Top Health-care stocks:
JNJ: -0.1%
PFE: -0.3%
ABT: flat
MRK: flat
AMGN: flat
Health-care shares were mainly unchanged in pre-market trade on Tuesday.
In health-care stocks news, ADRs of GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) were edging higher pre-market Tuesday after Japanese authorities granted marketing authorization for Nucala as a treatment for bronchial asthma in patients with refractory asthma.
ADRs were 0.2% higher at $39.61 pre-bell. The stock has traded between $37.24 and $48.45 over the past 52 weeks.
ContraVir Pharmaceuticals Inc ( CTRV ) shares were higher in recent pre-market trade after the company said that results from a third party in vitro study validates the company's CMX157 drug as a "highly potent anti-hepatitis B drug."
Shares were 31.5% higher at $1.96 pre-bell. The stock has traded between $0.76 and $6.28 over the past 52 weeks.
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