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



