Chief Compliance Officer

0001104659-15-005552.txt : 20150130 0001104659-15-005552.hdr.sgml : 20150130 20150130100952 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-005552 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150130 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150130 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: 15561092 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 12-31-2014 12-31-2014 false Tekla Capital Management LLC

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Common 01988P108 20491 1604600 SH SOLE 1604600 0 0 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 02043Q107 5975 61595 SH SOLE 61595 0 0 Amgen Inc. Common 031162100 60575 380279 SH SOLE 380279 0 0 Amgen Inc. Common 031162100 45 285 SH Call SOLE 285 0 0 Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 079481107 1382 60000 SH SOLE 60000 0 0 BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. Common 09060J106 3407 283411 SH SOLE 283411 0 0 Biogen Idec, Inc. Common 09062X103 111096 327283 SH SOLE 327283 0 0 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Common 09061G101 51530 570027 SH SOLE 570027 0 0 bluebird bio, Inc. Common 09609G100 5001 54527 SH SOLE 54527 0 0 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Common 110122108 31595 535240 SH SOLE 535240 0 0 Catamaran Corporation Common 148887102 22439 433600 SH SOLE 433600 0 0 Celgene Corporation Common 151020104 223142 1994834 SH SOLE 1994834 0 0 Celladon Corporation Common 15117E107 11845 606482 SH SOLE 606482 0 0 Centene Corporation Common 15135B101 6231 60000 SH SOLE 60000 0 0 Cigna Corp Common 125509109 7641 74251 SH SOLE 74251 0 0 Clovis Oncology, Inc. Common 189464100 3 51 SH SOLE 51 0 0 Community Health Systems, Inc. Common 203668108 8340 154672 SH SOLE 154672 0 0 Corsicanto Ltd. Note 3.5% 1/15/32 220480AB3 9132 14700000 PRN SOLE 14700000 0 0 Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 253031108 2573 156250 SH SOLE 156250 0 0 Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. Common 286221106 6524 610200 SH SOLE 610200 0 0 Eli Lilly & Co Common 532457108 12895 186918 SH SOLE 186918 0 0 Endo International PLC Shares G30401106 18158 251773 SH SOLE 251773 0 0 Endologix Inc. Common 29266S106 8425 551000 SH SOLE 551000 0 0 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Common 375558103 196130 2080731 SH SOLE 2080731 0 0 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Common 375558103 91 961 SH Call SOLE 961 0 0 HCA Holdings, Inc. Common 40412C101 10824 147488 SH SOLE 147488 0 0 Health Care REIT Inc. Convertible Preferred 42217K601 13170 200000 PRN SOLE 200000 0 0 Heron Therapeutics, Inc. Common 427746102 8792 873940 SH SOLE 873940 0 0 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Common 45168D104 8342 56265 SH SOLE 56265 0 0 Illumina, Inc. Common 452327109 19167 103841 SH SOLE 103841 0 0 Impax Laboratories, Inc. Common 45256B101 10920 344683 SH SOLE 344683 0 0 Incyte Corporation Common 45337C102 68465 936461 SH SOLE 936461 0 0 Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 45665G303 7408 438623 SH SOLE 438623 0 0 IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. Common 458173101 3173 1404000 SH SOLE 1404000 0 0 Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 46333X108 11767 768050 SH SOLE 768050 0 0 Ishares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF ETF 464287556 17494 57670 SH SOLE 57670 0 0 Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc Shares G50871105 32966 201341 SH SOLE 201341 0 0 Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc Shares G50871105 46 281 SH Call SOLE 281 0 0 Johnson & Johnson Common 478160104 34217 327212 SH SOLE 327212 0 0 Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Common 48576U106 5157 137766 SH SOLE 137766 0 0 KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Inc Common 501570105 3864 111433 SH SOLE 111433 0 0 Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. Common 53220K504 3682 69200 SH SOLE 69200 0 0 LTC Properties Inc. Common 502175102 10215 236618 SH SOLE 236618 0 0 Macrogenics, Inc. Common 556099109 447 12743 SH SOLE 12743 0 0 McKesson Corporation Common 58155Q103 14087 67862 SH SOLE 67862 0 0 Medical Properties Trust Inc. Common 58463J304 13488 978774 SH SOLE 978774 0 0 MEI Pharma, Inc. Common 55279B202 1042 243920 SH SOLE 243920 0 0 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Note 4.50% 7/15/20 590328AA8 2832 1485000 PRN SOLE 1485000 0 0 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 590328100 6416 567787 SH SOLE 567787 0 0 Molina Healthcare, Inc. Common 60855R100 18623 347901 SH SOLE 347901 0 0 Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 60877T100 12854 1067575 SH SOLE 1067575 0 0 Mylan, Inc. Common 628530107 56940 1010105 SH SOLE 1010105 0 0 Myriad Genetics, Inc. Common 62855J104 3822 112200 SH SOLE 112200 0 0 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Common 64125C109 22348 1000350 SH SOLE 1000350 0 0 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 62936P103 22388 625900 SH SOLE 625900 0 0 Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. Common 681936100 14707 376416 SH SOLE 376416 0 0 OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 68230A106 259 113100 SH SOLE 113100 0 0 Perrigo Company plc Shares G97822103 10523 62952 SH SOLE 62952 0 0 Pfizer, Inc. Common 717081103 51031 1638241 SH SOLE 1638241 0 0 Physicians Realty Trust Common 71943U104 15903 958002 SH SOLE 958002 0 0 PTC Therapeutics, Inc. Common 69366J200 6168 119150 SH SOLE 119150 0 0 Receptos, Inc. Common 756207106 2499 20400 SH SOLE 20400 0 0 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 75886F107 81380 198366 SH SOLE 198366 0 0 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 75886F107 46 112 SH Call SOLE 112 0 0 Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. Common 78573L106 12388 407890 SH SOLE 407890 0 0 Sage Therapeutics Inc. Common 78667J108 183 5000 SH SOLE 5000 0 0 Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 786692103 2147 85500 SH SOLE 85500 0 0 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Common 800677106 10329 679100 SH SOLE 679100 0 0 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Common 803607100 4998 345400 SH SOLE 345400 0 0 Senior Housing Properties Trust Shares 81721M109 9054 409504 SH SOLE 409504 0 0 Shire plc Sponsored ADR 82481R106 59835 281522 SH SOLE 281522 0 0 Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Common 83587F202 2154 213896 SH SOLE 213896 0 0 St Jude Medical, Inc. Common 790849103 7967 122510 SH SOLE 122510 0 0 Stryker Corporation Common 863667101 9041 95840 SH SOLE 95840 0 0 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Note 7.50% 5/1/19 868459AB4 3489 2000000 PRN SOLE 2000000 0 0 Synageva BioPharma Corp Common 87159A103 20694 223020 SH SOLE 223020 0 0 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR 881624209 24361 423594 SH SOLE 423594 0 0 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Common 883556102 15159 120995 SH SOLE 120995 0 0 Ventas Inc. Common 92276F100 20992 292782 SH SOLE 292782 0 0 Verastem, Inc. Common 92337C104 10509 1149827 SH SOLE 1149827 0 0 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common 92532F100 83391 701944 SH SOLE 701944 0 0 WellCare Health Plans Inc. Common 94946T106 7275 88652 SH SOLE 88652 0 0 Wright Medical Group Inc. Common 98235T107 4194 156100 SH SOLE 156100 0 0 Zafgen, Inc. Common 98885E103 821 26614 SH SOLE 26614 0 0 Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Common 98956P102 9051 79800 SH SOLE 79800 0 0