SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Seattle Genetics, Inc. - SGEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Seattle Genetics, Inc. ("Seattle Genetics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SGEN). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at [email protected] or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980.
The investigation concerns whether Seattle Genetics and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On December 27, 2016, Seattle Genetics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had placed a clinical hold or partial clinical hold on several early stage trials of the Company's experimental cancer drug, vadastuximab talirine, to evaluate the potential risk of hepatotoxicity. Seattle Genetics stated that six acute myeloid leukemia patients had been identified with liver toxicity and that four had died.
On this news, Seattle Genetics stock has fallen as much as $9.95, or 16.07%, to $51.91 on December 27, 2016.
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CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
[email protected]
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