filing."
source:
Reuters, Tuesday, 24 May 2016

The SEC filing on that buy:
SEC filing

Instituational Ownership according Wall Street Journal:
WSJ SPHS company-people

Number of Inst Own according finviz: 20.9 %
finviz.com SPHS

Number of Inst Own according gurufocus: 23.67%
gurufocus SPHS

Bloomberg about Ryan Lane, head of Empery Asset Management Lp:
"Mr. Ryan Matthew Lane is a Managing Partner and Chief Compliance Officer at Empery Asset Management, LP. Previously he was a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Lane Capital Markets, LLC and was a Partner of Investment Banking. He co-founded the firm in 2003 and his knowledge is deep in the health care industry including, due diligence, business planning, in licensing, out licensing and strategic advisory work. To date Mr. Lane has focused his work in the medical technology, ..."

all told not too bad for SPHS
GLTA