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Jun.18
6:22 PM ET
Thursday, 18 Jun 2009
Today – In Fast Money History: June 18th

Today – In Fast Money History…

June 18th, 1983: A biotech whose name is short for applied molecular genetics made its debut on the Nasdaq.

It’s now the world’s largest biotech; even bigger than Pharma giant Merck.

Who are we talking about? Scroll down for the answer!










It’s Amgen [AMGN  Loading...      ()   ]. And if you bought Amgen on its IPO, you’d be sitting on a 15,000% return. Not too shabby.

In case you're wondering Bernstein currently has a $65 price target on the stock and Guy Adami thinks it goes there!

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Trader disclosure: On June 18th, 2009, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Adami Owns (C), (GS), (BTU), (AGU), (INTC), (MSFT), (NUE); Seymour Owns (AAPL), (BAC), (BX), (EEM), (FXI); Seymour's Firm Owns (RSX); Levy's Firm Owns (MON); Terranova Owns (XBI), (TER), (BTU), (ABT), (MSFT); Terranova Owns (BRCM) & Is Short (BRCM) Calls; Terranova Owns (POT)& Short (POT) Calls; Terranova Is Short (JPM)& Is Short (JPM) Calls; Terranova Owns (MS) & Short (MS) Calls; Teranova Owns (X) & Is SHort (X) Calls; Terranova Owns July Nat Gas Futures ; Terranova Owns (DIS) Octovber Call Spread; Terranova Is Short (XOM) Call Spread; Terranova Is Short (GENZ) Call Spread; Terranova Is Short (OIH)& (OIH) Puts; Terranova Is Short (RIG)& (RIG) Puts; Terranova Is Short (FCX)& (FCX) Puts; Terranova Is Short (RIMM)& (RIMM) Puts; Terranova Is Short (IBM) Calls

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