business newsAllscripts Healthcare Solutions and PowerShares QQQ Trust Among Most Active Stocks in Nasdaq Pre-Market
By
Christopher Witrak
Dec 20, 2012 9:00 am
VIVUS was up this morning.
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Investors traded 3,084,460 shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, which was down $1.76, or 16.48%. According to Bloomberg, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions fired CEO Glen Tullman and replaced him with Paul Black, a current board member of Allscripts and former COO of Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN).
Investors exchanged 1,454,375 shares of PowerShares QQQ Trust, which was up $0.07, or 0.10%.
Investors also traded 1,001,045 shares of VIVUS, which was up $1.06, or 7.77%. VIVUS announced that Express Scripts has added Qsymia to its national pharmacy formulas. Qsymia is a weight loss drug for overweight and obese individuals.
(See also: Pre-Market Primer: House to Vote on Boehner's 'Plan B'; Apple Loses Key Patent.)
Twitter: @ChrisWitrak
No positions in stocks mentioned.
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