Calls Purchased on ViroPharma Incorporated (VPHM)

Shares of ViroPharma Incorporated VPHM are higher on the session by 2.16%, currently trading at $19.03. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the June 2011 $22.50 call was purchased 1,000 times, on the offer, for $0.25 on open interest of 49 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 3.31x the daily average with 99% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. ViroPharma Incorporated is a global biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases, with a focus on products used by physician specialists or in hospital settings.