Geron Rises as Imetelstat Helps Against Myelofibrosis

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Geron Corp. gained the most in more than a decade after the biotechnology company’s experimental drug for myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disorder, helped patients in a study.

Geron increased 45 percent to $5.21 at the close in New York, its biggest single-day advance since September 2003. The shares of the Menlo Park, California-based company have more than tripled this year.