Bellerophon surges after positive data on blood pressure device

Bellerophon Therapeutics

18/02/2020 14:32

** Medical device developer Bellerophon Therapeutics' shares
 BLPH.O  rise 72.9% to $5.93 premarket - biggest percentage
gainer across U.S. exchanges 
    ** Tuesday's gains set to wipe out YTD losses
    ** Co says its device INOpulse was able to reduce resistance
in arteries that supply blood to lungs by 21% for patients with
pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure within the lungs
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    ** Co's device supplies nitric oxide to patients based on
their breathing patterns 
    ** More than 373k shares traded, 5.7 times their 25-DMA 

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