IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks...


The following list represents the top ten medical stocks ranked according to Earnings Per Share and Relative Strength by Investor's Business Daily (12/02/06)


scores out of 100 (last week's rank, change in score):

1(2) Arrhythmia Research (HRT) EPS=96 RS=99
2(1) Mindray Medical (MR) EPS=99 RS=96
3(5) Celgene Corp (CELG) EPS=98 RS=94
4(3) LHC (LHCG) EPS=98 RS=93(-2)
5(9) Digene (DIGE) EPS=97 RS=93
6(4) Palomar Med Tech (PMTI) EPS=99 RS=930(-3)
7(6) West Pharmaceutical (WST) EPS=94 RS=94
8(7) Immucor (BLUD) EPS=95 RS=93
9(8) Wellcare (WCG) EPS=96 RS=91
10(10) American Oriental Bio (AOB) EPS=87 RS=998(-1)

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