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Health care stocks were edging lower this afternoon, including a slightly more than 0.3% decline for the NYSE Health Care Index in recent trade. Shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 also were down just over 0.2% as a group while the Nasdaq Biotechnology index was up 0.2%.
Among health care stocks moving on news:
(-) Biocept ( BIOC ) tumbled 48% after the liquid biopsy company solutions earlier Friday priced a $7.5 million public offering of 6.3 million shares at $1.20 apiece, representing a 40.9% discount to Thursday's closing price for its stock. Investors in the deal also received five-year warrants to buy up to 6.3 million additional shares also at $1.20 each.
In other sector news:
(+) UniQure ( QURE ) climbed 9% on Friday after i t report ed more positive data for its AMT-061 investigational gene therapy for moderate to severe hemophilia B. The data indicated all three patients in the phase IIb trial continued to produce a blood-clotting protein at levels of up to 51% above normal for up to 16 weeks after AMT-061 was administered.
(-) Seattle Genetics ( SGEN ) dropped 12% on Friday after the specialty drugmaker said its adjusted Q4 net loss fell to $0.75 per share compared with a $0.41 per share loss during the year-ago quarter and missed analyst projections by $0.32 per share.