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

To: Zebra 365 who wrote (3782)	12/16/1997 8:47:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Price Dropped today on Insider Sales: My brother saw it on Bloomberg's, I don't have the info. It went out over the wire near end of day. Julian Gangoli (?) V.P. sold all of his 22,240 shares 11/03 to 11/21. Yntema (CFO) sold shares too. And one other. Leland Wilson (CEO) held his shares. Someone please get full story from paid-Edgar.

To: Zebra 365 who wrote (3782)	12/16/1997 9:04:00 PM
From: Rubble	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

I expected a drop in VVUS this month as people sold for tax deductions...but ouch!!...I didn't expect it drop to single digits before the end of the month. I'm still not sure that it's the right time to buy...I can see VVUS going to 7 or 8, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it. Once January hits, I expect sharp sudden rises in VVUS. My dilemma right now is that VVUS call options are very expensive compared to the stock price. When the stock is $10, and June 10's are $3, the stock is a much better bet. For some reason, option premiums remained stable during the drop from 11 to 10...a drop I had been planning on taking advantage of. So, I'm contemplating selling naked puts...which have a very limited risk given the share price. Even if VVUS turns out to be Viv-X, which I consider a good possibility with the company's continued failure to explain the 25% drop in revs, my naked puts wouldn't leave me in financial ruin. I sympathize with all you people who lost big on VVUS. I bought a basket full of June calls the day before "the announcement," when VVUS at 20 was still a steal. I've been spending much of my time over the past week trying to recoup this loss by day-trading...but it may take me another month to fully recover. Oh well... Vive Viv-X!!!!

To: Zebra 365 who wrote (3782)	12/16/1997 9:16:00 PM
From: jack w garnes jr.	Respond to of 23519

Hi Zebra, I was a hospital administrator for many years buy prior to that I was involved in direct patient care. I have contacted a number of my close friends that are M.D's they feel that the product That VVUS provides is excellent infact its there treatment of choise. The pill has not had that much exposure. In fact the major teaching university's for medical students and residents are promoting are product...the pill would be nice but from what I known its only good for mild physical conditions...our product can deal with acute medical conditions with outstanding results....most people never go see a Doctor ontil the problem is acute...now its just not sub specialities its primary care physicians that are getting involved big time...Why..because there patients are presenting a medical history that mandate some type of action and they really don't want to refer to a sub-specialist. JG