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

To: david who wrote (6637)	4/7/1998 10:22:00 PM
From: Anaxagoras	Respond to of 23519

<<with so many troubles around this company.>> Yeah, but hopefully the info is already out there and the market has it factored in (and more). << i once again think the management team is kind of weak and needs to be replaced...>> Yeah, there's a lot of us who agree. However, they have done certain things well and have beaten expectations in certain areas and this never gets much air time, for instance the ramp up of the original Paco plant. Also, this will be the first full quarter that the new Veep of Operations has been on board- maybe that will help things along (see the following link for this December announcement if you care: vivus.com You could argue that they recognized their operations weakness (Doh!) and took steps to resolve it. <<one post of law suit per day with no other news is really annoying me.>> Personally I don't really give a hoot about the law suits. They're just a nuisance and distraction, nothing more. the company does have hurdles, but these silly law suits are, IMO, just an irritating side show, nothing more. Anaxagoras

To: david who wrote (6637)	4/7/1998 10:46:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

david, Tell me how you really feel about your vivus investment. I would say that currently 99.9% of the longs are losing money. Just because you don't have a paper or realized gain doesn't mean that things won't pan out in the end. It just depends on exactly where your investing endpoints are. It would be nice for all of us to have large paper or realized gains RIGHT NOW but that is not how investing in the market works. If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen or never enter the kitchen in the first place. Our ship has already sunk. The question is: Can they raise the Titanic? I think so but it will take time. VLAD