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Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) 31% LOWER; said following a planned meeting of the independent Data Monitoring Committee of the Company’s ASSERT trial of senicapoc (formerly ICA-17043) for the treatment of sickle cell disease in adults, the DMC recommended that the trial be terminated because of the low probability of achieving a reduction in crisis rate, the primary endpoint.

Among the available data, there were no statistically significant differences in safety measurements between the senicapoc and placebo treatment groups.

Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) 9.4% LOWER; expects diluted earnings per share for 2007 to range between $1.50 and $1.60, versus the consensus of $1.99. The firm cited lower than forecasted revenue growth for the first quarter.

Pozen (Nasdaq: POZN) 8.7% HIGHER; Pozen and Glaxosmithkline plc (NYSE: GSK) said findings from two pivotal efficacy studies of more than 2,900 migraine sufferers demonstrated that Trexima(TM) provided superior headache relief at two hours and four hours compared to placebo, and two through 24-hour sustained pain-free results versus sumatriptan or naproxen monotherapy. The results were published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Oxford Industries Inc. (NYSE: OXM) 8.4% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.54, versus the consensus of $0.57. Revenues came in at $266.6 million versus the consensus of $270.74 million. Sees Q4 EPS of $1.00-$1.07, ex-gain, versus the consensus of $1.21. Sees Q4 sales of $285-$295 million, versus prior guidance of $295-$305 million and the consensus of $301.3 million.

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Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) 31% LOWER; said following a planned meeting of the independent Data Monitoring Committee of the Company’s ASSERT trial of senicapoc (formerly ICA-17043) for the treatment of sickle cell disease in adults, the DMC recommended that the trial be terminated because of the low probability of achieving a reduction in crisis rate, the primary endpoint.

Among the available data, there were no statistically significant differences in safety measurements between the senicapoc and placebo treatment groups.

Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) 9.4% LOWER; expects diluted earnings per share for 2007 to range between $1.50 and $1.60, versus the consensus of $1.99. The firm cited lower than forecasted revenue growth for the first quarter.

Pozen (Nasdaq: POZN) 8.7% HIGHER; Pozen and Glaxosmithkline plc (NYSE: GSK) said findings from two pivotal efficacy studies of more than 2,900 migraine sufferers demonstrated that Trexima(TM) provided superior headache relief at two hours and four hours compared to placebo, and two through 24-hour sustained pain-free results versus sumatriptan or naproxen monotherapy. The results were published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Oxford Industries Inc. (NYSE: OXM) 8.4% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.54, versus the consensus of $0.57. Revenues came in at $266.6 million versus the consensus of $270.74 million. Sees Q4 EPS of $1.00-$1.07, ex-gain, versus the consensus of $1.21. Sees Q4 sales of $285-$295 million, versus prior guidance of $295-$305 million and the consensus of $301.3 million.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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