Election Day's Winners & Losers in Biotech and Drug Sectors

November 4, 2008 · Filed Under daily · Comments Off 

Today’s biotech winners are as follows:

  • GPC BIOTECH AG (GPCB)                  +80.34%
  • ALSERES PHARMACEUTCL (ALSE)     +32.90%
  • OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS (OSIR)          +18.26%
  • TRANSITION THERAPEUT (TTHI)     +9.68%
  • REXAHN PHARMACEUTICL (RNN)    +8.91%
  • ANADYS PHARMACEUTICA (ANDS) +8.65%
  • NEURALSTEM INC (CUR)                 +8.22%
  • ALNYLAM PHARMACEUT (ALNY)    +7.46%
  • LEXICON PHARMACEUTCL (LXRX)  +6.55%

Today’s Drug stock winners are:

  • WYETH (WYE)                                +6.27%
  • JAVELIN PHARMACEUTIC (JAV)     +5.15%
  • LILLY ELI CO (LLY)                        +4.41%
  • SCHERING PLOUGH CP (SGP)        +4.07%
  • MERCK CO INC (MRK)                   +3.77%
  • PFIZER INC (PFE)                           +3.03%
  • BRISTOL MYERS SQIBB (BMY)         +2.91%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC ADS (AZN)     +2.77%

Contract research organization, or CRO,are taking it right on the chin today:

  • Charles River Laboratories (CRL)  -1.45%
  • Covance Inc. (CVD)                     -6.03%
  • Parexel International (PRXL)        -2.65%
  • Pharmaceutical Pdt. Dev. (PPDI)  -4,14%
  • PharmaNet Dev. Group (PDGI)    -9.37%

Biotech losers are as follows:

  • AMYLIN PHARMA INC (AMLN)   -22.43%
  • COMPUGEN LTD (CGEN)           -16.15%
  • QLT INC (QLTI)                         -10.36%
  • NOVACEA, INC. (NOVC)           -9.52%
  • CERUS CORP (CERS)                  -7.01%

Jon Ogg
November 4, 2008

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