Healthcare Sector Tao Sha
A category of stocks relating to medical and healthcare goods or services What Does Healthcare Sector Mean?
hospital management firms health maintenance organizations (HMOs) biotechnology and a variety of medical products
defensive products and services are essential Even during economic downturns, people will still require medical aid and medicine to overcome illness consistent demand for goods and services less sensitive to business cycle
Investing the aging population and the baby boomersbaby boomers people living longer with chronic disease obesity and diabetes epidemics technological advances the global reach of disease personalized medicine
a single-payer system (Medicare/U.S. government)Medicare expenditure as an increasing share of gross domestic product (GDP) gross domestic product the uninsured cost controls consumerism
HGSI: HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES INC Mkt cap 5.78B EPS Beta 5.37
Background BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus ZALBIN for chronic hepatitis C raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax
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GILD: 10.18% ERSX: 17.47% CVS: HEALTHCARE: 0.28% S&P500: 0.89%
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