Pharmaceuticals companies shares up at 10 a.m.

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies are up at 10 a.m.:

Baxter International Inc. rose $.34 or .5 percent, to $70.25.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. rose $.28 or .4 percent, to $65.63.

Eli Lilly & Co. rose $.38 or .5 percent, to $72.85.

Hospira rose $.15 or .2 percent, to $87.61.

Johnson & Johnson rose $.97 or 1.0 percent, to $100.55.

Merck rose $.98 or 1.7 percent, to $57.86.

Pfizer rose $.07 or .2 percent, to $35.11.