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To: Jim Lamb who wrote (298)	6/12/1998 12:05:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	of 1722

Venezuela Attacks Illegal Sales of Viagra as Demand Surges Bloomberg News June 12, 1998, 5:50 a.m. PT Venezuela Attacks Illegal Sales of Viagra as Demand Surges Caracas, June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela is taking steps to attack illegal sales of Pfizer Inc.'s impotence treatment Viagra as demand surges with the new drug being regarded as this year's ideal Father's Day gift, El Nacional newspaper reported. Venezuela's Health Ministry has started confiscating Viagra, and checking street vendors, some of whom have been caught selling reshaped aspirin, recolored blue to resemble the pill. Officials said efforts at regulating the trade have been stymied by the small number of health inspectors as Caracas, a city of 7 million, only has three. Last month, a shipment of Viagra was hijacked at a Venezuelan port when it arrived. (EN 6/12 C3) --Peter Wilson in Caracas (582) 953-4060 or 953-5066 through the

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