Gilead Sciences’ controversial $1,000-a-day Sovaldi pill is priced in line with previous treatments for Hepatitis C, but the nation’s health-care system likely won’t be able to handle that kind of sticker shock, and competition probably will bring down that price tag in coming months and years. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) stock performance was 4.84% in last session and finished the day at $89.19. Traded volume was 13.24million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 12.57million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.71. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) insider ownership is 0.50%.
Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE) on July 1 announced the notice of allowance of a U.S. Patent for NeuVax(TM) (nelipepimut-S) covering the use of NeuVax alone or in combination to prevent recurrence of any HER2/neu expressing tumor having a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) rating of less than about 2.0. NeuVax is a peptide immunotherapy for the prevention of cancer recurrence and is Galena’s lead development agent in multiple ongoing and planned clinical trials. Once issued, the patent will expire in 2028, not including any patent term extensions. Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE) rose 5.04 percent to $2.71 Friday on volume of 2.09million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $2.56 to $2.71. Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE) has a market capitalization of $319.85million.
On June 6, 2014, Roberts Realty Investors, Inc. (NYSEMKT:RPI) renewed company $5,500,000 North Springs land loan with North Springs Financial, LLC as permitted under the terms of the July 18, 2013 loan documents. The renewal extended the maturity date to October 17, 2014. The renewed loan continues to require monthly interest only payments at an interest rate of 13% per annum. Upon the renewal, company paid a 1.0% extension fee and increased the interest reserve by $178,750 to pay the monthly interest only payments during the extension term. The company can extend the loan for an additional three months to January 17, 2015 by paying a 1.0% extension fee and funding the interest reserve during the additional extension term. The loan is secured by our North Springs rail station property. Roberts Realty Investors, Inc. (NYSEMKT:RPI)’s stock on July 18, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.01% to the closing price of $0.800. Its fifty two weeks range is $0.66 -$1.77. The total market capitalization recorded $8.05million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 400.00million shares. In its share capital, RPI has 10.00million outstanding shares.
The nation’s largest health insurer expects to play a much bigger role in the health-care overhaul in 2015, as the federal law shifts from raising giant questions for the sector to offering growth opportunities. UnitedHealth Group said that it will participate in as many as 24 of the law’s individual health insurance exchanges in 2015, up from only four this year. On Friday, shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) advanced 0.48% to close the day at $85.52. Company return on investment (ROI) is 13.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as 7.97%. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) quarterly revenue growth is 13.38%.
China Automotive Systems Inc. ( CAAS ) with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) is a better-ranked automobile stock worth considering. China Automotive Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAAS) stock performance was 1.62% in last session and finished the day at $8.77. Traded volume was 37,041.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 84.80K shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.71. China Automotive Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAAS) insider ownership is 72.01%.