Health Care

Drugmaker Actavis plans a name change once it finishes its acquisition of Botox-maker Allergan in a $66 billion deal that the company announced last fall.

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies are down at 10 a.m.: Baxter International Inc. fell $1.02 or 1.5 percent, to $68.77.

Anthem has closed its purchase of Florida Medicaid managed care provider Simply Healthcare Holdings Inc., as the nation's second-largest health insurer continues to expand its government business.

Shares of some top medical devices companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Allergan rose $.03 or percent, to $229.52.

Shares of some top medical devices companies were mixed at the close of trading: Allergan rose $.66 or .3 percent, to $230.15.

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.11 or .1 percent, to $143.82.

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter International Inc. fell $.60 or .9 percent, to $69.79.

Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.50 or .5 percent, to $96.62.

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Baxter International Inc. fell $.68 or 1.0 percent, to $69.71.

Boston Scientific says it will pay $600 million to settle with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the medical device maker's $27 billion acquisition of Guidant Corp. in 2006.

Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Aetna rose $.14 or .1 percent, to $96.26.

Shares of some top medical devices companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Allergan rose $.54 or .2 percent, to $230.03.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies are up at 1 p.m.: Amgen Inc. rose $.40 or .3 percent, to $153.88.

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton, Dickinson & rose $.72 or .5 percent, to $143.71.

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter International rose $.31 or .4 percent, to $70.39.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies were mixed at the close of trading: Amgen rose $.30 or .2 percent, to $153.48.

Shares of some top managed care companies were down at the close of trading: Aetna fell $.96 or 1.0 percent, to $96.12.

Shares of some top medical devices companies were up at the close of trading: Allergan rose $1.87 or .8 percent, to $229.49.

Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.29 or .2 percent, to $142.71.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Amgen Inc. fell $.42 or .3 percent, to $152.76.