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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 GREATER THAN 100 PERCENT
Company Name
Symbol
12/31/98
12/31/99
%YTD
Amylin
AMLN
0.5
8.344
1,569
Medarex
MEDX
3.031
37.25
1,129
CuraGen Corp.
CRGN
7.062
69.75
888
Abgenix
ABGX
16.25
132.5
715
Ostex Int'l
OSTX
0.406
3
639
Affymetrix
AFFX
24.375
169.688
596
Interleukin
ILGN
1
6.219
522
Genome Thera
GENE
2.75
16.125
486
SciClone
SCLN
1.062
6.125
477
CV Therapeutics
CVTX
4.75
26.063
449
Nanogen
NGEN
4
21.875
447
QLT PhotoTher
QLTI
11.375
58.75
416
Cubist Pharma
CBST
3.812
19.25
405
Genta
GNTA
1.281
6.438
403
Titan Pharma
TTP
3.812
19
398
CIMA Labs
CIMA
2.625
13.063
398
Millennium
MLNM
25.875
122
371
Myriad Genetics
MYGN
10
46
360
Celgene
CELG
15.375
70
355
Enzo Biochem
ENZ
10.312
46
346
Maxygen Inc.
MAXY
16
71
344
ImClone Sys
IMCL
9.062
39.625
337
Human Genome
HGSI
35.562
152.625
329
BioCryst
BCRX
7
29.5
321
Aurora Bioscience
ABSC
6.437
26.5
312
Invitrogen
IVGN
15
60
300
ViroPharma
VPHM
9.312
37
297
Avigen
AVGN
7.812
31
297
Progenics Pharma
PGNX
12.375
48.875
295
Dusa Pharma
DUSA
7.375
28.5
286
Cephalon
CEPH
9
34.563
284
Gene Logic
GLGC
6.968
26.5
280
UTD Therapeutics
UTHR
12.1875
46
277
Cygnus
CYGN
4.875
18.25
274
Inex
IEX*
1.75
6.45
269
Neurocrine Biosci
NBIX
6.875
24.75
260
Immunex
IMNX
31.453
109.5
248
BioTransplant
BTRN
2.5
8.375
235
MedImmune
MEDI
49.719
165.875
234
Noven
NOVN
5.437
18.125
233
Enzon
ENZN
13.312
43.375
226
Hyseq
HYSQ
5.25
17
224
SuperGen
SUPG
9.25
29.375
218
Digene
DIGE
5.562
17.438
214
Cytogen
CYTO
0.843
2.594
208
NeoRx Corp.
NERX
1.343
4.063
203
Protein Design
PDLI
23.25
70
201
Targeted Genet
TGEN
1.312
3.938
200
Immunomed
IMMU
4.125
12.25
197
Novavax
NOX
1.937
5.625
190
Immtech
IMMT
10
28.875
189
Quidel
QDEL
2.437
6.875
182
Lynx Therapeutics
LYNX
11.5
32.375
182
Collateral Thera
CLTX
7
19.125
173
Avax Technologies
AVXT
2.5
6.594
164
Visible Genetics
VGIN
11.375
30
164
CollaGenex
CGPI
9.625
25
160
LJL Biosystems
LJLB
3.125
7.875
152
ImmunoGen
IMGN
2.187
5.5
151
Qiagen
QGENF
30.125
75.5
151
OSI Pharma
OSIP
3.187
7.938
149
Hemosol
HML*
2.8
6.9
146
Columbia Labs
COB
3.062
7.5
145
Repligen
RGEN
1.281
3.125
144
Ribozyme Pharma
RZYM
4.375
10.5
140
Molecular Devices
MDCC
21.75
52
139
Pharmacopeia
PCOP
9.5
22.625
138
Tularik
TLRK
14
32.75
134
Cell Therapeutics
CTIC
3
7
133
AMBI Inc.
AMBI
1.062
2.469
132
Amgen
AMGN
26.1405
60.063
130
Microcide Pharma
MCDE
3.875
8.875
129
Inflazyme
IZP*
0.57
1.29
126
Alexion Pharma
ALXN
13.375
30.125
125
Alliance
ALLP
3.281
7.375
125
Genzyme Trans
GZTC
5.625
12.625
124
Alkermes
ALKS
22.187
49.125
121
InSite Vision
ISV
1.25
2.75
120
Bio-Tech Gen
BTGC
6.937
15.25
120
Anormed
AOM*
4.15
9
117
ILEX Oncology
ILXO
11.125
24.125
117
Genz Mol Oncol
GZMO
3.25
7
115
Embrex
EMBX
5
10.75
115
Cell Genesys
CEGE
6
12.813
114
Vical
VICL
14.187
29.938
111
Sheffield
SHM
2.375
5
111
IDEC Pharm
IDPH
47
98.25
109
ArQule
ARQL
4.937
10.25
108
Lifecore Bio
LCBM
10.25
21.125
106
NaPro Biother
NPRO
1.406
2.875
104
Biogen
BGEN
41.5
84.5
104
Cor Thera
CORR
13.25
26.875
103
Trimeris
TRMS
11.75
23.625
101
Note: *Stock trades on a Canadian exchange.
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