Pfizer Inc. said it would buy Hospira Inc. (NYSE:HSP) for about $15 billion to boost its portfolio of generic injectable drugs and copies of biotech medicines. On Friday shares of Hospira Inc. (NYSE:HSP) closed at $87.43. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 2.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.52%.
GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) on 2 February 2015, announced that its President and CEO, Douglas J. Swirsky, will present a corporate overview at the 17th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference at 1 p.m. EST on Monday, February 9, 2015 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNVC) in last trading activity advanced 8.02% to close at $4.31. Company weekly performance is 27.14% while its quarterly performance stands at 110.24%. GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNVC) is 4.61% away from its 52 week high.
Command Security Corporation (NYSE MKT:MOC) announced that on January 29, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) issued a stay of the transition of the two contracts recently awarded to Command Security Corporation (“Command Security” or the “Company”) pending the resolution of a dispute over the award of such contracts. The contracts at issue were disclosed in a press release issued by the Company on January 6, 2015, and in a Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2015. On last trading day Command Security Corp. (NYSEMKT:MOC) decreased -0.93% to close at $2.24. Its volatility for the week is 7.91% while volatility for the month is 8.99%. MOC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 1.80%. Command Security Corp. (NYSEMKT:MOC) monthly performance is -13.88%.
On February 3, 2015, The Female Health Company (NASDAQ:FHCO) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing results for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. The Company generated net revenues of $6,659,206 and net income of $804,917, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2014, compared with net revenues of $6,690,195 and net income of $1,464,603, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2013. The Female Health Company (NASDAQ:FHCO) has 10.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 28.30%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $3.76.
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) and Kallo Inc. (OTCQB: KALO) announced that Kallo has deployed its remote health-care delivery system on the IBM cloud to bring advanced real-time medical services to rural areas of the world. On Friday shares of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) closed at $156.72. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -0.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 4.51%.