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PFE -0.38% <\/p>\n
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MRK +1.96% <\/p>\n
AMGN -0.76% <\/p>\n
Health care stocks were falling, with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index down nearly 0.8% and shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 decreasing 0.4% as a group. <\/p>\n
In company news, Stereotaxis Inc. ( STXS ) spiked Monday after U.S. regulators approved the medical device company's Vdrive with V-CAS catheter advancement system, the third Vdrive product to be cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. <\/p>\n
The newly clear device was first released in Europe in 2011 and allows physicians to remotely control the advancement, retraction and rotation of a transseptal sheath together with a magnetic ablation catheter. <\/p>\n
The maker of robotic devices used to treat abnormal heart rhythms also said its Odyssey product line recently was approved for use by the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency. <\/p>\n
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