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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: MARCH 31, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: __
This Amendment [Check only one.]: [ ] is a restatement
[ ] adds new holdings entries
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: BVF Inc.
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Address: 227 West Monroe Street, Suite 4800
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Chicago, Illinois 60606
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Form 13F File Number: 28-6800
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person
Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Mark N. Lampert
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Title: President
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Phone: (312) 263-7777
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Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Mark N. Lampert San Francisco, California 5/12/00
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s)).
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[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported
by other reporting manager(s).)
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 1
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 22
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $189,784
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1. 28-6770 BVF PARTNERS L.P.
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FORM 13F (SEC USE ONLY)
Name of Reporting Manager: BVF Inc.
Column 1: Column 2: Column 3: Column 4: Column 5: Column 6: Column 7: Column 8:
Name of Issuer Title of CUSIP Value Investment Other Voting Authority
Class (x$1000) Discretion Managers
Shrs Sh/ Put/ Sole Shared None
Prn Prn Call
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Advanced Magnetics Inc. Com 00753P103 8,605 997,633 Sh Defined 1 997,633
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Warrant 04033A100 153 19,400 Sh Defined 1 19,400
Arqule Inc. Com 04269E107 19,903 1,474,305 Sh Defined 1 1,474,305
Autoimmune Inc. Com 052776101 5,204 2,312,709 Sh Defined 1 2,312,709
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Com 09058V103 4,985 182,500 Sh Defined 1 182,500
Cortech Inc. Com 22051J308 2,856 317,283 Sh Defined 1 317,283
Corvas Int'l Inc. Com 221005101 8,946 813,289 Sh Defined 1 813,289
Epimmune Inc. Com 29425Y101 3,380 454,500 Sh Defined 1 454,500
Flamel Technologies Com 338488109 3,859 812,500 Sh Defined 1 812,500
Sponsored ADR
Incyte Pharmaceuticals Com 45337C102 472 5400 Sh Defined 1 5400
Magainin Pharmaceuticals Inc. Com 559036108 59 12,514 Sh Defined 1 12,514
Microcide Pharmaceuticals Inc. Com 595018102 13,480 1,036,907 Sh Defined 1 1,036,907
Neurocrine Bioscience Inc. Com 64125C109 10,867 467,400 Sh Defined 1 467,400
Neurogen Corp. Com 64124E106 39,596 1,282,449 Sh Defined 1 1,282,449
OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. Com 671040103 42,522 2,180,591 Sh Defined 1 2,180,591
QLT Phototherapeutics Inc. Com 746927102 2,213 40,058 Sh Defined 1 40,058
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corp. Com 87156R109 8,053 1,110,783 Sh Defined 1 1,110,783
Visable Genetics Inc. Com 92829S104 233 6300 Sh Defined 1 6300
Glaxo Wellcome PLC Com 37733W105 14,328 2500 Sh Put Defined 1 2500
Sponsored ADR
Johnson & Johnson Com 478160954 70 10 Sh Put Defined 1 10
189,784
TOTAL
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