Friday, April 27, 2007

Dendreon Short Sellers Bet Prostate Cancer Drug Won't Win U.S. Approval

(Bloomberg) -- Dendreon Corp. shares are being sold short at a record pace as some investors bet the company's experimental prostate cancer drug will fail to win approval from U.S. regulators.

About 44 percent of Dendreon shares in mid-April were borrowed stock sold short, in anticipation of being replaced at a lower price, according to Nasdaq Stock Market data compiled by Bloomberg. That's a big bet against a stock that has tripled since March 29, when advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended the medicine.


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