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To: ZinMaster who wrote (11465)	7/17/1998 11:46:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Zin ~ You're right, "Viagra" is puhtooey. Maybe ~ "Girth Control Pills." eom

To: ZinMaster who wrote (11465)	7/18/1998 9:10:00 AM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 71178

Bleonard could give interviews on CNN and appear on Geraldo! He could be your spokesperson. Make commercials-like those old 90 pound weakling ones- "THis was me before Viagra." (Show pitiful, miniBleonard, surrounded by sneering women) This was me AFTER Viagra! (Women sighing and fainting with lust.) What if there were no insurance....? DO you think that Pfizer wouldn't still be charging 10? They make their killing in those what seven? years they control the drug? And they'll charge what the market will bear. And MEN WOULD PAY FOR THIS. I just thought of something else insurance (at least mine)doesn't pay for. Birth control pills. SO if they're going to encourage Penis Power, they darn well better give the female population some defensive assistance.

To: ZinMaster who wrote (11465)	7/19/1998 10:36:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

>>So what's wrong with a hard-on pill? Don't ask me, Zin-dude, it's Penni who's in an uproar. And hey, if you think of a way to make a cheap ripoff, count me in. Screw FBN, Woodie Enterprises will be the newest and hottest IPO on SI...

To: ZinMaster who wrote (11465)	7/20/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

I have looked it up, as a matter of fact. Y'know, those folks at Pfizer earned their pay on taht one. It ain't sea salt, folks. Synthesis is hard enough to keep entrants of opportunity at bay for a while. Gawd, I wonder what the big P's BOM (bill of materials, an aggregated cost of manufacture per pill) is. It makes me proud to be an American to see folks work so hard for the big, Big money in a sure-fire stiffy pill. "The clock is running and we've cleared the tower..." Back when my employer was called Syntex, we had an erectile dysfunction med in the clinic. It died on the vine, as it were. But when we were bought out by a Swiss pharma giant, the informal tradename was just not a problem. Everyone knew that the erstwhile "StiffSyn" would be universally recognized as "CockRoche". But enough corporate trivia.