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To: betty moyers who wrote (17683)	1/11/1999 9:27:00 PM
From: Mkilloran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Betty.....looking for an increase in scripts over the next few weeks. The US NEWS article and the publics take on it as well as the medical review of the ACC/AHA report will move more patients to use MUSE. Again ...a sales partner in the USA is the real answer we are all looking forward too.

To: betty moyers who wrote (17683)	1/11/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: saszu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

O.K. so now what the ACC AHA came out the market is ripping and there is still nothing from this company....the stock is down again.. My fear is starting to make more and more sense..... And im starting to listen. what do we do were dying a slow death here and 2 week more just to come up empty again... Maybe its time to sell this dog and just move on..... just move on.... sAs were always waiting for something but it never comes

To: betty moyers who wrote (17683)	1/11/1999 10:09:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23519

Just for the sake of comparison: Last year New Years Day fell on a Thursday and Christmas Day was on a Thursday. Now look at the script numbers and relative changes looking at the week before Christmas and the following 2 weeks: Week ending 12/19/97 New 10,742 Refill 5,226 Total 15,968 Week ending 12/26/97 New 6,961 (down 54.3%) Refill 4,701 (down 10.0%) Total 11,662 (down 27.0%) Week ending 1/2/98 New 7,361 (up 5.75%) Refill 5,639 (up 20.0%) Total 13,000 (up 11.5%) Now compare the changes this year: Week ending 12/18/98 New 2,114 Refill 2,121 Total 4,235 Week ending 12/25/98 New 1,551 (down 26.6% compared to 54.3% in 1997) Refill 1,904 (down 10.2% compared to 10.0 in 1997) Total 3,445 (down 18.4% compared to 27.0% in 1997) Week ending 1/1/98 I don't have the breakdown of new/refill but Total 3,956 (up 14.8% compared to last years 11.5%) Looking at these numbers we can say that the decrease from the week before Christmas to Christmas was significantly lower this year compared to last and the increase from Christmas week to New Years week was significantly greater in 1999 than in 1998--especially considering that the drop the prior week was less this time around. A definite uptrend is now noted in the prescription data. I can only attribute this to the Viagra safety issues. Some are trickling back to MUSE and some are first time users who don't want to risk taking Viagra.