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Healthcare Sector Slightly Hikes; Stryker (SYK) Fiscal Q4 Profit Plunges 33% while Abbott (ABT) Guidance Matches Analysts Forecasts – SYK, ABT, PFE, THLD, KERX, CYBX

Healthcare sector responded positively on last trading session and sector moved up +0.07%. If we look at the key healthcare movers so Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:THLD) and Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) were major percentage gainer while major percentage decliner was Cyberonics, …

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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Unlike by Berkshire, Eliminates Stake

Berkshire kept its portfolio same but removed its stake in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and General Electric (NYSE:GE), as per reported by its 13-F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The company possessed just above 492,000 shares of J&J …

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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Outshines Wall Street Forecasts in Third Quarter on New Drug Sales – JNJ, ENDP, GSK, SYK

The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) surpass analysts’ earnings forecasts in the Q3 on demand for new prescription medicines and medical tools purchased with the Synthes Inc acquisition. The world’s biggest manufacturer of health-care products boosted its …

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BioMimetic Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BMTI) Provides More Data to FDA – BMTI, ZMH, SYK, JNJ

The Franklin, Tennessee-based BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:BMTI) reported on Monday that it submitted more data sought by health regulators for the marketing support of the corporation’s bone graft product, sending its shares high 14% after the bell.

The biotechnology corporation …

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Given Imaging (NASDAQ:GIVN)’s Studies Verify, PillCam ESO as A Tool Help Triage Patients- GIVN, BSX, MDT, HOLX, STJ, SYK, ZMH

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ:GIVN), a world leader in specialty GI products and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, declared on Monday that novel studies verify the value of its PillCam ESO as a tool to assist triage patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding …

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Stryker lowers full year guidance

Stryker Corp. (NYSE:SYK) is trading fairly flat today despite reporting an 11 percent increase in fourth quarter sales.

The medical device maker posted a profit of 74 cents per share, excluding one time items the company would have posted a …

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