Shire boss buys shares

A round-up of the biggest director buys today so far.

Angus Russell, chief executive of the speciality pharmaceutical firm Shire, has taken advantage of a strong performance from the group recently to sell a big chunk of shares.

He offloaded 17,219 at 1,029p each, or a total of about £177,000.

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Shares in Shire have rallied strongly in the past couple of months.

The company received a boost on Tuesday when it said data from the final two Phase III trials for its Gaucher disease treatment velaglucerase alfa met expectations.

Top Director Buys

Value: £75,200

Value: $68,000

Value: £44,183

Value: £15,610

Top Director Sells

Value: £952,400

Value: £524,097

Value: £191,350

Value: £177,184

Value: £13,022

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