OPKO Responds to Nasdaq Halt of Trading of Common Shares

OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPK) has had trading in its common stock halted by The Nasdaq Stock Market, and the exchange has advised OPKO that the halt will continue until the company responds (to Nasdaq’s satisfaction) to the exchange’s request for information related to the previously reported lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against a number of individuals and entities, including OPKO and its CEO and Chairman Phillip Frost.