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Products January 11, 2001
Cancer Fund Open for Business
November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMIDEX Fund's
Cancer Innovations & Healthcare Mutual Fund, the first
index-based mutual fund focused on cancer cure companies, is
open for business.
Reported by Camilla Klein
The new fund invests in the 45 pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies that comprise the AMIDEX eMed Cancer Innovations & Healthcare Index.
The fund includes:
- pharmaceutical giants Merck, with 4.8 % of the portfolio, Pfizer, 8.6 % and Abbott with 2.7 %,
- biotech leaders Chiron, accounting for 3.4% of the fund and Genentech with 9.4%, and
- medical equipment companies Beckman Coulter, with 1% of portfolio and Cytyc 1%