Boston Scientific's Taxus-Liberte stent was approved in Canada; a unit of Thermo Fisher said it would pull Nalgene bottles from store shelves.
| LAST | MRKT. CAP | LAST | PCT. | |||
| NO. | WK. | COMPANY | TICKER | (millions) | PRICE | CHANGE |
| 1 | 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $23,743 | $56.72 | 4.2% |
| 2 | 2 | Covidien Ltd. | COV | $23,222 | $46.56 | 3.5% |
| 3 | 3 | Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | $19,947 | $74.74 | 2.1% |
| 4 | 5 | Biogen Idec | BIIB | $19,354 | $65.00 | 1.2% |
| 5 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corp. | BSX | $18,910 | $12.65 | -1.8% |
| 6 | 6 | Millennium Pharmaceuticals | MLNM | $7,956 | $24.49 | 0.4% |
| 7 | 7 | Hologic | HOLX | $7,045 | $27.57 | -1.4% |
| 8 | 8 | Waters Corp. | WAT | $5,475 | $54.77 | -3.3% |
| 9 | 9 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $3,886 | $56.92 | -0.5% |
| 10 | 10 | Millipore Corp. | MIL | $3,671 | $66.67 | -0.8% |
| 11 | 11 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $3,616 | $25.76 | 0.4% |
| 12 | 12 | PerkinElmer | PKI | $2,955 | $25.12 | 1.7% |
| 13 | 13 | Inverness Medical Innov. | IMA | $2,666 | $34.43 | 4.8% |
| 14 | 14 | Bruker Corp. | BRKR | $2,470 | $15.12 | 5.4% |
| 15 | 15 | Sepracor | SEPR | $2,274 | $21.10 | 2.5% |
| 16 | 16 | Haemonetics Corp. | HAE | $1,449 | $56.55 | -2.2% |
| 17 | 17 | Parexel International Corp. | PRXL | $1,270 | $22.57 | -8.8% |
| 18 | 18 | Alkermes | ALKS | $1,142 | $11.41 | 2.7% |
| 19 | 19 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | CBST | $1,108 | $19.71 | 0.7% |
| 20 | 20 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | ALNY | $998 | $24.47 | 6.1% |
| 21 | 21 | Phase Forward | PFWD | $737 | $17.25 | 5.4% |
| 22 | 22 | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | AMAG | $618 | $36.40 | -2.6% |
| 23 | 23 | Zoll Medical Corp. | ZOLL | $554 | $26.74 | -3.1% |
| 24 | 24 | Insulet Corp. | PODD | $510 | $18.51 | -0.1% |
| 25 | 25 | Abiomed | ABMD | $486 | $14.90 | 6.1% |
The Boston Globe/Bloomberg Massachusetts Technology and Life Sciences indexes are price-weighted indexes of all technology and life sciences stocks in the state. Listed above are the top companies, ranked by market value, in each sector. Asterisks indicate a stock that has moved five places or more in the last week. For up-to-the-minute rankings and stock prices, visit boston.com/business.
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