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  • Founded Date October 4, 1937
  • Sectors Engineering
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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, implying 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 initially pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals discovered it had an uncommon side effect – regular erections.

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

Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for numerous customers.

The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males may still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded considering that Viagra was first formulated.’

Ms Govind thinks this new design is a ‘positive advance’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be readily available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris means to introduce the product within the next few years.

However, granting a trademark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.

Health officials stated online merchants flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit supplies with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

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

While all medications carry potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.