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Biotech Shares Pump Up The Volume

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Biotech-Shares-Pump-Up-The-indie-4261915730.html?x=0&.v=1

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Companies:
o Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
o Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
o Dendreon Corp.
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A number of hot 2010 biotech names are also surging today on sparse news. Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN - News) is approaching pre-approval pricing after giving up gains on the FDA approval of its prostate cancer vaccine. Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA - News), which is banking on the approval of its weightloss drug following a negative FDA panel vote for Vivus's (NASDAQ: VVUS - News) Qnexa, is ahead by more than 10% today on no news. Meanwhile, Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ - News), MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD - News), and Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX - News) are also among the day's big winners.