It's Time to Shop for Cheap Biotech Stocks
The lazy days of summer -- excluding earnings season -- are a good time to pick up biotech stocks on sale. But which stocks, specifically, are sitting in the bargain bin these days?
To begin to answer the question, I ran a| Rummaging in the Biotech Bargain Bin What looks good on a recent 52-week low list? |
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| Company Name | Ticker | % Change from 52-Week Low (Calculated July 11) | ||||
| Opko Health | OPK | 5.36 | ||||
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 5.32 | ||||
| Amgen | AMGN | 5.29 | ||||
| Pharmos | PARS | 5.26 | ||||
| Cytokinetics | CYTK | 5.19 | ||||
| Trimeris | TRMS | 5.18 | ||||
| Genentech | DNA | 5.01 | ||||
| GlaxoSmithKline | GSK | 4.98 | ||||
| Questcor Pharmaceuticals | QSC | 4.88 | ||||
| Lorus Therapeutics, Inc. | LOR | 4.65 | ||||
| Infinity Pharmaceuticals | INFI | 4.63 | ||||
| Nabi Biopharmaceuticals | NABI | 4.37 | ||||
| Affymax, Inc. | AFFY | 4.26 | ||||
| Advanced Life Sciences Holdings | ADLS | 4.26 | ||||
| Cardiome Pharma | CRME | 4.11 | ||||
| Hi Tech Pharmacal Co. | HITK | 4.04 | ||||
| Amarin Corp. | AMRN | 3.9 | ||||
| Encysive Pharmaceuticals | ENCY | 3.8 | ||||
| Westaim | WED | 3.7 | ||||
| Oncolytics Biotech | ONC | 3.54 | ||||
| Zymogenetics | ZGEN | 3.46 | ||||
| Callisto Pharmaceuticals | KAL | 3.33 | ||||
| Eurand | EURX | 3.3 | ||||
| Pharmacyclics | PCYC | 3.25 | ||||
| Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals | HEPH | 3.16 | ||||
| Synta Pharmaceuticals | SNTA | 3.03 | ||||
| NeoPharm | NEOL | 2.91 | ||||
| Immunicon Corp. | IMMC | 2.81 | ||||
| Forbes Medi Tech | FMI | 2.78 | ||||
| CuraGen | CRGN | 2.75 | ||||
| Celera Group | CRA | 2.58 | ||||
| Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | 2.55 | ||||
| Luminex Corp. | LMNX | 2.45 | ||||
| Human Genome Sciences | HGSI | 2.44 | ||||
| Atherogenics, Inc. | AGIX | 2.43 | ||||
| Northfield Laboratories, Inc. | NFLD | 2.27 | ||||
| 3SBio, Inc. | SSRX | 1.99 | ||||
| Labopharm, Inc. | DDS | 1.79 | ||||
| AEterna Zentaris | AEZ | 1.76 | ||||
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals | JAZZ | 1.74 | ||||
| MediciNova | MNOV | 1.69 | ||||
| Sanofi-Aventis | SAN | 1.66 | ||||
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals | RIGL | 1.58 | ||||
| Acusphere, Inc. | ACUS | 1.5 | ||||
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals | DUSA | 1.09 | ||||
| Novadel Pharma | NVD | 0.946 | ||||
| Novartis AG | NOVN | 0.831 | ||||
| Hemispherx Biopharma | HEB | 0.806 | ||||
| Idenix Pharmaceuticals | IDIX | 0.537 | ||||
| Mylan Laboratories | MYL | 0.453 | ||||
| Nektar Therapeutics | NKTR | 0.33 | ||||
| Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | KERX | 0.324 | ||||
| Americare Health Scan | AMIT | 0 | ||||
| Source: CapitalIQ | ||||||
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