21.   Pharmaceutical stocks may be active today.

22.   Somatogen and Nexstar, two Boulder drug manufacturers which have risen sharply this month, fell along with other pharmaceutical stocks.

23.   That problem led to a major sell-off of biotech and pharmaceutical stocks last March before it was corrected.

24.   The maker of prescription drugs, vitamins and nutritional supplements rose after pharmaceutical stocks rallied on higher first-quarter earnings at major drug companies.

25.   Then there is Merck, a pharmaceutical stock that many social funds shun.

26.   This is primarily because of the valuation profile of the major pharmaceutical stocks.

27.   To my thinking, if that latter step comes, the pharmaceutical stocks will probably look mighty sick.

28.   Transport, machinery, and pharmaceutical stocks have also surpassed the averages so far this year, while banks have lagged slightly.

29.   U.K. stocks rose, hoisted by pharmaceutical stocks as U.S. investors sparked a surge in buying interest.

30.   Pharmaceutical stocks were mixed.