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To: B.REVERE who wrote (391)	6/22/1998 10:47:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Respond to of 1722

Three Arrested as Hong Kong Police Raid Pharmacy Selling Viagra Bloomberg News June 22, 1998, 9:13 p.m. ET Hong Kong, June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Three men were arrested and 18 bottles of Pfizer Corp.'s anti-impotency drug Viagra were seized when Hong Kong Police raided a pharmacy in the Kowloon district of Mong Kok, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported. The 495 pill haul was estimated to worth HK$198,000 ($25,581) or HK$400 each. Wildly popular Viagra has not yet been approved for sale here, and the men face jail terms of up to two years and fines of HK$100,000. A black market for the drug has sprung up in many countries in Asia where it is not yet legal -- such as Taiwan -- and in some markets where it is approved but access to it is restricted, including Thailand. Sufferers say it is much more effective than traditional Chinese cures for impotency. --Joshua Fellman in the Hong Kong newsroom (852) 2977-6600/iw