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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bat5454 who wrote (14899)	2/12/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Andrew C.R. Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32384

A good article in the street.com about asthma mentioned LGND. A new class, and one that is likely to perform the best, attacks the most fundamental of the mediators, IL-4. IL-4 is the first mediator to be released, and it starts the chain of events that ultimately results in the symptoms of asthma. Inhibiting or circumventing IL-4 will be critical. From this perspective, I give a thumbs up to Glaxo Wellcome, Ligand (LGND:Nasdaq) and Immunex (IMNX:Nasdaq). Of these three, Immunex is the furthest along in the development process, and its data, to be presented at the American Association of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology conference this March, will be most interesting. Andrew

To: Bat5454 who wrote (14899)	2/12/1998 4:52:00 PM
From: Robert Cohen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32384

I am a little surprised that insider holdings are so small. Any comments? KLEINER PRKNS CFLD BIV 1,750,503 RESPESS, WILLIAM L. 133,856 ROBERTSON, DAVID W. 72,373 BYERS, BROOK H. 57,044 JOHNSON, IRVING S. 22,900 MAIER, PAUL V. 5,721 GILL, GEORGE M. 5,118 NEGRO-VILAR, ANDRES 4,382 ATKINS, SUSAN E. 3,786