{"id":11557,"date":"2010-11-22T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2016-09-20T08:07:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T12:07:58","slug":"alexion-pharmaceuticals-alxn-breaking-out-52-weekall-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/22\/alexion-pharmaceuticals-alxn-breaking-out-52-weekall-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) &#8211; Breaking Out (52 Week\/All-Time High)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN) announced today that a Phase 2 clinical study investigating Soliris(R) (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) who are resistant to plasma therapy met primary and key secondary endpoints with high levels of statistical and clinical significance, according to results presented today at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) annual meeting in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>The new data are consistent with an earlier interim analysis<!--more--> contained in the abstract of today&#8217;s presentation and published online by ASN on October 20, 2010. Soliris is a first-in-class terminal complement inhibitor discovered and developed by Alexion.<\/p>\n<p>Technically:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alxn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11568\" title=\"alxn\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alxn-610x369-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, researches and develops proprietary immunoregulatory compounds for the treatment of autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases. \u00a0 The Company develops C5 complement inhibitors and<br \/>\nApogens which are two classes of potential therapeutic compounds designed to selectively target specific disease-causing segments of the immune system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horowitzandcompany.com\"><strong>Horowitz &amp; Company&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> <strong>OneSheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View ALXN_11222010 on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/43633024\/ALXN-11222010\">ALXN_11222010<\/a> <object id=\"doc_813023760727395\" style=\"outline: none;\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"doc_813023760727395\" \/><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"document_id=43633024&amp;access_key=key-2206w8vm6um72d1ns2ud&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=list\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"doc_813023760727395\" style=\"outline: none;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" flashvars=\"document_id=43633024&amp;access_key=key-2206w8vm6um72d1ns2ud&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=list\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" wmode=\"opaque\" data=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" name=\"doc_813023760727395\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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