These 5 Mid-Cap Healthcare Stocks Had the Best Gains in 2020

This year's most successful investors started 2020 with small-cap healthcare holdings. In many cases, this meant betting on companies that hadn't yet brought products to market. In others, the bet was on commercial stage players -- but ones that still hadn't reached profitability.

In barely 12 months, many of these businesses bloomed into mid-cap companies, with market values of more than $2 billion. Shares of this year's best performer surged as much as 32-fold.

It may be no surprise to you that a few of those in this list are involved in coronavirus work. That was one of the most dominant themes of the year, after all. But a couple of surprises populate this list too. Let's take a look at which healthcare companies boosted portfolios the most -- and why.

Source Fool.com