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VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

A pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of therapeutic products using patented proprietary formulations and novel delivery systems and by seeking new indications for previously approved pharmaceutical products.

Current Price $12.77 Mkt Cap $1.05B
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 0.00
Prev. Close $12.82 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $12.71 - $12.93 Volume 1,549,402
52-Wk Range $6.00 - $13.18 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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zzlangerhans (99.31)
Submitted June 15, 2010

I had Vivus on my watchlist to green thumb under 11 ahead of the FDA advisory panel for Qnexa on July 15, and surely enough they dropped a clean point today and slipped under my threshold. Some jitters perhaps? Of the three weight loss drugs vying… More

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JPG101 (70.83)
Submitted July 20, 2010

I'm back at giving them a thumbs down (seems more efficient from a CAPS perspective to 'short' a stock more then once as they are going down). From and earlier post where I gave a thumbs down to this company:Qnexa from Vivus works but there are a… More

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Member Avatar portefeuille (99.84) Submitted: 2/8/2012 11:55:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $11.86 VVUS Score: +2.85

There are currently 1000 VVUS shares in my fund with break-even of around -24.08 USD.
http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/fund-trades/705717.

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Member Avatar geomedf (61.34) Submitted: 1/10/2012 4:32:29 AM : Outperform Start Price: $11.72 VVUS Score: +4.35

strong pipeline and takeover play

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Member Avatar airenInDebt (33.97) Submitted: 12/31/2011 6:26:16 PM : Outperform Start Price: $9.67 VVUS Score: +24.65

The obesity drug they are waiting for FDA approval, will be quite an achievement if approved. There's not much else that can be done for all of our fat ass American kids who have no interest in exercising or eating anything halfway decent. A "quick fix" drug is their only hope. Unfortunately.

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monster963 (< 20) Score: +303.79

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Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
acecool123 93.38 11/1/2006 Outperform 3Y $3.26 +291.72% +3.95% +287.77 1 Comment
GrishaSoBe < 20 10/30/2006 Outperform 3M $3.40 +275.59% +4.41% +271.18 1 Comment
chcaps < 20 10/27/2006 Outperform 1Y $3.41 +274.49% +4.46% +270.02 0 Comment
rwmiller83 96.31 10/17/2006 Outperform 1Y $3.60 +254.72% +5.97% +248.75 0 Comment
lonier < 20 1/3/2007 Outperform 3Y $3.67 +247.96% +1.00% +246.96 1 Comment
chippotta < 20 10/9/2006 Outperform 3M $3.63 +251.79% +6.54% +245.25 0 Comment
rmp1307 < 20 1/3/2007 Outperform 3W $3.72 +243.28% +1.14% +242.13 0 Comment
TheCrystalBall 94.58 12/12/2006 Outperform NS $3.75 +240.53% +1.38% +239.15 0 Comment
se7ensparks 92.63 6/29/2006 Outperform 5Y $3.69 +246.07% +14.23% +231.84 3 Comments
coconuttrees 68.39 9/26/2006 Outperform 3Y $3.79 +236.94% +8.44% +228.50 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackMLVCo 58.67 1/17/2012 Outperform NS $12.50 +2.16% +4.06% -1.90 0 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 10/19/2011 Outperform 3M $8.44 +17.54% +4.24% +13.30 11/7/2011 @ $9.92 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 8/5/2010 Underperform 3M $5.26 +31.94% -0.31% -32.25 9/23/2010 @ $6.94 1 Comment
TrackBreanMurray 69.41 8/3/2010 Underperform NS $5.50 +132.18% +20.34% -111.84 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 86.14 7/16/2010 Underperform NS $5.11 +149.90% +24.08% -125.82 0 Comment
TrackWedbush 86.37 7/8/2010 Outperform NS $11.12 +14.84% +26.50% -11.67 0 Comment
TrackBreanMurray 69.41 4/27/2010 Outperform NS $9.01 -43.29% -10.49% -32.80 7/16/2010 @ $5.11 0 Comment
TrackNeedham 92.43 4/14/2010 Outperform NS $9.18 -33.33% +10.48% -43.81 3/31/2011 @ $6.12 0 Comment
TrackJesupLamont 55.83 2/10/2010 Outperform NS $8.68 +47.07% +26.45% +20.62 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 10/2/2009 Underperform 3W $9.45 +35.13% +32.07% -3.06 0 Comment
TrackJMP 86.37 8/18/2009 Outperform NS $6.60 +93.49% +37.75% +55.74 0 Comment
trackmerriman 70.87 7/28/2009 Outperform NS $7.09 +80.11% +39.26% +40.86 0 Comment
TrackLazardCapit 78.99 6/19/2009 Outperform NS $5.70 +124.04% +46.91% +77.12 0 Comment
TrackCanaccord 90.33 5/21/2008 Outperform NS $5.54 +130.51% -0.48% +130.99 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 1/3/2008 Outperform NS $5.18 +96.72% -18.01% +114.73 4/30/2010 @ $10.19 0 Comment

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