The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.
The economic crisis continues unabated: the stock market is at its lowest in twelve years, unemployment is at its highest in decades, and nobody knows how bad it's going to get. Your 401K might be tanking, but canned food will always be valuable. And so will the shoulders of those you love and who love you back, even if, at this moment, some shoulders have to bear a greater weight than others.
Do you remember the scene in the movie "Something's Gotta Give" where Jack Nicholson's character lies about Viagra to a doctor in the emergency room?
As consumers everywhere look to scale back their discretionary spending, many people are cutting corners in what could turn out to be the worst possible place - their drugs - and falling prey to a dangerous new breed of pharmaceutical counterfeiters. Thanks to a spiraling economy and the loss of health insurance that typically accompanies job loss (not to mention huge profits for perpetrators) the global market for knock-off drugs is expected to reach a staggering $75 billion next year, according to a recent report by The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of the global pharmaceutical supply is counterfeit, and the number is accelerating, especially in developing nations.
A slim, easy-to-use device that checks the authenticity of medicines would be available in every pharmacy if Facundo Fernandez had his way.
Before middle-aged men started singing "Viva Viagra" in TV ads, before former Sen. Bob Dole appeared in its commercials in the '90s, before the blue pill with a funny name entered the public lexicon, impotence was hush-hush.
The engaged British singer says gestures like giving flowers are "cheesy" but effective
I have long held that brainpower trumps all economically - that intellectual capital is the most reliable way to wealth, for a person or a company. But sometimes even brilliance can't outperform the brute force of giant economic trends, and that has been a major theme of the past several years - much to my surprise.
Sexually dysfunctional women in the United States are, well, mostly out of luck.
Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills
The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.
The economic crisis continues unabated: the stock market is at its lowest in twelve years, unemployment is at its highest in decades, and nobody knows how bad it's going to get. Your 401K might be tanking, but canned food will always be valuable. And so will the shoulders of those you love and who love you back, even if, at this moment, some shoulders have to bear a greater weight than others.
Do you remember the scene in the movie "Something's Gotta Give" where Jack Nicholson's character lies about Viagra to a doctor in the emergency room?
As consumers everywhere look to scale back their discretionary spending, many people are cutting corners in what could turn out to be the worst possible place - their drugs - and falling prey to a dangerous new breed of pharmaceutical counterfeiters. Thanks to a spiraling economy and the loss of health insurance that typically accompanies job loss (not to mention huge profits for perpetrators) the global market for knock-off drugs is expected to reach a staggering $75 billion next year, according to a recent report by The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of the global pharmaceutical supply is counterfeit, and the number is accelerating, especially in developing nations.
A slim, easy-to-use device that checks the authenticity of medicines would be available in every pharmacy if Facundo Fernandez had his way.
Before middle-aged men started singing "Viva Viagra" in TV ads, before former Sen. Bob Dole appeared in its commercials in the '90s, before the blue pill with a funny name entered the public lexicon, impotence was hush-hush.
The engaged British singer says gestures like giving flowers are "cheesy" but effective
I have long held that brainpower trumps all economically - that intellectual capital is the most reliable way to wealth, for a person or a company. But sometimes even brilliance can't outperform the brute force of giant economic trends, and that has been a major theme of the past several years - much to my surprise.
Sexually dysfunctional women in the United States are, well, mostly out of luck.
Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas
Federal regulators have warned Pfizer Inc. for not mentioning the risks of Viagra in an advertisement featuring country musicians singing the praises of its popular impotency pill
Plus: The governor's fall from grace makes for good material for talk-show hosts
Not getting any? You're not alone: Women today have less time for sex than their 1950s counterparts. And it's estimated that 40 million Americans have what experts call a sexless marriage (having sex less than 10 times a year).
Men taking any of the three erectile dysfunction drugs - Viagra, Levitra or Cialis - or the blood pressure medication Revatio may be at increased risk for sudden hearing loss, prompting Food and Drug Administration officials to require label changes by the manufacturer.
Men taking any of three erectile dysfunction drugs -- Viagra, Levitra or Cialis -- may be at increased risk for sudden hearing loss, prompting Food and Drug Administration officials to require label changes for the medications.
Impotence drugs such as Viagra may do more than help men physically have sex -- they may also boost levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, U.S. researchers reported Thursday.
The successful launch of a blockbuster drug depends heavily on Big Pharma's ability to custom-tailor its sales pitch country-by-country, a difficult task in which few drugmakers excel, according to a study from research firm IMS Health.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pledged tougher treatment for sex offenders following a scandal over a convicted pedophile suspected of raping a 5-year-old boy shortly after his release from prison.
