Appeal fails for Viagra scam ringleader
An Elstree man jailed for his part in a multi-million pound impotence drug scam has failed in an appeal against his sentence.
Ashish Halai, 34, of Nicholas Road, was at the heart of a five-year plot to sell millions of fake Viagra and Cialis pills, used to treat impotence, and Propecia, used to treat hair loss.
In 2007, he was jailed for four-and-a-half years, but he appealed and the case was heard at London’s Criminal Appeal Court yesterday.
Lawyers argued that the sentence was “manifestly excessive” but Lord Justice Toulson told the court large profits were made from the operation, which he described as a “sophisticated commercial enterprise”.
Viagra may protect heart
Tests in mouse hearts show that sildenafil, the key ingredient in Viagra, may shield hearts from damage caused by high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
Investigators said that sildenafil appears to influence RGS2, a single protein essential in the reactions that initially protect the heart’s blood-pumping function from spiraling into heart failure. The findings, published online Monday in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggest that sildenafil may prove useful in the treatment or prevention of heart damage due to chronic high blood pressure.
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