Top 8 healthcare stocks from Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch named its top healthcare stock picks for 2015—stocks the company believes will outperform next year, according to a 24/7 Wall Street report.

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The projected top performers are:

 

1. Actavis, a pharmaceutical company which successfully implemented the tax inversion strategy.

 

2. Perrigo Company Public Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical company in the process of tax inversion.

 

3. Merck & Co., a company in the major pharma sector.

 

4. Celgene, a biotech company focused on new therapies requiring collaboration.

 

5. Karyopharm Therapeutics, a small-mid-cap biotech company focused on cancer treatment in addition to other major diseases.

 

6. Thermo Fisher Scientific, which serves scientific endeavors.

 

7. Medtronic, a medical device company with a focus on orthopedics, which is also pursuing a tax inversion strategy.

 

8. Cigna, a healthcare insurance company expected to “face the least headwinds” when compared to peers.

 

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