Health Winners & Losers: Savient
TSC Staff
10/29/08 - 03:30 PM EDT
Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks were on the rise Wednesday, with the Nasdaq and Amex biotechnology indices up 4% and 5.7%, respectively.
Among individual stocks, notable movers were:
Savient Pharmaceuticals(SVNT Quote), up 26.7% at $3.95
BioMarin Therapeutics(BMRN Quote), up 14.7% at $17.56
Amylin(AMLN Quote), up 11.7% at $9.42
Sepracor(SEPR Quote), up 8.5% at $13.12
Vertex(VRTX Quote), up 7.6% at $22.28
Viropharma(VPHM Quote), up 7.5% at $11.90
Cytokinetics(CYTK Quote), down 24% at $2.00
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals(AUXL Quote), down 11.3% at $16
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ Quote), down 4.8% at $61.13
Genzyme(GENZ Quote), down 3.7% at $70.89