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Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals rose about 1.5 percent Monday morning on the heels of CEO Joseph Papa buying a large amount of the company's stock.
The company's U.S.-listed shares ended the day down 1.5 percent.
The embattled pharmaceutical firm released a Securities and Exchange Commission filing showing Papa bought 202,000 Valeant shares for an average price of $24.48.
Papa took over Valeant on April 25.
Entering Monday's session, Valeant's stock was down more than 75 percent year to date and nearly 90 percent over the past 12 months.
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