Life Sciences
Life Sciences 25
Covidien named a new research and development team for its imaging and pharmaceuticals businesses; Thermo Fisher bought Open Biosystems.
| LAST | MRKT. CAP | LAST | PCT. | |||
| NO. | WK. | COMPANY | TICKER | (millions) | PRICE | CHANGE |
| 1 | 1 | Covidien Ltd. | COV | $23,924 | $47.89 | 2.4% |
| 2 | 2 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $23,738 | $56.76 | 3.9% |
| 3 | 3 | Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | $19,522 | $73.03 | 2.1% |
| 4 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corp. | BSX | $18,479 | $12.35 | 0.3% |
| 5 | 5 | Biogen Idec | BIIB | $17,054 | $58.20 | 3.3% |
| 6 | 6 | Waters Corp. | WAT | $6,538 | $65.31 | 0.9% |
| 7 | 7 | Hologic | HOLX | $5,526 | $21.60 | -2.1% |
| 8 | 8 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $4,775 | $33.97 | 4.3% |
| 9 | 9 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $4,285 | $62.89 | -1.7% |
| 10 | 10 | Millipore Corp. | MIL | $3,691 | $67.00 | -5.0% |
| 11 | 11 | PerkinElmer | PKI | $3,324 | $28.08 | 0.8% |
| 12 | 12 | Inverness Medical Innov. | IMA | $2,494 | $32.15 | 0.3% |
| 13 | 13 | Sepracor | SEPR | $2,156 | $20.00 | 2.8% |
| 14 | 14 | Bruker Corp. | BRKR | $2,081 | $12.74 | -1.2% |
| 15 | 15 | Parexel International Corp. | PRXL | $1,442 | $25.48 | -3.8% |
| 16 | 16 | Haemonetics Corp. | HAE | $1,324 | $51.86 | -10.2% |
| 17 | 17 | Alkermes | ALKS | $1,178 | $12.33 | -2.5% |
| 18 | 18 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | ALNY | $1,168 | $28.59 | 8.5% |
| 19 | 19 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | CBST | $1,056 | $18.73 | 5.5% |
| 20 | 20 | Phase Forward | PFWD | $814 | $19.02 | 6.3% |
| 21 | 21 | Zoll Medical Corp. | ZOLL | $689 | $32.95 | -4.9% |
| 22 | 23 | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | AMAG | $635 | $37.35 | 7.5% |
| 23 | 22 | Abiomed | ABMD | $591 | $17.92 | -2.0% |
| 24 | 24 | Momenta Pharmaceuticals | MNTA | $479 | $13.02 | 1.7% |
| 25 | 25 | Insulet Corp. | PODD | $449 | $16.31 | -0.9% |
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