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To: Tom Trader who wrote (13880)	11/10/1997 6:52:00 PM
From: Nancy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Tom & Michael, I dont like how brokerage stocks behave today, particularly MER which back to its sell-off low. More and more stocks went back to sell-off lows and beyond in tech land but this is the first time financials did that.

To: Tom Trader who wrote (13880)	11/11/1997 3:13:00 AM
From: Michael Rich	Respond to of 50167

Hello, Tom, Those are the large biotech co's (prices reflect the close on 11/6): Ticker Company Name PE Cap ($MM) Last Sale Net +/- Volume ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMGN AMGEN 19.3X 14,483.9 51 9/16 -1 5/16 2,146,700 GNE GENENTECH, INC. 62.0X 7,187.4 58 5/16 -1/16 34,300 CNTO CENTOCOR CO. 98.1X 3,629.0 52 2 9/16 4,076,000 IMNX IMMUNEX CORP. - 2,888.9 72 7/8 7/8 347,300 BGEN BIOGEN 30.1X 2,459.3 34 5/8 -1/2 413,900 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES - 1,069.1 38 1/2 1 7/8 680,700 MEDI MEDIMMUNE INC. - 850.7 40 1/8 1/2 200,300 You know AMGN/BGEN/IMNX. GILD works on HIV drugs primarily. GNE in cancer. MEDI in infectious diseases. You may also want to read this article re new cancer drug development: biz.yahoo.com There are a lot of small biotech co's. I follow LGND, AMLN, GZTC and HGSI. I especially like HGSI. In the service area, I like QTRN & INCY. QTRN...a bit pricy but solid company. INCY is in the hot genomic database business. Take care.