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After the company reported in December that a key late-stage drug had come up short in trials, a sharp sell-off caused Opko Health to finish the fourth quarter down 12.2%, capping a 7.5% loss for the year,according to S&P Global Market Intelligence . Opko Health is run by billionaire CEO Phillip Frost, and until recently, Frost has been very successful at commercializing clinical-stage drugs that he’s purchased for Opko Health at bargain prices.