Top Health Care Stocks <\/p>\n
JNJ +0.60% <\/p>\n
PFE +1.02% <\/p>\n
ABT +0.56% <\/p>\n
MRK +0.66% <\/p>\n
AMGN +1.61% <\/p>\n
Health care stocks were extending their morning advance with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index recently gaining about 0.5% and shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 ahead about 0.9% as a group. <\/p>\n
In company news, Tianying Pharmaceutical ( TPI ) was sharply higher Friday afternoon after saying it is in talks with an unnamed pharmaceutical firm to form a strategic alliance and build a nationwide platform for traditional Chinese medicine. <\/p>\n
The new alliance would integrate sales network of the two firms in order to reach over 10,000 nationwide hospitals, TPI said. It's current network has around 1,000 member hospitals. <\/p>\n
Separately, the company late Wednesday reported lower fiscal Q1 earnings and revenue compared with year-ago levels. <\/p>\n
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Health Care Sector Update for 12\/26\/2014: TPI,GILD,NVS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top Health Care Stocks JNJ +0.60% PFE +1.02% ABT +0.56% MRK +0.66% AMGN +1.61% Health care stocks were extending their morning advance with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index recently gaining about 0.5% and shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 ahead about 0.9% as a group. In company news, Tianying Pharmaceutical ( TPI ) was sharply higher Friday afternoon after saying it is in talks with an unnamed pharmaceutical firm to form a strategic alliance and build a nationwide platform for traditional Chinese medicine. Continue reading