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

To: LoLoLoLita who wrote (3742)	12/16/1997 11:19:00 AM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 23519

-- Went thru the old 424 on edgar - seems the "6,000 sq foot facility" is in Paco's plant. -- And although they kept say "we're moving the 5 new lines to a 90,000 sq foot facility," is also in Paco's plant. -- I'm glad Vivus mngmt has the good sense to outsource the production of its drugs. This way, Vivus can continue to concentrate on doing what it does best. Out.

To: LoLoLoLita who wrote (3742)	12/16/1997 11:59:00 AM
From: LoLoLoLita	Respond to of 23519

with all the M.D.s here, anyone willing to give me a scrip for Valium?

To: LoLoLoLita who wrote (3742)	12/16/1997 12:25:00 PM
From: Slim Pickens	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Brokerage info and request for discussion on demand for MUSE: Brokerage Firm.........Date of Last Update..Recommendation PAINEWEBBER INC..........12/11/97............NEUTRAL WESSELS ARNOLD...........12/11/97............HOLD GENESIS MERCHANT........12/10/97............LONG TERM BUY CRUTTENDEN AND CO....12/04/97............STRONG BUY DAIN BOSWORTH INC......10/31/97............NEUTRAL The following link shows trading activity by money managers. Key in symbol and click on "View Report": nasdaqtrader.com What is Merrill Lynch's recommendation? Look at all of PaineWebber's trading...They are neutral, did they recently downgrade? Any word lately from Dain Bosworth...What's their recommendation now? Genesis Merchant say long term buy...does anyone have a link to the wording of any of these recommendations? The big houses are in the thick of this trading. The stock is no secret and there are lots of analysts opinions. All-in-all the conference call addressed their concerns. When the smoke clears, there will be a lot of brokers who believe they know which way this stock will go...and if that is "up", there will be a good comeback. If it is down, that will be because concerns about demand were warranted. I want to focus on demand for awhile. What impact will the advertising have? How can it be most effective? When would it be best to start? How can we inform patients about MUSE vs. Viagra in such a way that they will try ours too? Will advertising be able to create demand? There is a lot of expertise on this thread. Lets try to bring out some ideas that will help and at the same time evaluate if demand can and will be where we need it to be for accelerating growth. Please post on this subject if you have some thoughts. Slim