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Healthcare Sector Quick Roundup: Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA) – DGX, SNTA, PFE, CHDX, FLML, OREX

Thursday’s trading session data confirmed that healthcare sector finished positively with +0.34% change. Chindex International, Inc (NASDAQ:CHDX) and Flamel Technologies SA (ADR) (NASDAQ:FLML) were major percentage gainers in this sector while key percentage decliner was Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:OREX).

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Healthcare Stocks In focus; Gilead (GILD) Board Approve 2-for-1 Stock Split while Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (PPHM) Posts Narrower Loss inQ2 – GILD, PPHM, PFE, INFI, OREX, JNJ

Investors reacted positively to the healthcare stocks on Monday. Key movement were seen in Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INFI) and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:OREX) on percentage gainers side while Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was prominent stock on most active side.

Gilead …

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Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) Offering Stock and Debt Blended Securities – OREX, ABT, GSK, UNH, THC, GILD, PFE, MRK, JNJ

Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX) filed initiatives to offer almost $150 million in mixed securities, comprising of stock and debt.

Orexigen shares tumbled 4.3% in extended trading session to $5.32. Through the ending, the stock had increased three times above its …

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Healthcare Stocks Soars as Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO) Profit Soars 51% While Accuray (NASDAQ:ARAY) Declares a Net Loss in Fourth Quarter – COO, ARAY, VAR, OREX, BDSI, WCRX

Investors reacted positively to the Healthcare stocks on Thursday. Major movement was seen in Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:OREX) and BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc (NASDAQ:BDSI) on gainers side while Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) was prominent stock on the losers side.

The …

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Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA) Declares Net Loss in the Second Quarter – ARNA, VVUS, OREX, GSK

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:ARNA) announced a net loss in the second-quarter allocable to common stockholders of $22.1 million or $0.12 a share, narrower than $22.9 million or $0.16 a share in same period previous year.

The company reported that total …

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Lowers 2012 Guidance; Profit Smashed by Currency Rates

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), the world’s largest manufacturer of health-care items, trimmed its full-year profit estimation on critical foreign-exchange rates.

J&J’s 2Q net income declined almost 49 percent to $1.4 billion, or 50 cents per share, on takeover expense, …

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