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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go?
PFE 25.54-0.5%3:59 PM EST

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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (6718)1/16/1999 8:16:00 AM
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Pfizer filing for Viagra spray patent:
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Filed at 6:56 a.m. EST

By The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer Inc. says it has filed for a patent on a nasal-spray version of its anti-impotence drug Viagra.

The company made the announcement Friday in response to two University of Kentucky researchers who claimed this week to have developed such a fast-acting spray.

''We're certainly not ready to speculate in terms of when we'll have a product out,'' said Pfizer spokeswoman Mariann Caprino. ''We are moving forward in terms of investigating this as a potential delivery system.''

Pfizer said the spray was developed and tested in England, but offered no other details.

The two UK College of Pharmacy professors, Lewis Dittert and Anwar Hussain, reported this week that the spray they've developed drops the time it takes Viagra to take effect from over an hour to five to 15 minutes.

Dittert released a statement Friday in response to Pfizer's claim that it also has a nasal version of Viagra in the works.

''They did not tell us they had a patent application in this area,'' Dittert said.

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