Article: Momenta Placement Raises $130.4M For Heparins Bid.

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With the way apparently clearing for approval of its low-molecular-weight heparin, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised about $130.4 million by selling about 4.8 million shares of stock at $27.02 each.

The company's stock (NASDAQ:MNTA) closed Friday at $25.18, down $1.84.

Momenta's stock has enjoyed a steady run-up this summer, starting with a 62 percent jump in mid-June after a judge invalidated the patent held by Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis Group for its drug Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium) - a development that opened the door for Momenta to file an abbreviated new drug application for its version of the blood thinner, ...

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