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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Amots who wrote (3433)	12/11/1997 6:07:00 PM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

-- I'm listening to confer call now - but will have to go shortly -= it's now 6:08 pm, est - "making this product isn't like making cars or anything else... the specs are so remarkable...." -- unbeliveable -- they're ending the call now ... not giving the number to hear the replay, but per Dr. Bond it's 800-633-8284, and it w/b avail until 12/17/97 -- If others could post the first 1 1/2 hours - and their thoughts - w/b very helpful. Out.

To: Amots who wrote (3433)	12/11/1997 6:22:00 PM
From: Peter Yen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Excuse Me, i don't quite understand you're remarks...are you implying that with a float of 22 mm, nobody could short this stock enough to have a significant impact? i am a research analyst and take it from me, there are hedge funds out there large enough to put enormous pressure on this stock...in fact, i know of one that had a very large short position in relation to the total market capitalization of VVUS...in this case, the size of the position they had established was trivial compared to the overall size of the hedge fund...so, when some funds short a particular stock,i know that the longs will feel it... however i do believe that with a specified number of shares allowable for shorts, any shorting pressure will be limited once an institution can't borrow anymore stock...just my opinion... like i said before, been tracking instinet trading...seems like one person (institution) is responsible for the downside pressure... with regards