Pfizer & Co., Inc.

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  • Founded Date June 18, 1918
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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

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

About half of guys 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 initially pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial participants discovered it had an uncommon side impact – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for lots of customers.

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

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some men might still be finding the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have moved on because Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘favorable advance’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to launch the item within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

It’s expected to cost the very same as the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit supplies with most being imported from nations like India without a proper 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 best known as Viagra, were seized last year.

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

While all medications bring possible side results drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring extra active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.