Here is some stock news Today:
Roth Capital downgrades Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX -66.4%) to Neutral from Buy after the firm bombed with Phase 3 testing of its perifosine colon cancer drug. Analysts with the Roth take their price target on KERX down to $4 from $10 - which still stands well-above the current trading price of $1.67
Express Scripts (ESRX +3.3%) completes its $29.1B purchase of Medco (MHS -1.3%) following the FTC's approval of the deal. Three senior Medco execs will join Express' top team, although that doesn't incldue Medco CEO David Snow. Despite its dispute with Express, Walgreen's (WAG +2.3%) contract with Medco will be honored.
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day April 2, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
THRX Theravance Inc. 18.72%
AGEN Agenus Inc. 8.79%
POZN POZEN Inc. 5.50%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 5.34%
AFFY Affymax, Inc. 5.03%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 3.88%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 3.87%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 3.35%
SHPGY Shire plc 3.15%
SNTS Santarus, Inc. 2.39%
MR Mindray Medical International Limited 1.99%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.83%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 1.55%
ARNA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.46%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 1.37%
RMD ResMed Inc. 1.33%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 1.32%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 1.32%
NVS Novartis AG 1.31%
INCY Incyte Corporation 1.24%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 1.19%
LH Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 1.19%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.06%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. 1.04%
SNY Sanofi 0.98%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 0.97%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 0.94%
AVNR Avanir Pharmaceuticals 0.88%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. 0.69%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 0.66%
HOLX Hologic Inc. 0.60%
OREX Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. 0.49%
CFN CareFusion Corporation 0.46%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.43%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.42%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 0.33%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. 0.29%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.27%
MYL Mylan, Inc. 0.26%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.23%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.23%
CELG Celgene Corporation 0.19%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. 0.17%
CI Cigna Corp. 0.16%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 0.16%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.13%
ISTA ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.11%
ZOLL ZOLL Medical Corp. 0.02%
AET Aetna Inc. 0.02%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation 0.00%
HZNP Horizon Pharma, Inc. 0.00%
ABT Abbott Laboratories -0.16%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. -0.18%
COV Covidien plc -0.27%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. -0.39%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation -0.53%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated -0.56%
AMGN Amgen Inc. -0.57%
ILMN Illumina Inc. -0.61%
AIS Antares Pharma Inc. -0.62%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.64%
AGN Allergan Inc. -0.68%
PFE Pfizer Inc. -0.71%
SQNM Sequenom Inc. -0.74%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. -0.86%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. -0.90%
WLP WellPoint Inc. -0.99%
HUM Humana Inc. -1.01%
ITMN InterMune Inc. -1.02%
DVAX Dynavax Technologies Corporation -1.19%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. -1.24%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. -1.35%
OPK Opko Health, Inc. -1.37%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. -1.39%
ALKS Alkermes plc -1.83%
ARRY Array BioPharma, Inc. -2.05%
VICL Vical Inc. -2.06%
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics -2.15%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. -2.50%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -2.53%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. -2.55%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -2.92%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.21%
ECYT Endocyte, Inc. -4.82%
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