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Biotech / Medical : VPHM - Viropharma Inc -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Anthony@Pacific who wrote (149)	7/14/1999 10:18:00 PM
From: hoffy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2557

I have never shorted a stock before but VPHM made me want to start. With that interview after the bell today there is no doubt that it would have been a great short. It was built up to have a cure for the common cold. Yeah, right. They said it will go away in 3 days with this medicine. Well most colds do that anyway. It's only used for certain cases of a severe cold. Just the fact that the drug might only come to the market in 2 years and has to go through a lot more hurdles is enough to get people to sell more. Almost a joke for the stock to more than double on this news. I hope you longs don't get burnt too badly here. But if you bought late in the day today I think a lot of people will be crying foul