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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (786)	9/14/1998 1:06:00 PM
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U.K. Imposes 'Interim' Ban on Viagra in National Health Service Bloomberg News September 14, 1998, 11:53 a.m. ET U.K. Imposes 'Interim' Ban on Viagra in National Health Service London, Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Health Secretary Frank Dobson has placed a temporary ban on National Health Service doctors prescribing the impotence drug Viagra. He said, ''media coverage of this drug to date has created expectations that could prove a serious drain on the funds of the NHS. If this were to happen.'' He said the ruling was ''interim'' until ministers had consulted further with scientific and clinical advisors and the manufacturers. The drug, made in the U.S. by Pfizer Inc., is expected to receive marketing authorization Tuesday from the European Commission. In instructions to Britain's NHS doctors, the medical director of the state-owned service, Graham Winyard, said, ''I would stress that this is interim guidance only and should not be taken as implying that ministers have made decisions relating to the nature and extent of any future availability of this drug as part of NHS services.'' The drug is being sold by private doctors. --David Healy through the Brussels news room at 44-171-222-

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