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Health care stocks were little changed in late Wednesday trading with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index rising less than 0.1% and shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 also climbing less than 0.1% as a group.

In company news, Anthera Pharmaceuticals ( ANTH ) rallied to a 19-month high Wednesday after saying it was again in compliance with Nasdaq Stock Market rules requiring all of the outstanding stock of a listed company to total at least $50 million for 10 trading sessions in a row.

Shares of the drugmaker working on treatments for inflammatory and auto-immune diseases were up almost 19% at $3.86 each shortly before today's closing bell, earlier climbing to their best share price since Sept. 27, 2013, at $4.00 a share. Prior to today's rise, the stock already had posted a 5% gain over the past year.

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Health Care Sector Update for 02/11/2015: ANTH,HTBX,DCTH