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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Colby who wrote (9659)	6/15/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 23519

>>How much are you producing? "We are producing 1.8MM units at the old plant and we won't comment on the new plant." She said they are selling all they can produce.<< Ah yep, CC said the same thing, The stock was at 32 or so at the time, If I can put two and two together I will say they have 1.8 mil + a lot of bull and if they are really selling that many units then where is the revenues going?. I think today APM is trading around 4 1/2.. VVUS dont have that much left to go to hit zero.. I guess now we know why the stocks so depressed dont we? This is a crap shoot at thie point. Maybe Vegas will give better odds.. >>The impression of many other countries on Viagra is that there is much concern about the deaths being reported and many governments will be reluctant to grant Viagra approval until the safety issues are fully understood.<< More bull crap, the US itself dont give a damn about its own people, I can just imagine all the asian countries caring. I still remember how china sent in foot troops into vietnam to detonate anti-tank mines cause people were more expendable than tanks. But most of these governments will hold out till PFE puts out. To the right people of course.. And Of course like CC always said, if they actually had to say anything meaningful once they would have to do it alla time.. Thankx for trying though. I am out of this stock tomorrow. I dont care it it goes to 80. I would rather buy a stock like DELL and know how and what they are doing than companies like these trying to manipulate the shareholders.

To: Colby who wrote (9659)	6/15/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Colby, In your calculation of product sold you need to multiple the weekly number by 6 doses per script. So far this Q IMS reports a total of 73,554 scripts 73,554/10 weeks = 7,355 average this quarter so far. 7,355/.6 = 12,259 actual average scripts per week. From the looks of things most sales this quarter are from satisfied customers so most new scripts are probably just old customers who have run out of refills. 12,258 X 6 doses/script = 73,554 doses per week 73,554 x 13 weeks = 956,202 doses sold in the US this quarter. So about 1/2 of the 1.8 million units is sold here and the rest is shipped for sales in England and some of the new countries. This seems about right. England has been using a good deal of MUSE since it's launch. the numbers seem to confirm that currently Vivus is able to sell 1.8 million units per quarter. Anybody care to correct me?