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

To: Colby who wrote (7143)	4/16/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: E'Lane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Colby Thanks for the history. Well put. I read it as you are still believing in the "little engine". Good! I don't want to be alone at that party this fall! Keep the coal a comming! E'Lane

To: Colby who wrote (7143)	4/16/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Hope it was not you that just bought the 285000 shares! VVUS 80 BY OCT! But it can be a penny stock first... Its the strangest thing, VVUS Gaps DOWN from 8 3/8 by 8 7/16 to 8 1/4 by 8 5/16 and the block goes through. If you ask me I would say its a sell by some fund. Hopefully the last of the FUD for now! Crossing tails.. Wonder if E'Lanes BIG hmm eyes are big enough to cross ?

To: Colby who wrote (7143)	4/16/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: j bayer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

This reaction is NOT irrational emotion but a reaction to anticipation of lower demand for a product. It is common sense, not rocket science. Think about how many Muse users will leave Muse, even only temporarily, and try Viagra. If it works for them even partially as well as muse, do you honestly think they will opt to ever go back to the insertion method. NO WAY! Yes, I agree the publicity Viagra has brought to the market may eventually impact VVUS down the road and increase sales but we must also be realistic in acknowledging that we may lose alot of Muse patients to Viagra. Not all muse patients have profound ED. There will also be many patients that will try Viagra because it is in pill form and even if it doesn't work for them will not opt for the Muse only because of how it is administered. I believe many men out there will agree with this reasoning. The only way, IMO, that VVUS can recover from the "Viagra Effect" is IF and when the side effects of Viagra come to bear as more detrimental than originally anticipated. Only with that type of bad publicity would the Viagra users, possibly by then, accustomed to the benefits of ED treatment be willing to try Muse. Good luck to all.