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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (2585)	5/18/1998 10:14:00 PM
From: Kevin G	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

The latest pull-back filled the mid-April gap... Tech traders love to see this! Should test the 120 range next. chart2.bigcharts.com

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (2585)	5/19/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: MARIO PASQUA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

VVUS (muse) vs VIAGRA . What is the price difference per dose? (Off Topic) Anyone fallowing... US Surgical (USS) on takeover rumor? This article out early this morning. Tuesday May 19, 7:02 am Eastern Time Oxford sued for not covering Viagra - WSJ NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - Oxford Health Plans Inc (OXHP - news) has been sued by one of its policy holders for not paying out for his treatment with Pfizer Inc's (PFE - news) impotence drug Viagra, the electronic version of the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The paper said Paul Sibley-Schreiber sued the insurer because ''in effect Oxford is limiting my sex life. ''Sibley-Schreiber told the Journal that after having diabetes for 25 years, he has been impotent for five years and was greatly helped by the use of Viagra.Lawyers representing Sibley-Schreiber said the suit, filed in the Eastern District of New York's federal court, may eventually be widened to include dozens of other insurance companies that have denied or restricted coverage of the drug. Sibley-Schreiber's first prescription for 30 50-milligram tablets was covered by Oxford, the Journal said. However, when he went back to have a new prescription for 100-milligram pills, which worked better for him, Oxford wouldn't pay. Sibley-Schreiber told the paper he had previously tried penile injections and suppositories but nothing succeeded like Viagra, which he called a godsend. The lawsuit claims that Oxford wrongly denied benefits for a prescription drug that is ''medically necessary.'' The WSJ said the lawsuit is seeking both a prohibition of any further denials or restrictions of coverage and back compensation for Viagra prescriptions already paid out of pocket. The lawyers are seeking class-action status. ''It is putting up a barrier to my happiness,'' Sibley-Schreiber told the Journal.