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SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD.
SPHERA FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD. (CIK: 0001496201), located at 4 Itzhak Sade Building A, Tel Aviv, L3. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2014Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 128 holdings with a total value of $809,459,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 NOVARTIS A G 478,921 45,179,000 5.58%
2 SPDR S&P BIOTECH ETF 200,000 39,404,000 4.87% Put
3 PFIZER INC 1,274,013 37,673,000 4.65%
4 TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD 647,438 34,845,000 4.30%
5 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI HEALTHCARE 485,500 31,028,000 3.83% Put
6 ALLERGAN PLC 122,100 29,460,000 3.64%
7 MERCK & CO INC 417,530 24,751,000 3.06%
8 ABBVIE INC 403,550 23,309,000 2.88%
9 Allergan Inc 128,840 22,958,000 2.84%
10 SHIRE PLC 259,085 22,429,000 2.77%
11 ISRAMCO INC 103,111,944 22,136,000 2.73%
12 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 207,406 22,107,000 2.73%
13 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 194,200 20,673,000 2.55% Call
14 TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD 375,200 20,167,000 2.49% Call
15 VERTEX PHARMACEUT 150,000 16,847,000 2.08%
16 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 291,300 13,391,000 1.65% Call
17 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 98,550 12,930,000 1.60%
18 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 97,200 12,753,000 1.58% Call
19 MALLINCKRODT PUB LTD CO SHS 135,940 12,255,000 1.51%
20 UNITED THERAPEUTICS 88,840 11,429,000 1.41%
21 ISRAEL CHEMICALS LTD SHS 1,380,000 9,977,000 1.23%
22 ELBIT SYS LTD 144,759 8,974,000 1.11%
23 ORBOTECH LTD 571,532 8,901,000 1.10%
24 BIOMARIN 121,970 8,801,000 1.09%
25 Astrazeneca Plc ADR F 120,000 8,573,000 1.06%
26 VERINT SYS INC COM 151,468 8,423,000 1.04%
27 SANOFI CONTGNT VAL RT 67,960 7,689,000 0.95%
28 SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 48,500 7,578,000 0.94% Call
29 PUMA BIOTECHNOLOGY 30,296 7,228,000 0.89%
30 ASTRAZENECA PLC 97,100 6,937,000 0.86% Call
31 AMGEN INC 48,550 6,819,000 0.84%
32 ACORDA THERAPEUTICS 199,105 6,746,000 0.83%
33 LILLY ELI & CO 97,100 6,297,000 0.78%
34 MEDIVATION INC 63,115 6,240,000 0.77%
35 B COMMUNICATIONS LTD 321,431 6,175,000 0.76%
36 Medassets Inc 433,889 6,103,000 0.75%
37 SEATTLE GENETICS INC 155,360 5,776,000 0.71%
38 DYAX CORP COM CVR 517,556 5,238,000 0.65%
39 APPLE COMPUTER INC 50,045 5,042,000 0.62%
40 ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD 231,115 4,861,000 0.60%
41 AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 150,230 4,794,000 0.59%
42 CLOVIS ONCOLOGY INC 101,955 4,625,000 0.57%
43 PHARMACYCLICS INC 38,840 4,561,000 0.56%
44 CSX CORP 139,675 4,478,000 0.55%
45 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 97,100 4,464,000 0.55%
46 Mylan Inc 97,100 4,417,000 0.55%
47 AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 165,074 4,237,000 0.52%
48 BROADCOM CORP CL A 99,360 4,016,000 0.50%
49 APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOL CORP 210,724 3,922,000 0.48%
50 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 139,420 3,625,000 0.45%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Restatement filing (0001178913-14-003634, filed 2014.11.20).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.