Life Sciences
Sepracor fell due to lagging sales of the sleeping aid Lunesta; Millipore's first-quarter profits rose 22 percent.
| LAST | MRKT. CAP | LAST | PCT. | |||
| NO. | WK. | COMPANY | TICKER | (millions) | PRICE | CHANGE |
| 1 | 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $24,528 | $58.65 | 4.8% |
| 2 | 2 | Covidien Ltd. | COV | $23,681 | $47.48 | 1.3% |
| 3 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corp. | BSX | $20,061 | $13.42 | 5.1% |
| 4 | 3 | Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | $18,813 | $70.49 | -2.8% |
| 5 | 5 | Biogen Idec | BIIB | $18,258 | $62.31 | -4.3% |
| 6 | 6 | Millennium Pharmaceuticals | MLNM | $8,073 | $24.85 | 1.4% |
| 7 | 8 | Waters Corp. | WAT | $6,240 | $62.34 | 6.6% |
| 8 | 7 | Hologic | HOLX | $5,839 | $22.85 | -21.6% |
| 9 | 9 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $3,956 | $57.95 | -2.4% |
| 10 | 10 | Millipore Corp. | MIL | $3,831 | $69.57 | 0.8% |
| 11 | 11 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $3,690 | $26.29 | 2.2% |
| 12 | 12 | PerkinElmer | PKI | $3,151 | $26.79 | -2.5% |
| 13 | 13 | Inverness Medical Innov. | IMA | $2,860 | $36.94 | 2.4% |
| 14 | 14 | Sepracor | SEPR | $2,104 | $19.52 | -8.7% |
| 15 | 15 | Bruker Corp. | BRKR | $2,006 | $12.28 | 0.0% |
| 16 | 17 | Parexel International Corp. | PRXL | $1,474 | $26.20 | 5.7% |
| 17 | 16 | Haemonetics Corp. | HAE | $1,372 | $53.55 | -6.2% |
| 18 | 19 | Alkermes | ALKS | $1,286 | $12.85 | 12.4% |
| 19 | 18 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | CBST | $1,085 | $19.28 | -7.8% |
| 20 | 20 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | ALNY | $1,077 | $26.40 | 5.4% |
| 21 | 21 | Phase Forward | PFWD | $807 | $18.88 | 0.9% |
| 22 | 23 | Zoll Medical Corp. | ZOLL | $701 | $33.83 | 5.1% |
| 23 | 22 | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | AMAG | $686 | $40.42 | 2.2% |
| 24 | 24 | Sirtris Pharmaceuticals | SIRT | $654 | $22.34 | 0.2% |
| 25 | 25 | Insulet Corp. | PODD | $555 | $20.17 | 11.1% |
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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