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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (15)	5/26/1998 8:45:00 AM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1722

Italy's Bindi Calls on San Marino to Prohibit Viagra Sales Bloomberg News May 25, 1998, 11:45 p.m. PT Italy's Bindi Calls on San Marino to Prohibit Viagra Sales Milan, May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Italy's Health Minister Rosy Bindi called on the government to pressure the Republic of San Marino into prohibiting sales of the Viagra impotence drug after an Italian citizen who took the pill was hospitalized with a stroke, Corriere della Sera reported. The 76-year-old man is the first Italian known to have been taken ill after taking Pfizer Inc.'s Viagra, which is not sold legally in Italy itself but can be purchased in San Marino, a mini-state surrounded by Italian territory near Adriatic Sea resorts, the newspaper said. ''A sort of free trade area has been created there. San Marino is in Europe and must follow its rules,'' Bindi said, according to the newspaper. At least six people have died in the U.S. after taking the drug. (www.rcs.it) --Yaroslav Trofimov in the Milan newsroom (39 2) 80644200/jeg