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To: DaiS who wrote (7994)	5/11/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

DaiS, Here is a press release on Viagra. Scripts up 26.7% from last weeks number of 213,000 to 269,842. Remember though that many of these initial scripts are for only 6 or so pills initially so I don't think script data means too much (need to know total number of pills sold--at least with MUSE you know that one script equals exactly 6 units). I am glad to see these numbers are still going up--means all the more patients who can try MUSE if Viagra is ineffective. I don't know the Caverject numbers. [ Business \| US Market \| Industry \| IPO \| S&P \| International \| PRNews \| BizWire \| Finance Home ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday May 11, 1:23 pm Eastern Time Pfizer up as new Viagra Rx hit 269,842 - analyst NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc. (PFE - news) gained Monday amid a broad Wall Street rally and industry data showed continuing growth in new prescriptions of the company's recently launched impotence drug, Viagra. PaineWebber drug analyst Jeff Chaffkin said data from auditing company IMS America showed 269,842 new prescriptions were written for Viagra in the United States during the week ending May 1. The data reflect new prescriptions in the drug's fourth full week of sales, Chaffkin said, reflecting solid growth from the 207,868 new prescriptions written in the prior week. ''They are phenomenal sequential numbers,'' Chaffkin said, referring to the growth from the prior week, adding that week-to-week growth of only 1,000 new prescriptions is more typical of a successful newly launched drug. He predicted sales growth would slow and reach a plateau in coming months, adding that if new weekly prescriptions settled in the 300,000 range that would signfify annual sales of about $1.5 billion for the world's first impotence pill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE - news) Related News Categories: US Market News, health -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright c 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information. Questions or Comments?