Monday's Health Winners & Losers

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories(RDY Quote) sank 3.4% to $17.95 early Monday despite hitting a third-quarter earnings triple. The generic drugmaker earned 1.88 billion rupees, or $43 million. The company earned $14 million a year ago.

Amgen's(AMGN Quote) shares gained 2.4% to $76.04 after an analyst raised his price target on the stock, saying a competitive threat appears to be waning.

Bear Stearns analyst Mark Schoenebaum said papers filed Friday suggest that Roche's competing drug Cera is similar enough to Amgen's Epo to prevent Roche from launching Cera in the U.S. Amgen should reach a year-end price target of $83, says Schoenebaum. He previously set a price target of $77.

Shares of Chelsea Therapeutics(CHTP Quote) gained 6.9% after the company said U.S. regulators granted its low blood pressure drug Droxidopa orphan drug designation.

The status allows seven years of market exclusivity for the drug in the treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, a condition caused by diseases such as Parkinson's, multiple systems atrophy and pure autonomic failure. Orphan drug designation, which is granted for drugs for rare diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 patients, also provides tax credits for research costs and assistance in designing clinical trials.

Shares of Halozyme Therapeutics(HTI Quote) were up 8.2% to $7.56 after the company said its Enhanze technology improved the absorption of disease treatments made of large-protein molecules. The technology boosted the absorption of the injected molecules in a trial involving 15 patients, the company announced Monday. The treatment could benefit stroke patients.