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Biotech / Medical : Agouron Pharmaceuticals (AGPH) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JOHN W. who wrote (2979)	11/25/1997 12:52:00 AM
From: George T. Santamaria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6136

"For what it's worth after a trying day for AGPH shareholders, the scrip nos. for the week ending 11/14/97 continue to look strong. New: 3386 Refills: 5465 Total: 8851" Would appreciate it if you could put that into perspective. I must agree that the WSJ "news" cited in a previous post is unfortunate indeed because the shorts have been given another field day by the media.

To: JOHN W. who wrote (2979)	11/25/1997 1:05:00 PM
From: lrb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6136

I'd like some help interpreting the IMS scrip numbers recently posted for AGPH. The reference posts are 207.183.153.206 and 207.183.153.206 There were 4.5 weeks in October. Dividing the numbers in reply 2780 by 4.5 gives the weekly average for October: -- average Total scrips/week in October: 9111 -- average Refill scrips/week in October: 5555 -- average New scrips/week in October: 3555 Now post 2979 says scrip numbers for week ending 11/14/97 continue to look strong: New: 3386 Refills: 5465 Total: 8851 These November numbers look weaker to me than the weekly average for October. In particular, does the Refill number of 5465 suggest that patients are going off Viracept at least as fast as new patients are starting the regimen? Surely not, based on what people are saying about PI's in general and Viracept in particular. But what explains these numbers?