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JNJ -0.15% <\/p>\n
PZE +0.06% <\/p>\n
MRK -0.03% <\/p>\n
ABT -0.22% <\/p>\n
AMGN +0.21% <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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Health Care Sector Update for 02\/11\/2015: ANTH,HTBX,DCTH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top Health Care Stocks JNJ -0.15% PZE +0.06% MRK -0.03% ABT -0.22% AMGN +0.21% 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. Continue reading