Some biotech names in the short interest data for mid-December:
Days to Cover
short - ave. volume - days to cover
11 Aksys Ltd 4,674,314 151,084 31
13 Med-Design Corp 1,668,311 55,192 30
16 Abiomed Inc 1,877,092 65,909 28
24 NeoPharm Inc 2,426,929 107,705 23
43 ZymoGenetics Inc 1,851,600 96,495 19
57 Biosite Inc 6,852,910 397,424 17
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Biggest percent increases
Dec short - Nov Short - percent increase
10 Boston Life Scienc 579,185 29,117 1,889.2
25 Keryx Biopharmac 308,199 66,788 361.5
34 DOV Pharma 414,988 112,884 267.6
45 GeneLabs Technol 232,920 85,657 171.9
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Biggest percent decreases
Dec short - Nov Short - percent decrease
23 Genitope Corp 321,580 696,208 -53.8
29 VaxGen Inc 1,382,388 2,725,175 -49.3
30 Virage Logic 204,868 403,788 -49.3
38 Endo Pharma 700,717 1,285,145 -45.5
43 ViroPharma Inc 1,830,039 3,206,299 -42.9
46 Pozen Inc 317,707 533,327 -40.4
48 Integra LifeScienc 1,291,127 2,146,918 -39.9
49 Encysive Pharma 385,915 641,440 -39.8
55 Nabi Biopharma 731,277 1,157,599 -36.8
56 Cell Genesys Inc 905,231 1,429,448 -36.7
59 Ariad Pharmaceut 682,350 1,059,089 -35.6
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