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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (494)	1/30/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1073

If you want V.C.-like returns, you need to buy the companies when nobody else wants them. All right! Nobody seems to want my stocks now... so I'll be sure to come back to the Tree Falling thread and do a little jig when/if everything falls into place for me. Hope I didn't overshoot the hypo- thesis tho--small, micro, nano, pico... femto biotech is where I am now, heheh. I may have stretched things a bit...my ntii has a market cap of something like 3M. Eeek. Have been pretty much lurking this past week, better than being so noisy like I am usually. And it is very hard to be chatty when your stocks are going down...if only to the bid;-) --Mike

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (494)	2/3/1999 2:41:00 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1073

Tuesday February 2, 4:46 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Biotech Stocks and the Beach Converge March 13 at Informed Investors Forums in Bay Area and San Diego SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1999--Bioscience investors, mark Saturday March 13 on your calendar today! On that Saturday at Informed Investors Forums in Foster City in the Bay Area and San Diego in the Southland, nearly 30 bioscience companies will be giving analyst-style presentations to individual investors. Up to 16 companies will present at the Sixth Bay Area Biotech Stocks Forum and 12 are expected at the Fourth San Diego Biotech Stocks Forum, according to Tim Quast, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sacramento-based Informed Investors, Inc., organizer of the Forums. ''It will be the biggest day in the six-year history of Informed Investors Forums,'' said Quast, ''and illustrates our success in meeting investors' and companies' expectations. ''Individual investors applaud the non-sales, no-nonsense and highly educational approach that distinguishes our events. Companies tell us we enable them to cost-effectively reach the retail investor channel in a professional, institutional conference-quality setting. ''As today's Wall Street Journal noted, biotech is once again attracting investments from high-profile venture capital firms,'' added Quast. ''The difference from the past, though, is venture firms are now interested in biotech companies already public. This reflects their belief that the industry is, as the Journal said, 'so undervalued that public companies have the investment potential of private, early-stage companies.''' Companies committed to presenting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City include several prominent Bay Area based firms, led by industry heavyweight Genentech (NYSE:GNE - news), the first biotech IPO. Geron (Nasdaq:GERN - news) is one of the high-profile companies as are Inhale Therapeutics (Nasdaq:INHL - news) and Sugen (Nasdaq:SUGN - news). Other companies signed up in Foster City include Aradigm (Nasdaq:ARDM - news), Advanced Tissue Sciences, Aastrom Biosciences, NPS Pharmaceuticals, MGI Pharma and ViroPharma. Others are pending. San Diego also has a full slate presenting led by local firms Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:ISIP - news) and Collateral Therapeutics (Nasdaq:CLTX - news). Anesta Corp. (Nasdaq:NSTA - news) of Salt Lake City will be presenting at both Forums. Other companies committed to presenting at the Mission Valley Radisson in San Diego are: Vical, SunPharm, Cocensys and Interpore. The Forums will run from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. with a lunch break. The cost at both locations, which includes a continental breakfast, is $20 prepaid, $30 at the door. Call Informed Investors at 800/992-4683 to register. Audio tapes of each Forum will be available for $45 plus $3.95 S/H which includes all company presentations plus keynote speakers. Individual company tapes are $18. Informed Investors biotechnology forums are co-sponsored by BioSpace.com, recently named the best biotechnology website at www.biospace.com. Informed Investors also has upcoming Forums in Denver on Saturday Feb. 6 and Pasadena, CA on Saturday Feb. 13. For details, call Informed Investors or visit its website. Since 1993, Informed Investors has hosted scores of quality companies and industry experts at its Forums. Contact: Informed Investors Steve Chanecka or Tim Quast, 916/448-8222 or 800/992-4683

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (494)	2/11/1999 1:30:00 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Respond to of 1073

January...... SYMBL SECURITY SECTOR CLOSE 4 Week* 1 YR. 3 YR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FBIOX Fidelity Selects: Bio [Health] 42.09 +5.8% +35.8% +17.1% FBDIX Franklin Class A: Bio [Health] 26.52 +4.9% +11.3% NA FKGHX Franklin Class A: GlH [Health] 17.10 +0.8% -6.7% +3.9% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq.................................. 2,506 +14.3% +54.7% +33.2%