Biotech & healthcare

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Biotech

• AbbVie  (ABBV)
• Actelion (ATLN.VX)
• Affymetrix (AFFX)
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN)
• Alkermes (ALKS)
• Allergan (AGN)
• AMAG (AMAG)
• Amgen (AMGN)
• Anika (ANIK)
• AstraZeneca (AZN.L)
• Baxalta (BXLT)
• Biogen (BIIB)
• BioDelivery Sciences International (BDSI)
• BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) — bad company
• Bluebird Bio (BLUE) — bad company
• BTG (BTG.L)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
• Celgene (CELG)
• Clovis Oncology (CLVS)
• CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (1093.HK)
• Derma Sciences (DSCI)
• Flamel (FLML)
• Fosun Pharmaceutical (2196.HK)
• Genmab (GEN.CO)
• Gilead (GILD)
• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
• Horizon Pharma (HZNP)
• Illumina (ILMN)
• Incyte (INCY)
• Inotek Pharmaceuticals (ITEK)    — No need to study, a bad company
• Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT)
• Intrexon (XON)
• ISIS (ISIS)
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ)
• Juno (JUNO) — No need to study, a bad company
• Lannett (LCI)
• MannKind (MNKD)
• Merck (MRK)
• Mylan (MYL)
• Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX)
• Pfizer (PFE)
• Perrigo Company PLC (PRGO)
• Regeneron (REGN)
• Repligen (RGEN)
• Sanofi (SAN.PA)
• Stada-Arzneimittel (SAZ.DE)
• Seattle Genetics (SGEN)
• Sino Biopharmaceutical (1177.HK)
• Teva (TEVA)
• United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR)
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals  (VRX)
• Venn Life Sciences (VENN.L)
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
• VIVUS (VVUS)
• Novartis ( NVS)

Comparison of these stocks 

Healthcare 

Medial Equipment 

Hearing Aids

• Sonova Holding AG (SOON.SW), Switzerland 
• William Demant Holdings :  2nd largest hearing aids maker (0RGT.IL), Denmark 
• GN Store Nord A/S (GN.CO) : Denmark
• Cochlear Limited (COH.AX): Australia

Neuro/brain  Stimulation 

• Medtronic plc (MDT) : largest nerve stimulator maker. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS); Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS);Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS); Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES)
• Nevro Corp. (NVRO): focusing on spinal cord stimulation system
• Biomet : Bone Growth Stimulator (BGS)
• Cyberonics : Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
• Boston Scientific : Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS); Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS); Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS); Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS); Phrenic Nerve Stimulation (PNS)
• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): 2nd largest nerve stimulator maker 
• ST Jude Medical : Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS); Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
•  Avery : Phrenic Nerve Stimulation (PNS)
• FineTech : Bladder & Bowel Nerve Stimulation (BBNS) 
• LivaNova PLC (LIVN) : cardiopulmonary products & vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) 

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