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Health Care Sector Update for 12/18/2017: JNJ, PFE, ABT, MRK, AMGN, SPPI, RXII, TRXC, NVCR, BMY

Top Health-care stocks:

JNJ: +0.5%

PFE: +0.3%

ABT: flat

MRK: +0.2

AMGN: +0.3%

Health care shares were slightly higher in pre-market trading Monday.

Expected movers:

- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals ( SPPI ): board fires CEO Rajesh Shrotriya.

- RXi Pharmaceuticals ( RXII ): positive results from trial with RXI-109 for dermal scarring

- TransEnterix ( TRXC ): enters $29 million SurgiBot agreement for China

- NovoCure ( NVCR ): gets IDE approval for Panova 3 phase 3 trial in advanced pancreatic cancer

Other news:

- Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ): gets European regulatory nod on metastatic melanoma treatment

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