Here is some stock news Today:
Dendreon (DNDN -16.4%) is tanking in early trading. A possible culprit is the company's guidance for a Q1 sales decline, though Street estimates had already forecast a sales drop.
Chelsea Therapeutics (CHTP +8.8%) continues its meteoric rise after Thursday's news that an FDA advisory panel recommended approval of its Northera drug for treatment of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in patients with primary autonomic failure, such as Parkinson’s disease. Shares are up ~76% since the announcement.
Tibet Pharmaceuticals (TBET) +158.3% premarket after announcing its intent to accept a "going private" proposal by CEO Hong Yu. In view of "market bias" towards Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges and its past stock performance, he offers to purchase all shares he does not already own for $3.00/share.
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day February 27, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 7.77%
AMRS Amyris, Inc. 4.67%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. 3.45%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 3.32%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 2.69%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. 2.43%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.32%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. 1.65%
HUM Humana Inc. 1.10%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.00%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 0.72%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.66%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 0.41%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.40%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 0.31%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. 0.27%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.26%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 0.23%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 0.21%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.03%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson -0.02%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. -0.03%
WLP WellPoint Inc. -0.03%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -0.05%
COV Covidien plc -0.11%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -0.15%
ABT Abbott Laboratories -0.16%
AET Aetna Inc. -0.23%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.27%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. -0.34%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. -0.35%
PFE Pfizer Inc. -0.35%
CI Cigna Corp. -0.35%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. -0.44%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited -0.56%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. -0.72%
SNY Sanofi -0.80%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. -0.82%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.83%
AMGN Amgen Inc. -0.91%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. -0.94%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation -0.96%
MYL Mylan, Inc. -1.55%
CELG Celgene Corporation -1.75%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. -1.77%
INCY Incyte Corporation -1.83%
NVS Novartis AG -4.31%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -16.51%
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