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BioTech Stock News in Video : Valeant (NYSE:VRX) vs Allergan (NYSE:AGN) Takeover Battle, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) + Covidien (NYSE:COV) $45 Billion Deal in Video + GMO Experiments

A source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, Medical-device maker Medtronic Inc and rival Covidien, are in advanced talks to combine in a deal valued at $45 billion to $50 billion. The person said, asking not to be named because the matter is not public, the deal, which would allow Medtronic to be domiciled…

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PRAN NASDAQ PRAN Prana Biotechnology

Micro-cap Losers: Overland Storage (NASDAQ:OVRL), Zhone Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ZHNE), Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PRAN), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PGNX), Mecox Lane (NASDAQ:MCOX)

Overland Storage Inc (NASDAQ:OVRL) currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Overland Storage Inc (NASDAQ:OVRL) stock performance was -5.12% in last session and finished the day at $3.52. Traded volume was 151,195.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 71.69K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.15. Overland…

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Bluebirdbio BLUE NASDAQ BLUE

Healthcare Gainers: Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ:GTIV), bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ:BLUE), Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX), Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ICPT), Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO)

Gentiva Health Services Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV)’s rejection of the takeover proposal from Kindred Healthcare Inc. ( KND ) is hitting headlines and drawing investor attention to the healthcare space. Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) stock performance was -1.52% in last session and finished the day at $13.62. Traded volume was 1.47million shares in the last session…

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BBRY NASDAQ BBRY Blackberry

Hot Stocks: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Comtech Telecomm. Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL), Cempra Inc (NASDAQ:CEMP), Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE:AAN)

BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) was upgraded by investment analysts at Oppenheimer from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, Analyst RN reports. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock performance was -3.28% in last session and finished the day at $ 7.67. Traded volume was 150.00 million shares in the last…

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Gilead Sciences GILD NASDAQ:GILD

Active Stocks: Endocyte (NASDAQ:ECYT), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Immunomedics (NASDAQ:IMMU)

Endocyte (NASDAQ:ECYT)’s shares saw strong trading volume on Friday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings, American Banking and Market News reports. 13,778,961 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 624% from the previous session’s volume of 1,903,723 shares. Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECYT) stock performance was 61.91% in last session and finished the…

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