Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Sanofi (SNY), Novartis (NVS), and AstraZeneca (AZN).

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The upshot was that the newer drugs, including Celebrex and Bextra from rival Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), did less damage to the stomach than older medicines like naproxen (sold as Aleve), ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) or diclofenac (a Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) drug called Voltaren).

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Among the largest underlying components of VXUS, in trading today BHP Billiton ( BHP) is off about 4.1%, and Novartis ( NVS) is lower by about 3.1%.

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