To: Robert Rose who wrote (107983 ) 9/7/2000 1:57:04 PM From: H James Morris Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684 Rob, sniff this. >The following list contains the best performing Biotechnology stocks for the week ending September 1st. Indicated are the last trading price (Close), the point change (Chg.) and the percent change (%Chg.) for the week. The asterisk (*) indicates a recent IPO. Close Chg. %Chg. *Telik TELK 14 6 78 *3 Dimensional Phar DDDP 39 15 62 *Deltagen DGEN 29 11 61 *Dyax Corp DYAX 38 14 57 XOMA XOMA 12 4 49 *Arena Pharmaceutic ARNA 42 12 42 Noven Pharmaceutic NOVN 42 12 40 *Argonaut Technolog AGNT 17 5 38 *Keryx Biopharmaceu KERX 14 4 37 *Esperion Therapeut ESPR 16 4 34 Vion Pharmaceutica VION 18 4 34 *AtheroGenics AGIX 11 3 33 Gene Logic GLGC 27 6 28 Progenics Pharmace PGNX 30 6 28 Lexicon Genetics LEXG 37 8 28 CuraGen CRGN 45 10 27 *Pain Therapeutics PTIE 19 4 27 Guilford Pharmaceu GLFD 25 5 26 Repligen RGEN 8 2 25 *Genencor Intl GCOR 30 6 25 *Applied Molecular AMEV 32 6 25 *The Medicines Co MDCO 25 5 24 *Genaissance Pharma GNSC 22 4 24 With the flood of 23 Biotech IPO's between mid-July and mid-August come the expiration of the quiet periods. The quiet period refers to the 25 day period following a public offering when the underwriters are not allowed to comment on the company. At the end of the quiet period, the underwriters typically offer Buy or Strong Buy recommendations on the company that can contribute to a lift in stock price . The quiet period will expire on September 4th for AtheroGenics (AGIX, $11), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR, $16), Large Scale Biology Corp (LSBC, $32) and Regeneration Technologies (RTIX, $15). On Tuesday, the quiet period will expire for Lion Bioscience (LEON, $91) and Telik (TELK, $14). Gentleman? Start your engines! Ladies? Start your engines!