Here is some stock news Today:
Questcor (QCOR) jumps 8.2% after the government says it's cutting the rebate that the company has to pay to state Medicaid programs for its Acthar gel, which is used to treat multiple sclerosis and infantile spasms. The amount could fall to 23.1% from 100% of the amount Questcor charges its distributor. The change will "have a materially positive impact on our financial results." (8-K)
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day August 31, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. 9.86%
MDVN Medivation, Inc. 7.64%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. 7.31%
ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 7.00%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 5.15%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. 2.75%
CLDX Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. 2.36%
INFI Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.14%
XNPT Xenoport, Inc. 1.97%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.75%
CELG Celgene Corporation 1.71%
HUM Humana Inc. 1.65%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 1.58%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.52%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 1.44%
WAT Waters Corp. 1.39%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. 1.30%
SNY Sanofi 1.14%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.00%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.93%
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.89%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 0.65%
LH Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 0.59%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. 0.55%
AGN Allergan Inc. 0.50%
INCY Incyte Corporation 0.45%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 0.44%
NVS Novartis AG 0.44%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation 0.44%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 0.44%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.43%
OSUR OraSure Technologies Inc. 0.41%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.39%
MYL Mylan, Inc. 0.38%
COV Covidien plc 0.38%
RMD ResMed Inc. 0.37%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 0.35%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.33%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.32%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.31%
XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. 0.30%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.28%
SRZ Sunrise Senior Living Inc. 0.28%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 0.26%
HNT Health Net, Inc. 0.26%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.24%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 0.22%
PRGO Perrigo Co. 0.22%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.21%
CI Cigna Corp. 0.20%
ILMN Illumina Inc. 0.19%
HSP Hospira Inc. 0.18%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 0.16%
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation 0.15%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 0.14%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 0.14%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 0.11%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 0.09%
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