Health Winners & Losers: Vivus

Health stocks were in a miserable state Wednesday and falling in line with the broader market, with the Nasdaq and Amex biotechnology indices shedding 3.5% and 4.8%, respectively.

Among individual stocks, notable movers were:

Vivus(VVUS Quote), up 11.6% at $6.37

Pharmasset(VRUS Quote), up 7.1% at $17.41

Alpharma(ALO Quote), up 6.2% at $30.64

Pain Therapeutics(PTIE Quote), up 5.2% at $9.10

Amylin(AMLN Quote), down 20.1% at $6.66

Celera(CRA Quote), down 14% at $10.81

Human Genome Sciences(HGSI Quote), down 11.8% at $2

Illumina (ILMN Quote), down 8.3% at $24.19

OSI Pharmaceuticals(OSIP Quote), down 5.6% at $37.08