Health-care companies fell amid regulatory fears.
The Federal Trade Commission warned that it was concerned about consolidation and anticompetitive conduct in the health-care industry.
Swiss drug maker Novartis struck a deal valued at up to $3 billion to buy an experimental breast-cancer drug from Synnovation Therapeutics, moving to bolster its oncology pipeline with a new treatment approach.
Prestige Consumer Healthcare has signed a deal to buy a portfolio of brands that includes the Breathe Right nasal strip from privately held Foundation Consumer Healthcare for $1.045 billion.
Days after a federal judge said the Department of Health and Human Services' vaccine committee members were improperly appointed, the agency is now considering whether to find a new slate of members for the panel or appeal the court's ruling.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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