Chart: Biotech Stocks - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Biotech sector ranged from 100% ((ALXN), (NBIX), (INCY)) down to 35.0% (NABI), with the median for the group at 84.1%.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AFFX	Affymetrix Inc.	03/31/06	$86.39	$59.29
68.6%
ALXN	Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	03/31/06	$0.77	$0.77
100.0%
AMGN	Amgen Inc.	03/31/06	$3217.00	$2665.00
82.8%
AMLN	Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.	03/31/06	$82.35	$72.60
88.2%
BIIB	Biogen Idec Inc.	03/31/06	$611.18	$547.68
89.6%
BMRN	BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.	12/31/05	$9.48	$9.25
97.6%
BSTE	Biosite Incorporated	03/31/06	$79.33	$56.23
70.9%
CELG	Celgene Corporation	03/31/06	$181.84	$151.70
83.4%
DNA	Genentech Inc.	03/31/06	$1986.00	$1724.00
86.8%
ELN	Elan Corp. plc	03/31/06	$134.30	$86.50
64.4%
GILD	Gilead Sciences Inc.	03/31/06	$692.88	$609.32
87.9%
GPRO	Gen-Probe Inc.	03/31/06	$86.26	$60.28
69.9%
IMCL	Imclone Systems Inc.	03/31/06	$245.13	$194.58
79.4%
INCY	Incyte Corp.	12/31/05	$1.03	$1.03
100.0%
ISTA	ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc.	12/31/05	$3.68	$2.45
66.6%
KOSP	KOS Pharmaceuticals Inc.	12/31/05	$213.92	$187.18
87.5%
MEDI	MedImmune Inc.	03/31/06	$498.00	$374.90
75.3%
NABI	Nabi Biopharmaceuticals	04/01/06	$27.55	$11.94
43.3%
NBIX	Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.	03/31/06	$19.48	$19.48
100.0%
ONXX	Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	$0.00
N/A
PGNX	Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.	12/31/05	$2.05	-$18.37
N/A
PHRM	Pharmion Corp.	03/31/06	$56.59	$41.38
73.1%
TELK	Telik Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	$0.00
N/A
VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	03/31/06	$39.09	$36.09
92.3%

Data: Capital IQ

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