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Biotech / Medical : Zonagen (zona) - good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hank who wrote (5391)	8/27/1998 11:09:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 7041

Well, where's that lady I advised to sell her long position when the stock was 19? People shouldn't cover their short position in the middle of a strong downside move in the market, unless they have to or feel the stock is an exception for some reason. People will get margin calls tomorrow so they may have covered some of their ZONA short to pay for that. I think that accounts for the blip up at the end of the trading day, but ZONA was down at 16 to 16-14 almost the whole day. Might go through 16 any day now, and then, look out below. Linda

To: Hank who wrote (5391)	8/28/1998 5:53:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 7041

Headline: Viagra To Go On Sale in Australia ====================================================================== CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The impotence drug Viagra has been approved for local sale in Australia and is expected to be available within weeks, the government announced Thursday. Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said the drug had been assessed and approved by the government's drug evaluation committee. It will carry a label warning the drug should not be taken with drugs containing nitrates. In the United States, a warning label mandated by the Food and Drug Administration says Viagra should not be used by heart patients who are taking nitroglycerin or other nitrate drugs. The combination can cause a sudden, and possibly lethal, drop in blood pressure. There have been at least 69 deaths among Viagra users in the United States, but the cause of death is not known for some patients, and key medical information is missing for some others. The drug, produced by New York-based Pfizer Inc., may be on the shelves in Australia within weeks, Wooldridge said. He said the government had fast-tracked the approval process to ensure a black market or Internet market in the drug didn't develop. Wooldridge warned against its abuse. ''It's not a recreational drug, it's serious medication,'' he said. ''It should be used under medical supervision ... it's not something you pop before a night out.''