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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: June 30, 2000
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Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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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 8/14/00
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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: 16
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $249,296
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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 LP.
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
Name of Reporting Manager: BVF Inc.
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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VALUE SHRS SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Advanced Magnetics Inc. Com 00753P103 6,111 997,633 Sh Defined 1 997,633
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Arqule Inc. Com 04269E107 12,991 670,505 Sh Defined 1 670,505
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Autoimmune Inc. Com 052776101 4,268 2,845,109 Sh Defined 1 2,845,109
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Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Com 09058V103 23,220 809,400 Sh Defined 1 809,400
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Cortech Inc. Com 22051J308 3,069 355,783 Sh Defined 1 355,783
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Corvas Int'l Inc. Com 221005101 34,281 2,856,751 Sh Defined 1 2,856,751
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Epimmune Inc. Com 29425Y101 3,029 475,100 Sh Defined 1 475,100
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Flamel Technologies S.A. Sponsored ADR 338488109 4,266 812,500 Sh Defined 1 812,500
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Immunogen Com 45243H101 223 18,500 Sh Defined 1 18,500
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Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Com 595018102 8,847 1,025,707 Sh Defined 1 1,025,707
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Neurocrine Bioscience Inc. Com 64125C109 37,280 1,408,309 Sh Defined 1 1,408,309
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Neurogen Corp. Com 64124E106 22,674 785,249 Sh Defined 1 785,249
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OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. Com 671040103 73,181 2,539,891 Sh Defined 1 2,539,891
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Paradigm Genetics Inc. Com 69900R106 4,350 356,900 Sh Defined 1 356,900
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Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corp. Com 87156R109 5,693 1,110,783 Sh Defined 1 1,110,783
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Elan PLC ADR 284131208 5,813 120,000 Sh Put Defined 1 120,000
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TOTAL 249,296
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