Once again, health stocks were down in line with the broader markets, and with light news flow.
Big biotechs Celgene(CELG Quote) and Gilead(GILD Quote) were down 3.4% and 2.4%, helping to hold down the biotech indices. The Nasdaq and Amex indices were off by 1.6% and 1.2%, respectively.
One mover, Amylin(AMLN Quote) fell another $1.66, or 5.6%, to $28.10, after falling some 16% a day prior. Stanford Research downgraded Amylin to hold from buy, keeping a price target of $33, a day after regulators warned of two deaths possibly related to the diabetes drug Byetta, which Amylin is developing with Eli Lilly(LLY Quote). ...
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