Author Bio Eric has been writing about stocks and finance since the mid-1990s, when he lived in Prague, Czech Republic. Over the course of a varied career, he has also been a radio newscaster, an investment banker, and a bass player in a selection of rock and roll bands. A native New Yorker, he currently lives in Los Angeles. What happened Amarin (NASDAQ:AMRN) rose to end Tuesday nearly 5.1% higher after the company provided details from clinical studies of the components of its one commercialized drug. So what In a presentation at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session, Amarin presented findings from a study of a key ingredient of that drug, cardiovascular treatment Vascepa (marketed as Vazkepa in the EU).