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Analyst Update: Agreements, Study Results, and Patent Grants

Reviewed by: Rohit Tuli, CFA(R)

U.S. stock markets witnessed a mixed trend on Wednesday as the Dow inched further into record territory but the Nasdaq broke its 10-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.38 points, or 0.08%, to 18224.57. The S&P 500 lost 1.62 points to 2113.86, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.98 points, or 0.02%, to 4967.14. Trading was relatively subdued ahead of the release of economic data on Thursday, as investors reviewed the latest corporate earnings news and digested remarks by Fed Chair. European stocks were down as mixed corporate results halted the rally that had propelled FTSE 100 and DAX to record highs. FTSE 100 was down 0.21% to 6935.38. Chinese stocks climbed to a four-week high amid speculation the nation will do more to support economic growth. China's HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) inched up to 50.1 in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a reading of 49.5, little changed from January's final PMI of 49.7. Japan's key Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1% and Australia's benchmark S&P ASX 200 index gained 0.3%.

Covance Inc. (Covance) reported that its stockholders voted to adopt the merger agreement, which was previously announced on November 3, 2014, providing for the acquisition of Covance by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) at a special meeting of Covance stockholders on February 18, 2015.

Intrexon Corporation (Intrexon) reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ActoGeniX - a European clinical stage biopharmaceutical company building a new frontier in cellular therapeutics - the combination will bring new generation of orally delivered Biotherapeutics.

Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (Quintiles Transnational) reported it is working with the National Football League (NFL) with an aim to track player injuries and understand trends in injury occurrence. The NFL recently signed a five-year agreement with Quintiles Transnational to continue and expand upon its Injury Surveillance and Analytics (ISA) service.

NanoViricides, Inc. (NanoViricides) reported that an optimized FluCide candidate was found to be safe in cGLP-like Safety and Toxicology Study in Rats Performed by Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BASi), indicating FluCide as the most promising among the advanced candidates in the Company's drug development pipeline.

Aradigm Corporation (Aradigm) announced that the European Patent Office has granted key composition of matter for Pulmaquin in Europe and Australia. The patent is entitled "Dual Action, Inhaled Formulations Providing Both an Immediate and Sustained Release Profile" (E.U. Patent No. 2,079,443), and has been issued to Aradigm for formulations of liposomal and free ciprofloxacin.

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