Top Healthcare Stocks <\/p>\n
JNJ -0.41% <\/p>\n
PZE +0.39% <\/p>\n
MRK +0.43% <\/p>\n
ABT +0.28% <\/p>\n
AMGN -0.33% <\/p>\n
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%. <\/p>\n
In company news, Ovascience ( OVAS ) shares fell Monday after a new report today questioned the effectiveness of the company's Augment infertility treatment. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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Health Care Sector Update for 04\/06\/2015: OVAS,QURE,NYMX<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top Healthcare Stocks JNJ -0.41% PZE +0.39% MRK +0.43% ABT +0.28% AMGN -0.33% 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%. Continue reading