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John Paulson's hedge fund firm Paulson & Co has filed a Form 4 with the SEC regarding its stake in Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP).  Per the filing, Paulson sold over 3.47 million shares in total on September 16th and 19th at prices around $5.61. 

After these transactions, Paulson & Co is left with exposure to SGYP of over 24.28 million shares.

A previously filed Form 3 with the SEC indicates that they had notional principal amount derivative agreements in place as well in the form of cash settled swaps representing share equivalents of 2.21 million shares with strikes ranging from $3.31 to $6.347 and expiration dates ranging from November 4th, 2016 to October 5th, 2017.

You can view other recent portfolio activity from Paulson & Co here.

Per Google Finance, Synergy Pharmaceuticals is "a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of gastrointestinal (GI) therapies. The Company's GI platform includes two lead product candidates: plecanatide and dolcanatide. It is engaged in the discovery, research and development involving uroguanylin analogs for the treatment of functional GI disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Plecanatide is the Company's uroguanylin analog being evaluated for use as a once-daily tablet for two functional GI disorders, chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Plecanatide is a 16-amino acid peptide that is structurally identical to uroguanylin with the exception of a single amino acid change. Dolcanatide is also its uroguanylin analog being explored for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dolcanatide is designed to be an analog of uroguanylin with resistance to standard digestive breakdown by proteases in the intestine."