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

To: Mkilloran who wrote (12642)	8/5/1998 8:05:00 AM
From: RT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

From the Yahoo Thread: I have been trying to contact Astra in Sweden,and keep missing them,7 hours ahead of CST.I looked up the # to Astra in U.K. and the man I wanted to talk to about MUSE sales wont be in til Thursday,6 hours ahead of CST.So I called the Astra office in Dublin Ireland and talked to a man dfor about 10-15 minutes. 1.MUSE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN UK,BUT HOW BAD WILL VIAGRA HURT IT 2.IRELAND NOT APPROVED FOR MUSE YET,THE WAY VIVUS DID IT WAS TO GO WITH APPROVAL IN 1 EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRY,THEN ALL OTHERS SYTEMATICLY FOLLOW SUIT IN 9 MONTHS (WHICH IS MARCH OF 99) 3.VAIGRA WENT FOR AN ALL THE EGGS IN ONE BASKET APPROVAL FOR ENTIRE UNION IN ONE SHOT,DATED FOR SEP 98,UNFORTUNATLY BEATING VIVUS TO MARKET IN EUROPE. 4.THE U.K. MEDICINE CONTROL AGENCY HAS ALREADY RULED THAT VIAGRA CAN ONLY BE PRESCRIBED AT HOSPITALS,NOT AT PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES,UNLESS THE PATIENT WANTS TO PAY FOR IT.HE SAID THIS COULD BE VERY POSITIVE FOR MUSE.(THIS IS TO PREVENT BANKRUPTING THE SYSTEM) 5.I ASKED ABOUT THE NEW PLANT WHICH IS IN THE NAVAN IND, PARK OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN AND HE WAS AWARE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION ETC. 6.HE MENTIONED THAT IMPOTENCY IS NOT TALKED ABOUT AS OPENLY IN U.K. AND IRELAND AS IN THE U.S. AND THAT VIAGRA SHOULD OPEN UP THE MARKET,AND WITH MORE ATTENTION PAID TO HEALTH ISSUES WITH VIAGRA,MUSE SHOULD DO WELL. 7.I IDENTIFIED MYSELF TRUTHFULLY AS AN INVESTOR CALLING FROM U.S. AND WAS SURPRISED WITH THE AMOUNT OF FREE THOUGHTS AND FACTS SHARED WITH ME. 8.ON THE VIVUS WEBSITE UNDER PARTNERS YOU CAN GO TO A COUNTRY AND IT WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE LOCAL OFFICES OF ASTRA AND JANSSEN IN EACH COUNTRY.I ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO CALL AND REPORT ANY INFO GOOD OR BAD. 9.MORE TO FOLLOW LATER,THIS IS TAKEN FROM SIMPLE CONVERSATION WHICH I HOPE TO BE ACCURATE,JUST TRYING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE. ÿ