On October 31, On the heels of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)’s win this week in its Pinnacle Hip implant trial, the pharmaceutical giant may offer $250 million to settle lawsuits not included in its previous offer to settle thousands of DePuy ASR hip claims from last year, Bloomberg reported. J&J is considering settling about 1,000 lawsuits before they reach trial, according to Bloomberg’s anonymous sources. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 23.30% and weekly performance is 3.26%. On last trading day company shares ended up $107.46. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.43%.Telecom gear maker Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) on Friday posted a 9% increase in sales in the July-Sept quarter at SEK 57.6 billion ($7.9 billion), with India reporting the highest growth along with other emerging markets like West Asia, China and Russia. Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) shares decreased -0.93% in last trading session and ended the day at $11.73. ERIC Gross Margin is 35.50% and its return on assets is 4.90%. Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) quarterly performance is -4.56%.Egalet Corporation (Nasdaq:EGLT) announced that its third quarter financial results will be released on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Following the announcement, Egalet's management will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:30 am Eastern Time to review the Company's financial and operating results and provide a general business update. On 03 November, Egalet Corporation (NASDAQ:EGLT) shares moved down -1.20% and was closed at $7.42. EGLT EPS growth in last 5 year was 0.00%. Egalet Corporation (NASDAQ:EGLT) year to date (YTD) performance is -38.17%.Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) announced that its third quarter results will be released on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, after the close of the stock market. Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) ended the last trading day at $4.16. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.04% and price to cash ratio as 6.20. Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) showed a weekly performance of 0.73%.EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) Chairman Arthur W. Coviello, Jr. sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.90, for a total value of $418,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman now directly owns 434,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,133,877. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) shares moved up 1.18% in last trading session and ended the day at $29.07. EMC Gross Margin is 62.20% and its return on assets is 6.70%. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) quarterly performance is -0.14%.