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Biotech / Medical : Vivus: into single digits -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: VLAD who wrote (294)	4/22/1998 2:53:00 AM
From: dfloydr	Respond to of 1016

I think Dale is biased a bit ... he's a fundamentalist when it comes to investing and he does not like VVUS's P/E (price to erections) ratio. Floyd Russell

To: VLAD who wrote (294)	4/22/1998 11:23:00 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1016

<After each positive MUSE report you mention that the study was funded by the MUSE study group yet in your Viagra listings you don't even mention the word funded but say the sildenafil working group.>> Pick up a copy of the Supplement and you will see that the abstracts this year sometimes list the source of funding. I don't recall that being a feature in previous years but maybe it is not new. It seems to a voluntary entry as not all the abstracts list a source of funding. In addition the authors are sometimes listed as part of XYZ Study Group. It is pretty safe to say if the source of funding is not explicitly mentioned then the XYZ Study Group paid for the study and the maker of XYZ probably funds the study group. I thought most people could come to that conclusion on their own but I had forgotten that those who see a conspiracy in every posting would come up with another explanation. Let me list what is actually printed. Study#.....Study Group.....Funding Source 903........None............None listed 904........MUSE............None listed 905........None............None listed 906........MUSE-Actis......None listed 907........MUSE............None listed 908........None............None listed 909........None............None 910........Sildenafil......Pfizer 911........Sildenafil......Pfizer 912........Multicenter S.G.Pfizer 919........Vasomax.........None listed At least the Sildenafil Study Group is honest enough to cite Pfizer as the source of funds. Ooops, there I go again. Biased against Vivus. Conspiring to force the price down.