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QED International Associates Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Emerging Cancer Index
Date:1/4/2008

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QED International Associates, Inc, administrator for the HealthShares(TM) Indexes, a series of 20 underlying indexes for the HealthShares Exchange-Traded Funds, today announced that effective at the opening of trading on Monday January 7, 2008, ArQule, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) will replace Coley Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLY) in the HealthShares(TM) Emerging Cancer Index. Coley Pharmaceutical is being acquired by Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE), with 92% of the outstanding shares of COLY tendered under an offer expired December 28, 2007.

Companies included in the HealthShares(TM) Emerging Cancer Index are engaged in the research, clinical development and/or commercialization of therapeutic agents for the treatment of a wide variety of cancers. They generally include those with some level of revenues, or those on the verge of revenues with significant but focused research and development programs.

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QEDI International, based in New York, is a leading financial industry consulting firm specializing in quantitative modeling and the design, development and maintenance of indexes and Exchange Traded Funds. For more information, visit the company's website at h
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