Health care shares are mostly lower in mid-day trading as the broader market remains mixed. In sector news, British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc. (AZN) could double spending for share buybacks later in the year following a legal victory that protects the patent on the Crestor cholesterol pill, reported Bloomberg, citing analysts. Meanwhile, athenahealth (ATHN) shares are higher as the health care IT provider beat the Street's earnings estimates.
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