Chief Compliance Officer

0001104659-14-080930.txt : 20141114 0001104659-14-080930.hdr.sgml : 20141114 20141114144141 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-080930 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20141114 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tekla Capital Management LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001300336 IRS NUMBER: 010628853 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-10950 FILM NUMBER: 141223113 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 LIBERTY SQUARE STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 617 772-8500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 LIBERTY SQUARE STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040811 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE 0001300336 XXXXXXXX 09-30-2014 09-30-2014 false Tekla Capital Management LLC

2 LIBERTY SQUARE 9TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02109

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Common 229678107 32802 494454 SH SOLE 494454 0 0 Eli Lilly & Co Common 532457108 12122 186918 SH SOLE 186918 0 0 Endo International PLC Shares G30401106 22977 336215 SH SOLE 336215 0 0 Endologix Inc. Common 29266S106 5841 551000 SH SOLE 551000 0 0 Epizyme, Inc. Common 29428V104 3830 141262 SH SOLE 141262 0 0 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Common 375558103 265117 2490531 SH SOLE 2490531 0 0 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Common 375558103 17128 160900 SH Call SOLE 160900 0 0 HCA Holdings, Inc. Common 40412C101 8158 115688 SH SOLE 115688 0 0 Health Care REIT Inc. Common 42217K601 11436 200000 PRN SOLE 200000 0 0 Heron Therapeutics, Inc. Common 427746102 7280 873940 SH SOLE 873940 0 0 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Common 45168D104 6630 56265 SH SOLE 56265 0 0 Illumina, Inc. Common 452327109 37594 229341 SH SOLE 229341 0 0 Illumina, Inc. Common 452327109 3869 23600 SH Call SOLE 23600 0 0 Impax Laboratories, Inc. Common 45256B101 23480 990283 SH SOLE 990283 0 0 Impax Laboratories, Inc. 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Common 556099109 666 31857 SH SOLE 31857 0 0 McKesson Corporation Common 58155Q103 13211 67862 SH SOLE 67862 0 0 Medical Properties Trust Inc. Common 58463J304 7690 627274 SH SOLE 627274 0 0 MEI Pharma, Inc. Common 55279B202 1683 243920 SH SOLE 243920 0 0 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Note 4.50% 7/15/20 590328AA8 2308 1485000 PRN SOLE 1485000 0 0 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 590328100 4985 567787 SH SOLE 567787 0 0 Molina Healthcare, Inc. Common 60855R100 14716 347901 SH SOLE 347901 0 0 Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 60877T100 12106 1067575 SH SOLE 1067575 0 0 Mylan, Inc. Common 628530107 45950 1010105 SH SOLE 1010105 0 0 Myriad Genetics, Inc. Common 62855J104 4328 112200 SH SOLE 112200 0 0 Myriad Genetics, Inc. Common 62855J104 4328 112200 SH Call SOLE 112200 0 0 Nektar Therapeutics Common 640268108 4041 334800 SH SOLE 334800 0 0 Nektar Therapeutics Common 640268108 4041 334800 SH Call SOLE 334800 0 0 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Common 64125C109 20088 1281950 SH SOLE 1281950 0 0 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Common 64125C109 4413 281600 SH Call SOLE 281600 0 0 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 62936P103 6211 238900 SH SOLE 238900 0 0 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 62936P103 4056 156000 SH Call SOLE 156000 0 0 Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. Common 681936100 8637 252616 SH SOLE 252616 0 0 OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 68230A106 302 113100 SH SOLE 113100 0 0 PerkinElmer, Inc. Common 714046109 7216 165495 SH SOLE 165495 0 0 Perrigo Company plc Shares G97822103 9455 62952 SH SOLE 62952 0 0 Pfizer, Inc. Common 717081103 56249 1902241 SH SOLE 1902241 0 0 Physicians Realty Trust Common 71943U104 9216 671702 SH SOLE 671702 0 0 PTC Therapeutics, Inc. Common 69366J200 3483 79150 SH SOLE 79150 0 0 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 75886F107 67477 187166 SH SOLE 187166 0 0 Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. Common 78573L106 8351 343390 SH SOLE 343390 0 0 Sage Therapeutics, Inc. Common 78667J108 158 5000 SH SOLE 5000 0 0 Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 786692103 12587 404731 SH SOLE 404731 0 0 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Common 800677106 8090 750100 SH SOLE 750100 0 0 Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. Common 803607100 7288 345400 SH SOLE 345400 0 0 Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. Common 803607100 7288 345400 SH Call SOLE 345400 0 0 Senior Housing Properties Trust Shares 81721M109 8567 409504 SH SOLE 409504 0 0 Shire plc Sponsored ADR 82481R106 31947 123322 SH SOLE 123322 0 0 St Jude Medical, Inc. Common 790849103 7367 122510 SH SOLE 122510 0 0 Stryker Corporation Common 863667101 7739 95840 SH SOLE 95840 0 0 Synageva BioPharma Corp. Common 87159A103 15339 223020 SH SOLE 223020 0 0 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Common 881624209 3687 68600 SH Call SOLE 68600 0 0 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR 881624209 35055 652194 SH SOLE 652194 0 0 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Common 883556102 32479 266875 SH SOLE 266875 0 0 Thoratec Corporation Common 885175307 3029 113300 SH SOLE 113300 0 0 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Common 91324P102 7175 83186 SH SOLE 83186 0 0 Ventas Inc. Common 92276F100 8449 136382 SH SOLE 136382 0 0 Verastem, Inc. Common 92337C104 9797 1149827 SH SOLE 1149827 0 0 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 92532F100 78835 701944 SH SOLE 701944 0 0 WellCare Health Plans Inc. Common 94946T106 5349 88652 SH SOLE 88652 0 0 Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Common 98956P102 8024 79800 SH SOLE 79800 0 0