Biohaven (BHVN), Voxx (VOXX), Asana (ASAN), and Carnival (CUK, CCL) constituted some of the top insider purchases the Week of 10/9/2023.

CEO Vlad Coric, an astute biotech entrepreneur and investor (you can read about him here) bought $10 million worth of stock of BHVN at $22.00 a share, as did director John Childs, on 10/5. After Pfizer spent $11.6 billion to buy Biohaven's migraine treatment assets, including an already approved drug, the firm's operations focus on treatments for epilepsy, spinal muscular atrophy, and a protein degradation program with multiple potential uses.

Steven Downing, Director, bought over $15 million worth of shares in the auto and consumer electronics supplier Voxx International Corp. (VOXX). The stock actually rallied more than 20% on 10/11 after Gentex Corp. (GNTX) disclosed an 8.6% stake in the company. Downing serves as President and CEO of, surprise, Gentex, which designs and supplies digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass and fire protection products.  

Dustin Moskovitz, President, CEO, and Chairman of Asana, keeps buying shares of the firm he is leading... He's been buying millions of dollars worth of the stock over the past couple of years.

Also of some interest, Randall Weisenburger has bought over $9 million worth of stock in Carnival (CCL, CUK), the cruise line operator. The transaction materialized at $12.98 a share.