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Healthcare Sector Quick Highlights: Elan (NYSE:ELN), Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) – ELN, AMGN, PFE, ENDP, DVAX, SCLN

Investors responded negatively to the Healthcare stocks on Monday. Key movement were observed in Endo Health Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:ENDP) on percentage gainers side while Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:DVAX) and SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:SCLN) were major prominent decliners.

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Decade Sunshine Decides to Acquire 3SBio (NASDAQ:SSRX) in $340 Million Deal – SSRX, AMGN, NVS, MRK

3SBio Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:SSRX) reported that it decided to be acquired by Decade Sunshine Ltd for almost $340 million.

Chinese biotechnology firm’s bid of $15.40 per American Depositary Shares is at a premium of around 12% to the ADS’s Thursday …

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Healthcare Sector Tumbles; Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) Adds Nearly Double in Market Value while Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Failed Own Safety Test – KERX, JNJ, PFE, SNSS, AMGN

Monday’s trading session data showed that healthcare sector reacted negatively with 0.36% change. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:SNSS) were major gainer in this sector while most active stock was Amgen, Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN).

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc (KERX) nearly …

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Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) Declares Optimistic Results of Colorectal Cancer – AMGN, UNH, DNDN, GNBT, BSX, BMY, HLF, JNJ, NVS

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced that results from a late-stage study of its low white blood cell therapy Neulasta for patients with colorectal cancer were optimistic.

In a study assessing Neulasta in 845 patients getting chemotherapy therapies for colorectal cancer, the …

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ImmunoGen (NASDAQ:IMGN) Posts Wider than Expected Loss in Fiscal Q2; Stock Falls – IMGN, LLY, AMGN, SGEN

ImmunoGen, Inc (NASDAQ:IMGN) announced on Friday wider-than-projected loss for its fiscal Q2 mainly hurt by superior research and development costs.

The biotechnology company that develops anticancer products reported that revenues plunged sharply from previous year on the absence of previous …

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) Working on Restructuring Plan, Hedging Jobs – BCRX, GSK, ARNA, UNH, CVM, HCA, VVUS, ABMD, AMGN

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX)has decided to lay off 50% of its labor force as an element of a reformation program focused at lowering costs while progressing its antiviral program and its program for hereditary angioedema, an immune system disorder.

BioCryst–which …

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