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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ)

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To: Zebra 365 who wrote (9217)6/5/1998 9:21:00 AM
From: Frostman  Read Replies (1) of 23519
 
Zebra, WSJ interactive picked up the story this morning as well..
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Vivus: Efficacy Of Muse Impotence Pdt Is 'Dose Dependent'
Dow Jones Newswires

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Vivus Inc. (VVUS) said the efficacy of its impotence drug, Muse, is "dose dependent."

The company was responding to recent media reports about "disappointing results" presented by Dallas researchers at the American Urological Association annual meeting earlier this week.

In a press release Friday, Vivus said the data, which indicated that 27% of patients achieved rigidity sufficient for intercourse, were based on a study in which not all men were challenged to the highest doses (500 or 1,000 mcg) of Muse. The company said only 9% of the patients in the study received the 1,000-mcg dose.

Vivus said in its own trials, between 41% and 65% of men required the 1,000-mcg dose to achieve rigidity sufficient for intercourse....>>
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