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

To: Mkilloran who wrote (11086)	7/10/1998 1:00:00 AM
From: VLAD	Respond to of 23519

martin, You might also mention that now the insurance companies in the US along with the State Welfare systems are refusing to cover the cost of Viagra. There are too many medical needs that take priority over a lifestyle drug that has a high abuse potential. If the insurance companies and welfare systems knew that Viagra use would be limited to the impotent then they probabably would not mind paying for it. MUSE on the other hand is only going to be used by those who need it.

To: Mkilloran who wrote (11086)	7/10/1998 1:05:00 AM
From: Zebra 365	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

To All: I'm not in this stock for the buyout possibilities. It is possible, but I think we can wait and see what happens world-wide between MUSE and Viagra. I have spent some time working under the NHS in the UK, (OK it was 20 years ago) but they may very well be content to let Viagra be a smuggled drug rather than pay for it through the NHS. Even if it gets approved, there are many situations worldwide where the more drugs a doctor prescribes, the less money he makes. If that sounds horribly foreign and "socialized medicine" just ask the Docs in the Harris Health Plan in Fort Worth, Texas who were PAYING THE INSURANCE COMPANY BACK thousands of dollars for exceeding their pharmacy allowance last year. It not only CAN happen here, it HAS happened here. And the situation is even moreso in the totally socialized medical systems. Zebra