Top Health-care stocks:
JNJ: -0.6%
PFE: -0.1%
ABT: +1.0%
MRK: -0.8%
AMGN: -0.4%
Health-care shares were mainly lower in pre-market trade on Tuesday.
In health-care stocks news, AmpliPhi Biosciences ( APHB ) announced encouraging topline data from a trial evaluating AB-SA01, its proprietary investigational phage cocktail targeting Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections.
Shares in the company were up 7% pre-bell at $1.81. The stock has traded between $1.15 and $9 over the past 52 weeks.
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