$POZN Gets FDA Approval for Pozen Inc.'s Pain Drug - Vimovo:

POZN - US FDA OK's AstraZeneca, Pozen Inc.'s Pain Drug:

Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:19pm EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNN3015546220100430?rpc=44

* Agency clears drug for U.S. market

* Vimovo includes naproxen and Nexium ingredient

* Pozen shares up more than 21 percent after-hours

POZN Conference Call link: http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/5/113585.html

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) and Pozen Inc's (POZN.O) pain drug Vimovo, an agency spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.

Vimovo is a fixed-dose combination of the anti-inflammatory drug naproxen and an immediate release version of esomeprazole, the active ingredient in AstraZeneca's acid reflux treatment Nexium.

Shares of Pozen were up more than 21 percent, or about $2.30, in after-hours trading on Friday, trading at $13.15, after earlier closing at $10.85. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; additional reporting by Ben Hirschler in London and Vidya Loganathan in Bangalore; editing by Carol Bishopric)

POZN is currently halted...Per the Nasdaq.com website:

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=TradeHalts

No time is given for resumption of trading...

There was a huge Bear Raid at 12:37 this afternoon, as the MM's took out all of the stop-loss limit orders people had in place:



POZN After-Hours Chart shows it closed at $13.15 when it was halted for "news pending":