On Monday, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA)’s shares inclined 0.98% to $87.96.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) will release its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and full year earnings results at 7 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, 28 October 2015, followed by a one-hour conference call with Walgreens Boots Alliance administration startling at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates a network of drugstores in the United States. It provides consumer goods and services, pharmacy, and health and wellness services through drugstores, in addition to through mail, and by telephone and online.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX)’s shares gained 0.94% to $3.23.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (KERX) declared that the European Commission has approved Fexeric(R) (ferric citrate coordination complex) for the control of elevated serum phosphorus levels, or hyperphosphatemia, in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), counting both dialysis and pre-dialysis patients. The European Commission considered ferric citrate coordination complex a New Active Substance, which provides 10 years of data and marketing exclusivity in Europe.
The European Commission’s decision is based on evidence from about 1900 patients, counting two key clinical trials: a Phase 2, non-dialysis study and a 58-week, Phase 3 registration trial. In the Phase 3 trial, ferric citrate effectively reduced serum phosphorus levels to within the KDOQI guidelines range of 3.5 mg/dL to 5.5 mg/dL (p<0.0001), the primary endpoint. These data were published in 2014 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on providing therapies for patients with renal disease in the United States.
At the end of Monday’s trade, LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB)‘s shares surged 2.40% to $90.55.
LyondellBasell (LYB), one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, recently declared the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends Pvt. Ltd. (SJS), thereby advancing the Company’s position in India’s expanding automotive market. In August, LyondellBasell declared a definitive agreement to acquire SJS, a polypropylene (PP) compounds manufacturer located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
India represents the fourth largest growth market for automobiles globally with 3 million new vehicles produced each year. According to IHS Inc., India’s automotive market is predictable to continue growing by 6 to 8 percent annually through 2021. Additionally, the World Bank has predicted India’s GDP to grow at a rate of 8 percent by 2017.
LyondellBasell is the world’s largest producer of PP compounds with an annual capacity of 1.2 million metric tons (2.4 billion pounds). LyondellBasell has supplied the Indian market through imports and tolling arrangements since 2009.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. operates as a manufacturer of chemicals and polymers, refiner of crude oil, producer of gasoline blending components, and developer and licensor of technologies for production of polymers.
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), ended its Monday’s trading session with 1.15% gain, and closed at $10.55.
The Pittsburgh Penguins(R) of the National Hockey League have finalized an extension and expansion of a five-year sponsorship agreement with First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (FNFG). First Niagara expands its sponsorship as the “official retail bank of the Pittsburgh Penguins” and becomes the newest and 10th founding partner of the team, its top-tier sponsorship designation.
First Niagara will receive in-arena sponsorship exclusivity in the retail banking and credit card categories and is also the “official credit card of the Pittsburgh Penguins” and the named sponsor of CONSOL Energy Center’s First Niagara Club. The deal comprises both debit and credit card promotions, bank branding in the CONSOL Energy Center on dasher boards, LED rings and digital displays throughout the Center, radio advertising on the Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network and other promotional benefits, counting First Niagara ATM’s at both downtown and Cranberry locations. In addition, First Niagara’s sponsorship comprises branding and promotion opportunities at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, the Penguins’ primary training center located in Cranberry, PA.
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First Niagara Bank, N.A. that provides retail and commercial banking, and other financial services to individuals, families, and businesses.
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