/ Source: The Associated Press
Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies are up at noon:
Baxter rose $1.18 or 2.6 percent, to $46.30.
Bristol-Myers Squibb rose $.01 or percent, to $24.35.
Hospira rose $1.92 or 3.7 percent, to $54.02.
Johnson & Johnson rose $1.07 or 1.7 percent, to $64.38.
King Pharmaceuticals rose $.02 or .2 percent, to $9.61.
Eli Lilly rose $.56 or 1.6 percent, to $35.18.
Merck rose $1.02 or 3.0 percent, to $34.51.
Pfizer rose $.56 or 3.4 percent, to $17.02.