<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
The  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information   extracted  from  the
consolidated  financial  statements  of the  Company  for the fidcal  year ended
December 31, 1997 for the three months ended March 30, 19997 and March 31, 1998,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                                                                                              
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1997               DEC-31-1997               DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1997               JAN-01-1997               JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1997               MAR-30-1997               MAR-31-1998
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1                         1                         1
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<OTHER-SE>                                 (21,984,000)                        0               (24,552,000)
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<SALES>                                              0                 6,298,000                 9,097,000 
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<CGS>                                                0                  (766,000)               (1,074,000)
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<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0                 5,748,000                 7,478,000 
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0                   212,000                   326,000 
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<INCOME-PRETAX>                                      0                (1,960,000)               (1,703,000)
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