Kathleen McGinley, VP, HR & Corporate Facilities at ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ISTA), bought 5,649 shares at $0.63 ($4K) on 2008-12-09, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-12-11.
Open-market purchase of $4k ISTA by VP, HR & Corporate Facilities. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.