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Published in Health and Fitness on Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 3:33 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-06-30 03:33:32 by Market Wire

FOSTER CITY, CA--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (
The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies and is a combination of the Russell 1000® and Russell 2000 Indexes. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index.
According to Russell Investments, these indices are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. There is approximately $110 billion of assets indexed to the Russell 3000 Index and investment managers who oversee these funds purchase shares of member stocks according to that company's weighting in the particular index. Membership in the Russell 3000 Index remains in place for one year.
About SciClone
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