Healthcare Touched New Highs: Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT), Novartis (NYSE:NVS), Becton, Dickinson (NYSE:BDX)

Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM), announced that the company has completed its private placement of $110.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due 2021 (the “Additional Notes”) as additional notes under the indenture pursuant to which it previously issued $600.0 million of 6.375% senior notes due 2021. Select intends to use the net proceeds of the offering of the Additional Notes, … Continue reading Healthcare Touched New Highs: Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT), Novartis (NYSE:NVS), Becton, Dickinson (NYSE:BDX)

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Biotech Bullish Stocks: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDRA), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT)

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) is 6.6% higher, as traders digest rumors that Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ:JAZZ) was willing to pay over $20 per share to buy the firm. Digging deeper, speculators are expecting ARIA to remain south of $9 in the short term, buying to open the April 9 and May 9 puts. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) stock performance was 5.00% in last session and … Continue reading Biotech Bullish Stocks: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDRA), CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT)

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Healthcare New Highs: China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE:CO), Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT), Nordion (NYSE:NDZ), Vision-Sciences (NASDAQ:VSCI)

Stocks Almost Family and Chemed hold a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy) and China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE:CO) holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). With favorable Zacks Ranks, these stocks may be better selections at this time. China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE:CO) stock performance was 3.26% in last session and finished the day at $4.44. Traded volume was 777.52K shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Healthcare New Highs: China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE:CO), Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT), Nordion (NYSE:NDZ), Vision-Sciences (NASDAQ:VSCI)

Mark Doerr03/1003/10

Hot Watch List: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD), Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ), Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT)

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is making good progress in its turnaround. According to a report from RBC Capital Markets, published on May 5, 2014, things are looking much better at the Canadian firm, “with the restructuring achieved” a quarter earlier, and also hardware profitability now “seeming within reach”. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock performance was -4.95% in last session and finished the day at $ 7.29. Traded … Continue reading Hot Watch List: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD), Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ), Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT)

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Healthcare Watch List: Oncothyreon (NASDAQ:ONTY), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT), Aastrom Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASTM), Durata Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DRTX)

Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) Director Longitude Venture Partners L.P sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, May 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.11, for a total value of $1,027,500.00. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT) rose 5.06% percent to $ 4.15 yesterday on volume of 319,314 shares. The intra-day range of the stock was … Continue reading Healthcare Watch List: Oncothyreon (NASDAQ:ONTY), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT), Aastrom Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASTM), Durata Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DRTX)

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