Health Winners & Losers: BioMimetic

Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks were on the rise again Thursday, with the Nasdaq and Amex biotechnology indices up 2.8% and 2.4%, respectively.

Among individual stocks, notable movers were:

Conceptus(CPTS Quote), up 43% at $13.14

BioMimetic Therapeutics (BMTI Quote), up 15.8% at $7.34

Vertex(VRTX Quote), up 11.4% at $24.82

Illumina(ILMN Quote), up 8.8% at $30.56

Genentech(DNA Quote), up 4.5% at $84

Acorda Therapeutics(ACOR Quote), up 6.9% at $19.66

Savient Pharmaceuticals(SVNT Quote), down 18.3% at $3.74

Natus (BABY Quote), down 16.6% at $13.45

Elan(ELN Quote), down 13.8% at $6.60

Biogen(BIIB Quote), down 4.4% at $40.12