Corporate VP and CFO of MannKind Corporation (MNKD) Matthew J Pfeffer buys 1,056 shares of MNKD on 12/31/2012 at an average price of $1.95 a share.
Mannkind Corporation has a market cap of $567.7 million; its shares were traded at around $2.41 with and P/S ratio of 10536.7.
CFO Recent Trades:
Corporate VP and CFO Matthew J Pfeffer bought 1,056 shares of MNKD stock on 12/31/2012 at the average price of 1.95. Matthew J Pfeffer owns at least 96,206 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 23.59% since.
10% Owner Alfred E Mann bought 40,000,000 shares of MNKD stock on 12/21/2012 at the average price of 2.59. Alfred E Mann owns at least 123,027,477 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.95% since.
Director Abraham E Cohen sold 2,350 shares of MNKD stock on 08/17/2012 at the average price of 2.29. Abraham E Cohen owns at least 56,424 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.24% since.
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