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Biotech / Medical : Zonagen (zona) - good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hank who wrote (3561)	4/23/1998 1:25:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 7041

Good info. I'd like to see the IDB article. I wonder if it's on the newsstand? I'll check... Linda

To: Hank who wrote (3561)	4/23/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: Dauntless	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7041

Hank - clarification please First, I 've noticed that when you refer to Viagra's efficacy you usually claim it is around 70% - 80%. For example in your post #3505 you wrote: <<<...That will leave a small number of potential customers given Viagra's 70%-80% efficacy...>>> This is fine - but do those oft repeated numbers include the 24% placebo effect (noted in the prescribing information) or have you already subtracted it out, as you seem to be advocating now? Is there any way I can figure out when you subtract the placebo effect and when you don't? Secondly, from reading the Pfizer information, it seems that the reported range of efficacy was actually 60% - 80% for different patient populations and different doses ranging from 25 - 100 mg (with the recommended dose being 50 mg). I was wondering why many people seem to be offering the upper end of that range when discussing it. As noted, you usually refer to 70% to 80%, and I found the following in the Pfizer annual report: "Before the end of the second quarter, we hope to introduce Viagra. Effective in up to 78 percent of patients in clinical trials, this highly effective treatment will offer a return to normalcy for the more than 100 million men worldwide suffering from ED." It would seem that this is "stretching" the actual facts a bit, No? I guess it's just normal people just trying to make a point? Just curious --- Thanks. Good day for you shorts, Yes? Congratulations.