Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends
The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.
Pfizer took the decision after concerns were raised by European regulators about supply.
A European Medicines Agency committee said there would be too little medical oversight - meaning related problems like heart disease could be missed.
Around 35 million men have taken Viagra globally since its launch a decade ago.
Pfizer had wanted to make 50mg tablets available over-the-counter.
It said the move would help those men too embarrassed to seek help from their doctor.
European regulators deny Pfizer’s request to make Viagra OTC
European regulators denied Pfizer’s request to make its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra available over-the-counter.
The drug giant said Thursday it withdrew its application to the European Medicines Agency.
Since its introduction more than a decade ago, Viagra has been used by more than 35 million men worldwide.
New York-based drug firm Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has about 1,200 employees in research and development operations in the St. Louis area. Its Chesterfield facility is 900,000 square feet and includes 250 laboratories.
Now, son of Viagra comes to the rescue!
London: Here’s some good news for couples with a rocky bedroom life, scientists have created a new sex drug that works even faster than the commonly used Viagra.
Avanafil, dubbed as the ’son of Viagra’, starts working within 15 minutes instead of 30.
Unlike Viagra that takes minimum eight hours to wear off, the new drug takes just an hour and a half.
“It’s less likely to cause classic Viagra headaches and similar disturbances,” The Sun quoted Prof Francesco Sasso as saying.
Sasso said that Avanafil could be used by even by men on drugs for heart problems.
Is cannabis being doped with Viagra?
THAT illegal drugs are not always pure is no surprise, but is cannabis being laced with a Viagra-like compound?
Dries de Kaste and colleagues at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, analysed a liquid that police found being sold on the streets of Utrecht as a “marijuana adulterant”.
They found compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) in it, which belong to the same class of compounds as sildenafil, sold as Viagra. All three inhibit the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow.
WADA targets wonder drug Viagra
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials will decide next year if Viagra, the erectile-dysfunction drug, should be added to its list of prohibited substances.
A committee will review the findings of a study conducted by researchers at Marywood University on behalf of WADA to look at how the drug helps athletes cope with air pollution, as well as its effect on increasing performance at mild altitude.
“There have been studies that indicate that Viagra allows you to exercise at sea-level capacity at higher elevations,” said Kenneth Rundell, the director of Respiratory Research & Human Physiology Lab at Marywood.
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