Health-care companies ticked up as fears about a new U.S. approach to drug regulation subsided.

The Food and Drug Administration reversed course and agreed to begin a review of Moderna's application to sell a new seasonal flu shot after the vaccine maker agreed to conduct additional testing in the elderly. Shares of Moderna rallied.

Johnson & Johnson will invest more than $1 billion in a next generation cell therapy manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Pa.


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