Pfizer & Co., Inc.

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  • Founded Date June 28, 1929
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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.

The unique diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of males over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and last year there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.

The drug first concerned the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants observed it had an uncommon negative effects – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually obtained a trademark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous consumers.

The distinct tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some clients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on because Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable action forward’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be available within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the item within the next few years.

However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It’s to cost the like the tablet variation and to be readily available in the exact same dosages.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities said online retailers flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were confiscated last year.

Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.

While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.

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