Unfortunately, the CafePharma Vivus board has been infiltrated by a lot of short sellers who are currently shorting Vivus stock. The person who is talking about Fen-Phen, and the person who is talking about a Dec 15th launch, are both probably a Vivus short.
They both know that Qsymia will be launching very soon. They also know that Phentermine was approved by the FDA in 1953 (over 59 years ago), and Topiramate was approved in 1996 (over 16 years ago). Both of these drugs have well-documented, and well-established safety records.
They have absolutely no interest in a job with Vivus, and are only here to spread rumors, fear and misinformation. They are not really a candidate for any job with Vivus. Their only objective here is to create fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). They are only pretending that they have been interviewed for job, offered a job, or they turned down a job offer.
I would ignore any person who is not posting questions or information about job opportunities with Vivus.