Here is some stock news Today:
Novartis (NVS): Q4 EPS of $1.23 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $14.8B (+4% Y/Y) in-line. Expects 2012 sales to be in line with 2011, despite Diovan patent expiry and Tekturna/Rasilez decline.
Dendreon (DNDN +6.4%) catches a bid on more rumors that the firm is in the sights of Amgen (AMGN +0.4%) as an acquisition
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day January 24, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 16.72%
BTX BioTime, Inc. 14.37%
WAT Waters Corp. 7.97%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 7.82%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. 7.49%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. 7.35%
PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc. 6.82%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 5.76%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. 5.75%
LPNT Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. 5.66%
INCY Incyte Corporation 4.87%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.72%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 4.61%
MDVN Medivation, Inc. 4.16%
ILMN Illumina Inc. 3.80%
KND Kindred Healthcare Inc. 3.53%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.52%
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. 3.48%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 3.47%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 3.29%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation 3.09%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.93%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.88%
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 2.74%
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 2.73%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. 2.67%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. 2.65%
LH Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 2.55%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. 2.47%
ANGO AngioDynamics Inc. 2.41%
BCR CR Bard Inc. 2.02%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.90%
ONTY Oncothyreon Inc 1.61%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 1.57%
CNC Centene Corp. 1.52%
ALKS Alkermes plc 1.47%
IART Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 1.45%
SGEN Seattle Genetics Inc. 1.41%
COV Covidien plc 1.37%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 1.30%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 1.25%
HOLX Hologic Inc. 1.20%
ZIOP ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. 1.19%
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics 1.00%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.98%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 0.90%
PETS PetMed Express Inc. 0.88%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 0.87%
MASI Masimo Corporation 0.87%
CELG Celgene Corporation 0.80%
SNY Sanofi 0.78%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 0.72%
ACOR Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. 0.71%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.63%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 0.62%
CVD Covance Inc. 0.61%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.60%
INHX Inhibitex, Inc. 0.57%
RMD ResMed Inc. 0.56%
CFN CareFusion Corporation 0.55%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.53%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.47%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.41%
XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. 0.34%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.27%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. 0.26%
NVS Novartis AG 0.25%
NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. 0.12%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 0.12%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 0.09%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.03%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.00%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation 0.00%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. -0.06%
HSP Hospira Inc. -0.09%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. -0.09%
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc. -0.10%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.13%
ALR Alere Inc. -0.13%
VOLC Volcano Corporation -0.15%
MNTA Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.16%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.20%
PFE Pfizer Inc. -0.23%
ITMN InterMune Inc. -0.29%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. -0.31%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.36%
PRXL PAREXEL International Corporation -0.38%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. -0.42%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.47%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. -0.53%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. -0.53%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation -0.60%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -0.68%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. -0.75%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -0.75%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.80%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. -0.96%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. -0.97%
AGN Allergan Inc. -0.97%
HUM Humana Inc. -1.05%
CI Cigna Corp. -1.07%
HNT Health Net, Inc. -1.12%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. -1.31%
OPTR Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.38%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. -1.50%
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation -1.60%
AMED Amedisys Inc. -1.63%
AET Aetna Inc. -1.86%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. -2.10%
OPK Opko Health, Inc. -2.12%
PRGO Perrigo Co. -2.13%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -2.19%
NUVA NuVasive, Inc. -2.21%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -2.31%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated -2.43%
WLP WellPoint Inc. -2.50%
NXTM Nxstage Medical, Inc. -2.58%
MYL Mylan, Inc. -3.16%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -3.23%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -3.35%
DEPO DepoMed Inc. -5.06%
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