Life Sciences
Life Sciences 25
October 6, 2008
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Boston Scientific was ordered to pay $700 million in a patent judgment; Covidien says a restructuring plan will save $50 million to $75 million a year.
| LAST | MARKET CAP | LAST | PCT. | |||
| NO. | WEEK | COMPANY | TICKER | (MILLIONS) | PRICE | CHANGE |
| 1 | 1 | Covidien Ltd. | COV | $26,189 | $52.19 | -5.0% |
| 2 | 2 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $21,190 | $50.57 | -10.7% |
| 3 | 3 | Genzyme Corp. | GENZ | $20,625 | $76.77 | -5.4% |
| 4 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corp. | BSX | $16,582 | $11.05 | -13.3% |
| 5 | 5 | Biogen Idec | BIIB | $14,658 | $50.50 | 1.5% |
| 6 | 6 | Waters Corp. | WAT | $5,351 | $54.06 | -9.4% |
| 7 | 8 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $4,358 | $29.10 | -14.2% |
| 8 | 7 | Hologic | HOLX | $4,295 | $16.76 | -16.2% |
| 9 | 9 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $3,654 | $53.86 | -7.2% |
| 10 | 10 | Millipore Corp. | MIL | $3,509 | $63.58 | -8.4% |
| 11 | 11 | PerkinElmer | PKI | $2,857 | $23.91 | -9.0% |
| 12 | 13 | Inverness Medical | IMA | $2,090 | $26.80 | -10.1% |
| 13 | 12 | Bruker Corp. | BRKR | $2,000 | $12.22 | -14.7% |
| 14 | 14 | Sepracor | SEPR | $1,812 | $16.65 | -4.0% |
| 15 | 16 | Haemonetics Corp. | HAE | $1,581 | $62.24 | 2.2% |
| 16 | 15 | Parexel International Corp. | PRXL | $1,381 | $25.03 | -13.7% |
| 17 | 18 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | CBST | $1,219 | $21.54 | -4.5% |
| 18 | 17 | Alkermes | ALKS | $1,209 | $12.74 | -5.7% |
| 19 | 19 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | ALNY | $1,058 | $25.69 | -15.0% |
| 20 | 20 | Phase Forward | PFWD | $862 | $20.13 | -6.4% |
| 21 | 22 | Abiomed | ABMD | $633 | $17.30 | -7.8% |
| 22 | 23 | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | AMAG | $618 | $36.37 | -9.8% |
| 23 | 21 | Zoll Medical Corp. | ZOLL | $589 | $28.00 | -17.1% |
| 24 | 24 | Momenta Pharmaceuticals | MNTA | $452 | $12.28 | -12.2% |
| 25 | - | Insulet Corp. | PODD | $355 | $12.80 | -12.3% |
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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