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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Zafgen Executive Departs; Adamas, Acceleron Accelerate On Earnings

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Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

Scaling the Peaks

(Stocks hitting 52-week highs on Aug. 2)

  • Akcea Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKCA)

  • Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ: ABUS)

  • AtriCure Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRC)

  • Cytosorbents Corp (NASDAQ: CTSO)

  • Eli Lilly And Co (NYSE: LLY)

  • Glaukos Corp (NYSE: GKOS)

  • Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN)

  • LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ: LIVN)

  • Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI)

  • Replimune Group Inc (NASDAQ: REPL)

  • Tandem Diabetes Care Inc (NASDAQ: TNDM)

  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA)

  • Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS)

Down In The Dumps

(Stocks hitting 52-week lows on Aug. 2)

  • Aerpio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ARPO)

  • Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ATXI)

  • Bioblast Pharma Ltd (NASDAQ: ORPN)

  • Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CATB)

  • CELLECT BIOTECH/S ADR (NASDAQ: APOP)

  • Clovis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ: CLVS)

  • Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CNST)

  • Cue Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: CUE)

  • Epizyme Inc (NASDAQ: EPZM)

  • Flex Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: FLKS)

  • Fortress Biotech (NASDAQ: FBIO)

  • IntelliPharmaCeutics Intl Inc (USA) (NASDAQ: IPCI)

  • Midatech Pharma PLC-ADR (NASDAQ: MTP)

  • Radius Health Inc (NASDAQ: RDUS)

  • Vascular Biogenics Ltd (NASDAQ: VBLT)

  • Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRCA)

Stocks In Focus Zafgen's Chief Scientific Officer Quits

Zafgen Inc (NASDAQ: ZFGN) said its President and chief scientific officer Thomas Hughes has resigned from the role to take up the CEO position at a privately-held biotech company.

The stock fell 5.69 percent to $9.78 in after-hours trading.

Stocks Reacting to Earnings

TESARO Inc (NASDAQ: TSRO) – plunged 12.45 percent to $31 (reported a loss of $3.04 per share and revenues of $53.89 million, missing the consensus estimates for a loss of $2.65 per share and revenues of $63.34 million)

Acceleron Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: XLRN) – rallied 9.96 percent to $48.02 (reported a Q2 loss of 63 cents, narrower than the 64 cents per share last year)

Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ADMS) – jumped 13.32 percent to $28.25 (reported a loss of $1.26 compared to the loss of $1.41 per share estimated by analyst; revenues of $7.57 million also trumped the consensus estimate of $4.86 million.

T2 Biosystems Inc (NASDAQ: TTOO) – climbed 9.93 percent to $6.20 (reported Q2 revenues of $3.9 million and an in-line loss of 32 cents per share; The company reiterated its expectations for the full year.)

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Pacific Biosciences of California (NASDAQ: PACB) – slumped 9.02 percent to $3.53 (reported below-consensus revenues for Q2 and an in-line loss)

CytoSorbents – rallied 8.14 percent to $13.95 (reported Q2 revenues of $5.8 million, up 61 percent year-over-year and exceeding the consensus estimate; loss was 19 cents per share compared to the year-ago loss of 6 cents per share.)