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Swine Flu Index Jumps on Pandemic Fears

* the tickerspy.com Staff
* On Monday April 27, 2009, 1:12 pm EDT



* Alpha Pro Tech Ltd.
* , BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.
* , Generex Biotechnology Corp.

Swine flu headlines sent vaccine producers and related stocks flying on Monday as investors bought up shares.
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HEB 0.77 +0.19
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NVAX 2.97 +1.55
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The latest pandemic fear is driving multiple sectors of the market today. Some of the largest gains are in the biotech industry, which has some exposure to antiviral drug makers. If the disease spreads as rapidly as some fear it will, vaccine companies will rake in profits. Some of the day's best performances come from companies involved with avian and swine flu vaccine production.

As a whole the Swine Flu and Bird Flu Stocks Index is up by 20%. It is now beating the S&P 500 by 26% this month.

Leading the index higher today is Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX - News), up by more than 110%. The company claims it can reduce its avian flu vaccine's production time by 50%, allowing for quicker response if swine flu spreads.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX - News) is also shooting higher today on swine flu fears. The stock is up by more than 77%. Vical (NASDAQ: VICL - News) is also benefiting from potential vaccine demand, up by 14%.

Pure Bioscience (NASDAQ: PURE - News) and Generex Biotechnology (NASDAQ: GNBT - News) are both up by more than 48%.

On the AMEX several flu stocks are trading higher by more than 30%, including Alpha Pro Tech (AMEX: APT - News), Hemispherx Biopharma (AMEX: HEB - News), and Sinovac Biotech (AMEX: SVA - News).

Most of the stocks in the index are also experiencing a huge volume spike of more than 10 times the daily average.

As of this writing the Swine Flu and Bird Flu Stocks Index is one of the top-10 performing tickerspy Indexes this month, up by 34%.