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Medical Stocks To Watch Today - May 4th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat names five Medical stocks to watch today — Arcellx (ACLX), Eli Lilly (LLY), UnitedHealth (UNH), CNS Pharmaceuticals (CNSP), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) — based on having the highest dollar trading volume among medical stocks in recent days.
  • Two are clinical-stage biotechs: Arcellx is advancing a ddCAR candidate for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, and CNS Pharmaceuticals is developing berubicin for glioblastoma.
  • The other three are large, diversified healthcare firms: Eli Lilly sells major diabetes and obesity drugs (e.g., Mounjaro, Trulicity, Zepbound), UnitedHealth combines insurance and Optum services, and Johnson & Johnson operates across Innovative Medicines and MedTech.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by June 1st.

Arcellx, Eli Lilly and Company, UnitedHealth Group, CNS Pharmaceuticals, and Johnson & Johnson are the five Medical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Medical stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in healthcare — including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, hospitals and clinics, diagnostics, and other businesses that develop, produce, or deliver medical products and services. Investors view them as a sector whose performance is often driven by regulatory approvals, clinical trial results, patent lifecycles, reimbursement policies, and long-term demographic and health-care spending trends. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Medical stocks within the last several days.

Arcellx (ACLX)

Arcellx, Inc., together with its subsidiary, engages in the development of various immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases in the United States. The company's lead ddCAR product candidate is anitocabtagene autoleucel, which is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM).

Read Our Latest Research Report on ACLX

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.

Read Our Latest Research Report on LLY

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.

Read Our Latest Research Report on UNH

CNS Pharmaceuticals (CNSP)

CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical pharmaceutical company, engages in the development of anti-cancer drug candidates for the treatment of brain and central nervous system tumors. The company's lead drug candidate is Berubicin, which completed Phase I clinical trial that is used for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.

Read Our Latest Research Report on CNSP

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.

Read Our Latest Research Report on JNJ

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