The company is also collaborating with such companies as Abbott Laboratories, Celldex Therapeutics Inc.

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Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: PDL BioPharma Inc. (PDLI), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY).

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Among the largest underlying components of VYM, in trading today Abbott Laboratories ( NYSE: ABT) is down about 0.9%, Home Depot Inc ( NYSE: HD) is down about 0.7%, and United Technologies Corp. ( NYSE: UTX) is lower by about 0.2%.

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Among the largest underlying components of VYM, in trading today Abbott Laboratories ( NYSE: ABT) is up about 0.2%, Home Depot Inc ( NYSE: HD) is up about 1.3%, and United Technologies Corp. ( NYSE: UTX) is higher by about 0.3%.

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Among the largest underlying components of VYM, in trading today General Electric Co ( NYSE: GE) is off about 0.5%, Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is down about 0.6%, and Abbott Laboratories ( NYSE: ABT) is lower by about 0.2%.

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Among the largest underlying components of USMV, in trading today Automatic Data Processing Inc. ( NASD: ADP) is up about 1.2%, Amgen Inc ( NASD: AMGN) is up about 0.2%, and Abbott Laboratories ( NYSE: ABT) is up by about 1.2%.

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