" Certainly they were aware of a forthcoming market sell off. " What make you think a small cap biotech's management team could forecast market's up and down movement accurately?
Fly anyone with common sense knows the market was due for a correction...the fact that Amarin had a shelf registration on the books which needed to be exercised within two years makes for excellent timing on their part (considering it happened Before the correction. Yes it broke the uptrend....for now.
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