BOSTON - Vaccine makers helped boost the U.S. pharmaceutical benchmark index early Friday as shares of GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK 36.75, +0.19, +0.52%) , AstraZeneca PLC (AZN 43.34, +0.05, +0.12%) , Novartis AG (NVS 42.00, +0.05, +0.12%) and Sanofi-Aventis (SNY 33.37, +0.14, +0.43%) all gained in the wake of Thursday's declaration of a formal flu pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Amex Pharmaceutical Index (DRG 260.48, +3.17, +1.23%) rose 1% to 259.95 while the Amex Biotechnology Index (BTK 683.44, -5.46, -0.79%) slid 1.5% to 678.74. The Dow Jones Industrial Average back-tracked about 25 points to 8,747.
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