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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (4078)	12/19/2001 9:16:39 AM
From: Mike M	Respond to of 5582

All things are possible Mark. The cold market has the potential to support more than one product. There are plenty of folks who will take the pill and plenty who will use the nasal gel. Pleconaril has a few hills to climb. I would be surprised if the FDA gives its blessings the first shot out of the barrel. The urgency to approve a drug for a cold cure may not be very compelling. Aviron has been wrestling with the FDA for approval of their flu mist for three years now. Though someday pleconaril may be non prescription that isn't likely to be any time soon. In the mean time, I don't see a clamoring to go to the doctor for a cold prescription. This is particularly so for a drug that only seems to knock a day off the duration(albeit symptoms abate sooner). Finally, there are plenty of folks, including myself, who take as few internal drugs as possible. What you find objectionable about Zicam, I find attractive. Homeopathy evokes safety and in this case effectiveness. To each his own. There hasn't been a wholesale sell off of GUMM and I don't expect one as a result of any future VPHM news. Pleconaril will have its place in hospitals and with those who will visit their doctor for colds and have plenty of insurance. Zicam sales are, IMO, not likely to suffer any time soon.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (4078)	12/19/2001 12:58:35 PM
From: MichaelSkyy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5582

"Dr Frederick Hayden of the University of Virginia told an infectious diseases conference in Chicago that the medicine starts making patients feel better within 24 hours and makes the cold disappear a day sooner than in untreated cases." "Preliminary results in the study, which involved 2,096 patients, found that those whose colds were caused by picornaviruses recovered in 6.3 days if they took pleconaril three times a day for five days. The cold dragged on for 7.3 days in those who had a placebo." A "proven cure" my ass....also probably $40 to $60 doctor office visit.. $40 RX charge..PLECONARIL for a "ONE" (1)DAY" reduction...7.3 to 6.3... Hott damn,,and pigs can fly....pleCONaril, what a joke!