Here is some stock news Today:
Gilead Sciences (GILD), in freefall this morning on disappointing trial results, presents a good buying opportunity, says Deutsche Bank. DB believes a disaster scenario is unlikely and that additional data will look better, allowing Gilead to take more than 15% marketshare. DB maintains its $66 price target; GILD -18.3% to $44.79.
The reaction of other Hep C drug makers to the news from Gilead (GILD): Idenix (IDIX) -2.5%, Vertex (VRTX) +9.4%, Achillion (ACHN) +12.6%.
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day February 16, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
THRX Theravance Inc. 6.57%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 6.37%
AVEO AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 5.61%
MNTA Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. 5.28%
PACB Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 5.22%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. 4.63%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 4.43%
INCY Incyte Corporation 4.40%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 4.26%
HSP Hospira Inc. 4.20%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 4.17%
COO The Cooper Companies Inc. 4.06%
TRGT Targacept, Inc. 3.71%
GTIV Gentiva Health Services Inc. 3.70%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 3.70%
NUVA NuVasive, Inc. 3.64%
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 3.64%
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. 3.29%
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 3.21%
IPXL Impax Laboratories Inc. 3.02%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.99%
ITMN InterMune Inc. 2.96%
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics 2.93%
MDCO Medicines Co. 2.91%
HOLX Hologic Inc. 2.79%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.77%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. 2.74%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. 2.69%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 2.69%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.61%
CVD Covance Inc. 2.53%
ACOR Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. 2.45%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 2.41%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 2.40%
SGEN Seattle Genetics Inc. 2.30%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.23%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. 2.07%
CFN CareFusion Corporation 1.97%
PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc. 1.90%
MYL Mylan, Inc. 1.90%
CHE Chemed Corp. 1.90%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 1.88%
SIRO Sirona Dental Systems Inc. 1.86%
XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. 1.83%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. 1.74%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 1.72%
NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. 1.72%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. 1.70%
WLP WellPoint Inc. 1.66%
HNT Health Net, Inc. 1.56%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 1.56%
ARAY Accuray Incorporated 1.53%
LNCR Lincare Holdings Inc. 1.52%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 1.49%
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc. 1.47%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 1.46%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. 1.37%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 1.36%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation 1.36%
WAT Waters Corp. 1.34%
ALKS Alkermes plc 1.31%
CI Cigna Corp. 1.29%
CELG Celgene Corporation 1.21%
COV Covidien plc 1.19%
THOR Thoratec Corp. 1.13%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.12%
PRGO Perrigo Co. 1.09%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 1.07%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.04%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.04%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 1.02%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 0.91%
NVS Novartis AG 0.89%
ONTY Oncothyreon Inc 0.86%
AFFY Affymax, Inc. 0.84%
MASI Masimo Corporation 0.81%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 0.74%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.70%
LH Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 0.70%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.65%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 0.57%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.57%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 0.54%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 0.54%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.53%
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.48%
SNY Sanofi 0.46%
ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.46%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 0.45%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.42%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation 0.41%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.39%
LPNT Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. 0.39%
ALR Alere Inc. 0.35%
HUM Humana Inc. 0.33%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.32%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. 0.31%
AGN Allergan Inc. 0.30%
INHX Inhibitex, Inc. 0.15%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.13%
MITI Micromet, Inc. 0.09%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. 0.06%
RMD ResMed Inc. 0.03%
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation 0.03%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.00%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 0.00%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. -0.02%
AET Aetna Inc. -0.02%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. -0.03%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. -0.07%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. -0.07%
BAX Baxter International Inc. -0.11%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.29%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. -0.35%
DVA DaVita, Inc. -0.48%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. -0.52%
OPK Opko Health, Inc. -0.58%
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.93%
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. -0.99%
ILMN Illumina Inc. -1.17%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation -1.29%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -1.50%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited -1.98%
ABMD Abiomed Inc. -2.49%
WX WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. -2.50%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -2.59%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -2.71%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.14%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. -6.76%
HWAY Healthways Inc. -9.19%
PLX Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. -11.09%
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