Healthcare Review: INCY, JNJ, FOLD, PFE, PCYC

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/18/2013 -- Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) traded up 7.00% on Friday, hitting $22.00. Incyte has a 1-year low of $15.43 and a 1-year high of $26.30. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently $18.49. The company’s market cap is $2.887 billion.

Incyte Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecule drugs to treat serious unmet medical needs. Its advanced compound, JAKAFI (ruxolitinib), also known as INCB18424 and INC424, is an oral Janus associated kinase (JAK) inhibitor used for the treatment for patients with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF), including primary MF, post-polycythemia vera MF and post-essential thrombocythemia MF.

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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) added $0.35 to close at $76.16 with an average volume of 9.58 million shares. Company has recently recalled thousands of its hip implants, 2 1/2 years after the problem-plagued health care giant issued a recall of two other types of its artificial hips.

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics.

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Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOLD) slumped by nearly 26% to $2.89 after it traded a massive volume of 6.7 million shares versus a normal average of 1.3 million shares. A biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the discovery and commercialisation of small molecule, oral drugs known as pharmacological chaperones, it has a market cap of nearly $143 million with institutions owning about 70% of the stock.

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of orally administered, small molecule drugs known as pharmacological chaperones for treating a range of diseases, including lysosomal storage diseases and diseases of neurodegeneration.

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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) was among the active dollar volume stocks after it closed at $27.29 adding 0.85% Friday. Company recently announced a donation of 3000 US dollars for The Madison Education Foundation which makes Pfizer Inc. one of the top sponsors of the “Madison 5K Run” program for the second year in a row.

Pfizer Inc. is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. The Company manages its operations through five segments: Primary Care; Specialty Care and Oncology; Established Products and Emerging Markets; Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare, and Nutrition.

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Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC) after company reported adjusted earnings per share of 62 cents for second quarter on Thursday far ahead the analysts’ estimates of 29 cents. Pharmacyclics, Inc.’s stock rose to its third consecutive new high for the year.

Pharmacyclics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing small-molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer and immune mediated diseases. The Company's clinical development and product candidates are small-molecule enzyme inhibitors designed to target biochemical pathways involved in human diseases.

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