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To: Tony D. who wrote (6408)	1/14/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: Herm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14162

Plenty of action yet to come Tony! VVUS is going to be a hot potato in 1998. You would expect the top ten holders to average down the first chance they get! The name of the next game is "short squeeze." We finally got some serious volume today over 1,400,000 shares. Doug's TLC indicator is flashing the beginning of a possible reversal. webbindustries.com VIVUS INC.(NASDAQ:VVUS) 120 Institutions hold 61.59% of the outstanding shares as of September 30,1997. Of these, 34 established new positions while 15 liquidated their holdings. Overall, Institutions increased their holdings by 7.30% for the period. Rank Institution Shares Held 1 Vinik Asset Management * 2,221,000 09/30/97 2 Forstmann-Leff Associates Inc. 1,559,350 09/30/97 3 Tudor Investment Corporation 1,047,000 09/30/97 4 Ardsley Partners 972,000 09/30/97 5 Merrill Lynch Asset Management 930,800 09/30/97 6 Friess Associates, Inc. * 768,000 09/30/97 7 Hambrecht & Quist Capital Mngt 710,000 09/30/97 8 Bankers Trust Company (Invt.Mgmt)658,000 09/30/97 9 Oracle Investment Management,Inc.655,518 09/30/97 10 Zesiger Capital Group LLC 577,800 09/30/97 Top Ten Totals: 10,099,468 30.5% * Recent reduction not published yet!