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Healthcare stocks were mostly higher today with the NYSE Healthcare Sector Index climbing 0.4% and the S&P Healthcare Index adding about 0.2%.

In company news, Ovascience ( OVAS ) shares fell Monday after a new report today questioned the effectiveness of the company's Augment infertility treatment.

The treatment was only effective just 27% of the time, according to the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation report, or nearly one-half the 53% success rate cited by OVAS last week. The report also criticized the lack of a control group, making it difficult to tell whether the results were promising.

OVAS shares were down over 5% at $33.20 a share, earlier sinking as low as $31.01 a share. The stock has traded within a 52-week range of $5.51 to $33.69 a share, rising nearly 288% over the past 12 months prior to today's retreat.

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Health Care Sector Update for 04/06/2015: OVAS,QURE,NYMX