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» 1999 Price Performance Of Biotechnology Stocks Ranked By Percent Change In Closing Price From 1998 Year-End (Or IPO Price For 1999 IPOs)
1999 Price Performance Of Biotechnology Stocks Ranked By Percent Change In Closing Price From 1998 Year-End (Or IPO Price For 1999 IPOs)
Jan. 1, 2000
STOCKS THAT GAINED VALUE FROM 0 PERCENT TO 100 PERCENT
Company Name
Symbol
12/31/98
12/31/99
%YTD
Xenova Group
XNVA
0.562
1.125
100
Matritech
NMPS
1.656
3.313
100
Genelabs
GNLB
2.75
5.5
100
Emisphere
EMIS
15.625
30.063
92
Immucell
ICCC
1.25
2.375
90
InKine Pharma
INKP
1.687
3.188
89
CliniChem Devlp
CCHE
4.812
8.875
84
Corixa
CRXA
9.25
17
84
Matrix
MATX
2.625
4.75
81
Connetics Corp.
CNCT
5.875
10.5
79
NeoPharm
NEO
12.125
21.563
78
Valentis
VLTS
5.125
9
76
Integra LifeScien
IART
3.375
5.906
75
Interneuron
IPIC
3.281
5.719
74
Regeneron
REGN
7.375
12.75
73
NABI
NABI
2.687
4.625
72
Sicor
SCRI
4.531
7.75
71
Cholestech
CTEC
3.812
6.5
71
Celtrix
CTRX
1.687
2.875
70
Hycor Bio
HYBD
1.046
1.75
67
Ariad Pharm
ARIA
1.687
2.813
67
Stressgen Biotech
SSB*
1.64
2.66
62
BioPure
BPUR
10.25
16.625
62
Chiron
CHIR
26.187
42.375
62
Pharmacyclics
PCYC
25.5
41.25
62
Texas Biotech
TXB
4.937
7.938
61
Theratechnologies
TH*
2.95
4.74
61
Incyte Pharm
INCY
37.375
60
61
NPS Pharm
NPSP
7.687
12.25
59
Corvas
CVAS
2.812
4.438
58
Aronex Pharma
ARNX
2
3.125
56
Dianon Systems
DIAN
9
13.75
53
Albany Molecular
AMRI
20
30.5
53
Transkaryotic
TKTX
25.375
38.5
52
Tripos
TRPS
7.625
11.5
51
Angiotech Pharma
ANP*
13
19.6
51
Immucor
BLUD
8.75
13.188
51
Martek Bio
MATK
8
12
50
Procept
PRCT
2.5
3.688
48
Cyanotech
CYAN
1.062
1.563
47
OXiGENE
OXGN
10.75
15.625
45
Cangene
CNJ*
3.62
5.25
45
Onyx Pharma
ONXX
7
10
43
VaxGen
VXGN
13
18.5
42
Avant Immuno
AVAN
1.75
2.469
41
SangStat Med
SANG
21.25
29.75
40
Genentech
DNA
97
134.5
39
AVI BioPharma
AVII
4
5.438
36
Pharmos
PARS
1.593
2.156
35
Creative Bio
CBMI
3.687
4.938
34
Crescendo Pharma
CNDO
13.625
18.188
33
Endorex
DOR
2.062
2.75
33
Cel-Sci
HIV
1.75
2.313
32
Gilead Sciences
GILD
41.062
54.125
32
Maxim Pharma
MMP
15.375
20
30
Inhale Ther Sys
INHL
33
42.563
29
Trinity Bio
TRIBY
1.312
1.688
29
Genz Tiss Repair
GZTR
2.25
2.875
28
Biomira
BIOM
3.093
3.938
27
Cerus Corp.
CERS
21
26.5
26
NeoTherapeutics
NEOT
10.5
13.25
26
Envirogen
ENVG
1.375
1.688
23
Vion Pharma
VION
5
6.125
23
ID Biomed
IDB*
3.07
3.75
22
EntreMed
ENMD
21
25.625
22
Aphton
APHT
12.75
15.25
20
Guilford Pharm
GLFD
14.25
17
19
Axogen
AXG
29
34.5
19
Ergo Science
ERGO
1
1.188
19
Vertex Pharm
VRTX
29.75
35
18
Lifecell
LIFC
4.375
5.125
17
Geron
GERN
10.875
12.625
16
Epimmune
EPMN
2.25
2.594
15
Nexell
NEXL
1.093
1.25
14
Sepracor
SEPR
87.562
99.188
13
Siga Pharma
SGPH
1.437
1.625
13
Alteon
ALTN
0.781
0.875
12
Cantab Pharm
CNTBY
9.625
10.75
12
Boston Life
BLSI
3.25
3.625
12
Ligand
LGND
11.625
12.875
11
Epitope
EPTO
5.875
6.5
11
Trega Biosciences
TRGA
2.125
2.344
10
Diacrin
DCRN
5.937
6.5
9
Cytoclonal Pharma
CYPH
6.875
7.5
9
Meridian Diag
KITS
6.75
7.25
7
Epix Medical
EPIX
9.312
10
7
Discovery Labs
DSCO
2.625
2.781
6
ClinTrials
CCRO
3.937
4.125
5
Neose Technol
NTEC
14.062
14.375
2
CytoTherapeut
CTII
1.468
1.469
0
Note: *Stock trades on a Canadian exchange.
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