The 15 Most-Watched BioPharma Stocks

People watch stocks for different reasons -- they're waiting for a dip in price, watching for a specific catalyst, gathering all the news and information that might affect stocks they already own, or considering a sell. Regardless of their motivation, we can better understand market sentiment by seeing who's watching what. With the Fool's free My Watchlist service, we have tens of thousands of people telling us the businesses that have, for whatever reason, piqued their interest.

The most-watched BioPharma stock is...
Looking at the aggregate data, we see that MannKind (Nasdaq: MNKD  ) is above the rest in terms of watch interest, the percentage of people keeping an eye on BioPharma stocks in general who are specifically watching each company. And for good reason. As CAPS player GreenCollegeGrad wrote in March:

MannKind corporation, a S P four star rated stock, is awaiting the FDA to approve its star in the making, an inhaled insulin named Afrezza. Though biotech can be risky this play is certainly worth taking a gamble on, especially when S P rates a fair value at 5.50 and a "consider selling" price at 11. Gonna hve to reccomend this one

Here are the rest of the top 15 most-watched companies in the industry with their watch interest along with the stocks' CAPS rating to show the sentiment of our investing community.

	Company	Market Cap (millions)	CAPS Rating	Watch Interest
1	MannKind	$504	**	9.7%
2	Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG  )	$28,689	****	8.1%
3	Amarin (Nasdaq: AMRN  )	$1,888	***	7.4%
4	Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX  )	$10,438	***	7.4%
5	BioSante Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BPAX  )	$338	***	7.2%
6	Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: KERX  )	$341	***	5.8%
7	Immunogen	$1,063	****	5.3%
8	Amylin Pharmaceuticals	$2,074	***	4.6%
9	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	$5,421	**	3.1%
10	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	$2,194	****	3.0%
11	Isis Pharmaceuticals	$927	****	2.8%
12	Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SNSS  )	$98	****	2.5%
13	Cephalon	$6,201	****	2.2%
14	Opko Health	$1,158	**	2.2%
15	SciClone Pharmaceuticals	$359	***	1.6%

Source: Motley Fool, Motley Fool CAPS.

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