Health Winners & Losers: Genzyme
Sanofi-Aventis climbs, while Amylin falls.
Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq biotechnology index up 1.2% and the Amex biotechnology index down by 0.3%.
Among individual stocks, notable movers were:
Sanofi-Aventis
(SNY) - Get Report
, up 8% at $28.94.
OSI Pharmaceuticals
( OSIP), up 5.7% at $35.44
Amgen
(AMGN) - Get Report
, up 5.5% at $57.79
Illumina
(ILMN) - Get Report
, up 5% at $25.25
Genzyme
( GENZ) up 5% at $69.05
Biogen Idec
(BIIB) - Get Report
, up 4.1% at $41.88
(RIGL) - Get Report
, down 28.6% at $6.40
Amylin
( AMLN), down 11.6% at $7.35
Human Genome Sciences
( HGSI), down 9.8% at $2.50
Vertex
(VRTX) - Get Report
, down 8% at $19.48
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