Healthcare Top Gainers: Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AEGR), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), Telik (NASDAQ:TELK), Chimerix (NASDAQ:CMRX)

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) options contracts experienced a new 90-day record for call contracts where a total of 5,010 call contracts were traded in the busy trading session. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) stock opened at $48.46 in last session, and closed at $51.66, while the day range of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) stock is $48.30 – $52.18. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of -3.87%.

Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) was upgraded by equities researchers at EVA Dimensions from an “underweight” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued on Friday, American Banking and Market News reports. Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) stock opened at $27.03 in last session, and closed at $30.55 by gaining 11.46%. The 52 week range of $17.52 – $38.50. Company’s market capitalization is $1.66 billion.

On March 10, 2014, Telik, Inc. (NASDAQ:TELK) publicly disseminated a press release announcing certain financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to Telik’s press release dated March 10, 2014, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Telik, Inc. (NASDAQ:TELK) stock increased 12.77% and finished the last session at $1.59. The EPS of the stock remained -1.67. Company’s market capitalization is $7.27 million.

Small biotech firm Chimerix Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRX) is under increasing pressure to help a dying 7-year-old boy with an experimental drug, but is reluctant because doing so will hamper the company’s efforts to get it to market in a timely fashion. Chimerix Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRX) stock opened the session at $24.00, and closed the session at $24.58. The 52 week range of the Chimerix Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRX) stock remained $12.96 – $27.00 and the day range was $21.56 – $24.90.