Wednesday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks

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by H.S. Ayoub
BioHealth Investor.com

Biotechnology

CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE [CYPB] +93.73%
CRITICAL THERAPEUTIC [CRTX] +13.43%
REXAHN PHARMACEUTICL [RXHN.OB] +10.00%
NEOSE TECH INC [NTEC] +9.02%
AURIGA LABORATORIES [ARGA.OB] +7.62%

Diagnostic Substances

ASPENBIO PHARMA INC [APNB.OB] +6.24%
AVALON PHARMACEUTIC [AVRX] +4.33%
PALATIN TECH INC [PTN] +4.02%
IMMUNOMEDICS INC [IMMU] +2.47%
SYNTA PHARMACEUTICAL [SNTA] +2.45%

Drug Delivery

NOVADEL PHARMA INC [NVD] +9.40%
INSITE VISION INC [ISV] +4.90%
BENTLEY PHARMACEUTIC [BNT] +4.45%
NEKTAR THERAPEUTIC [NKTR] +2.34%
PENWEST PHARM CO [PPCO] +0.48%

Drug Manufacturers

CARRINGTON LABS IN [CARN] +9.66%
DEPOMED INC [DEPO] +4.99%
COLLAGENEX PHARM I [CGPI] +4.89%
JAVELIN PHARMACEUTIC [JAV] +3.86%
ACUSPHERE INC [ACUS] +3.68%

Drug Related Products

MEDICAL NUTRITN USA [MDNU] +7.38%
NUTRACEUTICAL INTL [NUTR] +5.95%
XELR8 HOLDINGS, INC [BZI] +3.60%
SALIX PHARM DEL [SLXP] +3.55%
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUT [AUXL] +3.33%

Generic Drugs

ISOLAGEN INC [ILE] +3.95%
MYLAN LABS INC [MYL] +1.15%
HI-TECH PHARMACAL [HITK] +0.58%
CATALYST PHARMACEUTI [CPRX] +0.49%
PHARMACUTICAL CO [PRX] +0.28%

Medical Appliances & Equipment

MEDICALCV INC [MCVI.OB] +19.17%
VISION SCIENCES IN [VSCI] +12.07%
THERMAGE, INC. [THRM] +8.42%
ATS MEDICAL INC [ATSI] +7.01%
CHAD THERAPEUTICS [CTU] +5.50%

Medical Instruments & Supplies

MESA LABS INC [MLAB] +22.59%
SENORX, INC. [SENO] +13.50%
HEMOSENSE INC. [HEM] +6.55%
ATRICURE, INC. [ATRC] +4.41%
SONOSITE INC [SONO] +4.00%

Medical Laboratories & Research

NATL DENTEX CP [NADX] +5.29% $104.5 M
BIO-IMAGING TECH [BITI] +2.07% $33.5 M
OSI PHARMACEUTIC [OSIP] +0.74% $2.0 B
QUEST DIAGNOSTC [DGX] +0.62% $10.8 B
LABORATORY CORP NEW [LH] +0.57%

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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