** Shares of therapy developer Alpine Immune ALPN.O rise
10.6% to $43.06
** ALPN is weighing options including a potential sale after
attracting takeover interest, Bloomberg said on Wednesday
** Deliberations are ongoing and there's no certainty that
Alpine Immune will decide to pursue a sale, according to the
report
** Alpine focuses on developing protein-based
immunotherapies to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
** Including session's move, stock up more than five-fold in
the last 12 months
(Reporting by Christy Santhosh)
((Christy.Santhosh@thomsonreuters.com))