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

To: Mkilloran who wrote (19976)	3/22/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: KHS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

VLAD, Frostman and all: Reading PFE annual report. They say ED market 100M worldwide and only 3M seeking treatment thus far. Maybe we should hire NASCAR driver to run company. They know the concept of drafting. VVUS DRAFT Strategy: Slingshot out of the pit, off the wall, throw the rope, hold on, wave to the crowd.

To: Mkilloran who wrote (19976)	3/22/1999 5:42:00 PM
From: BigKNY3	Respond to of 23519

Top VVUS Institutional Shareholders BigKNY3 57 Institutions hold 18.12% of the outstanding shares as of December 31,1998. Of these, 6 established new positions while 11 liquidated their holdings. Overall, Institutions decreased their holdings by <14.60>% for the period. Top Ten Institutional Shareholders (* denotes new position) Rank Institution Shares Held Previous Net Chng. % Chng. % Owned Last Report 1 Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management 645,000 645,000 -- -- 2.0% 12/31/98 2 Tudor Investment Corporation 591,800 711,500 -119,700 -16.8% 1.9% 12/31/98 3 Wellington Management Company, LLP 483,400 483,400 -- -- 1.5% 12/31/98 4 TIAA-CREF Investment Management Inc. 476,900 464,100 +12,800 +2.8% 1.5% 12/31/98 5 Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 419,500 363,500 +56,000 +15.4% 1.3% 12/31/98 6 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 339,698 176,409 +163,289 +92.6% 1.1% 12/31/98 7 The Vanguard Group 322,700 320,700 +2,000 +0.6% 1.0% 12/31/98 8 Bankers Trust Company 289,500 280,000 +9,500 +3.4% 0.9% 12/31/98 9 California Public Employees Rtmnt. 250,000 250,000 -- -- 0.8% 09/30/98 10 Dawson-Samberg Capital Mgmt. Inc. 221,600 221,600 -- -- 0.7% 12/31/98 Top Ten Totals: 4,040,098 3,916,209 +123,889 +3.2% 12.7%