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Here's an Avian Flu Index from TrendMacro (via Luskin).

These companies make vaccines, anti-virals and other products likely to be in big demand if the avian flu turns deadly, investment research firm TrendMacro says.

Stock................................Weds. Close..........YTD
Alnylam...............................$17.23...............29.0%
Avant Immunotherapy........$2.31.................22.9%
Avi.......................................$6.98................102.3%
BioCryst.............................$19.16................14.4%
Carrington Labs.................$6.85..................44.8%
Chiron................................$45.70.................2.8%
Crucell...............................$24.96................-2.5%
Embrex..............................$10.00................-27.8%
Gilead Sciences.................$62.70.................19.3%
Generex..............................$3.22.................288.0%
Hemispherx........................$3.74..................72.4%
MedImmune.......................$36.28..................3.6%
Nastech.............................$16.87.................14.6%
Novavax............................$7.51...................95.1%
Quidel................................$11.87.................10.3%
Sinovac..............................$5.11...................27.4%
Vical...................................$5.30...................26.2%

Posted by edelfenbein at March 24, 2006 3:44 PM