Life Sciences
Life Sciences 25
November 10, 2008
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Covidien recalled disposable insulin syringes that might be mislabeled; the FDA said Boston Scientific's quality control systems are in "substantial compliance."
| LAST | MRKT. CAP | LAST | PCT. | |||
| NO. | WK. | COMPANY | TICKER | (millions) | PRICE | CHANGE |
| 1 | 1 | Covidien Ltd. | COV | $21,517 | $42.88 | -3.2% |
| 2 | 2 | Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | $18,908 | $70.38 | -3.4% |
| 3 | 3 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $15,855 | $37.73 | -7.1% |
| 4 | 5 | Biogen Idec | BIIB | $13,523 | $46.35 | 8.9% |
| 5 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corp. | BSX | $12,830 | $8.55 | -5.3% |
| 6 | 6 | Waters Corp. | WAT | $4,228 | $43.01 | -1.8% |
| 7 | 7 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $4,174 | $27.74 | 5.8% |
| 8 | 8 | Hologic | HOLX | $3,278 | $12.79 | 4.5% |
| 9 | 9 | Millipore Corp. | MIL | $3,033 | $54.90 | 5.8% |
| 10 | 11 | PerkinElmer | PKI | $2,191 | $18.55 | 3.4% |
| 11 | 10 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $1,827 | $27.00 | -24.6% |
| 12 | 13 | Inverness Medical Innov. | IMA | $1,715 | $22.00 | 14.9% |
| 13 | 12 | Haemonetics Corp. | HAE | $1,455 | $57.53 | -2.6% |
| 14 | 15 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | CBST | $1,421 | $25.11 | -1.1% |
| 15 | 14 | Sepracor | SEPR | $1,388 | $12.75 | -4.3% |
| 16 | 16 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | ALNY | $1,102 | $26.62 | 15.7% |
| 17 | 18 | Bruker Corp. | BRKR | $869 | $5.31 | 29.8% |
| 18 | 17 | Alkermes | ALKS | $759 | $8.00 | -19.0% |
| 19 | 19 | Phase Forward | PFWD | $608 | $14.21 | -0.4% |
| 20 | 21 | Abiomed | ABMD | $529 | $14.46 | -0.8% |
| 21 | 20 | Parexel International Corp. | PRXL | $476 | $8.62 | -17.1% |
| 22 | 23 | Zoll Medical Corp. | ZOLL | $475 | $22.59 | -6.2% |
| 23 | 22 | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | AMAG | $423 | $24.90 | -18.6% |
| 24 | 25 | Idenix Pharmaceuticals | IDIX | $316 | $5.60 | 1.4% |
| 25 | 24 | Momenta Pharmaceuticals | MNTA | $284 | $7.71 | -15.4% |
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