A French paedophile accused of raping a five-year-old boy just over a month after he was released from jail was taking the impotence drug Viagra that he says was prescribed by a prison doctor, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Vivus, Inc., a company specializing in drugs for sexual dysfunction and obesity, is proving that there is life after Viagra.
E-mail, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! But it wasn't always so. A lifetime ago, I signed up for CompuServe and received my first exposure to electronic messaging. My reaction: Cool. Now I don't have to call people and leave voice-mail. Zapping information back and forth at the speed of light will be a big productivity boost.
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Making blockbuster drugs may be highly profitable - but it's never been efficient.
Business 2.0's Chris Taylor highlights the most significant innovations, events and launches that are planned for the New Year.
Imagine this: a worldwide network of radio-tagged pharmaceuticals, weeding out the multi-billion dollar counterfeit drug market with a universal security system.
Will Internet prescription services ever be legit?
Big Brother is watching your Viagra. And your OxyContin. And, within five years, maybe the rest of your medicine cabinet, too.
Sales for Lilly's anti-impotence drug grew dramatically in 2005, but Cialis' future and that of competing sexual dysfunction drugs remains uncertain.
The glory days of sexual dysfunction drugs may have come and gone
Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have discovered that Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction, could also be used to reduce stress that can lead to heart attacks.
Some of the biggest medical discoveries have come in the last 25 years -- everything from Viagra to laser vision correction.
After watching the stock market go mostly sideways for more than a year, you may be wishing that you could just doze off and have someone wake you when things get interesting again.
Since Pfizer launched Viagra back in 1999, patients have gotten used to the idea of popping pills to make impotence go away. But what would they think of a skin cream that treats erectile dysfunction?
Some scientists look down their noses at me-too drugs, but they can't help but notice the smell of money.
The House voted overwhelmingly Friday to ban Medicare and Medicaid from paying for erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra.
Pssst! Want some Viagra? How about Xanax? Prozac?
The Food and Drug Administration approved Revatio, a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension that uses the same active ingredient as Viagra, said Pfizer Inc. on Monday.
U.S. health officials are investigating reports that some men who use Viagra and other impotence drugs are getting a rare form of blindness.
Pfizer is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration to update the label on Viagra, its blockbuster treatment for sexual dysfunction, to reflect cases of vision loss in a small number of patients, the company said Friday.
New York's comptroller urged the nation's top health official Sunday to ban high-risk sex offenders and convicted rapists from receiving Viagra paid for by Medicaid.
Every business has its secrets. And if you ask anyone in Big Pharma, the most closely guarded information isn't found among the lab's beakers and Bunsen burners but in the backrooms of doctors' off...
Headed in for a physical this month? Chances are your doctor will be in a better mood. Less happy, though, will be as many as 11,000 of Pfizer's global sales reps who could be laid off by year's en...
In 1999, when Elizabeth Dole launched her improbable campaign for president, political satirist Mark Russell used a reference to former Sen. Bob Dole's work as a TV pitchman for a new sexual performance prescription drug to explain what made Elizabeth run.
Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive drugs treating erectile disfunction, including Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, as part of their coverage next year, so long as their prescriptions are deemed necessary on a case-by-case basis, according to a Medicare spokesman.
WE ARE MEDICATION NATION. WE ♥ DRUGS. WE'RE THE land of the free--but please, not chemical-free.
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Sounds like something out of "The Twilight Zone," doesn't it?
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In an effort to hold its market share in the increasingly competitive erectile dysfunction (ED) market, Pfizer is now offering a free Viagra prescription after users buy the first six.
The Bull is back. I know this for certain. My spam tells me so.
Over the centuries, people have searched for foods to put them in the mood. Edibles as varied as artichokes, oysters, even sparrow brains have, at one time or another, been considered aphrodisiacs.
You, the guest in room 201, thanks for letting me hijack your computer to spew Viagra ads over the Net.
Science geeks may debate the exact beginning of the New Millennium. Was it Jan. 1, 2000, or a year later, in 2001? Drug company investors, though, have no doubt when the new era commenced. On the f...
Somewhere in the inner circle of hell where virus writers and spammers maintain their offices, a young entrepreneur is crafting a marketing campaign for pills that will shrink your penis and enlarg...
Amber Low spent more than six years struggling to get pregnant, trying fertility drugs and surgery. In a desperate build-it-and-they-will-come hope, she and her husband, David, even constructed a h...
Amber Low spent more than six years struggling to get pregnant, trying fertility drugs and surgery. In a desperate build-it-and-they-will-come hope, she and her husband, David, even constructed a h...
Who wouldn't want an anti-impotence drug that lasts 24 hours? Samuel Isaly, manager of Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sciences fund, recently scooped up shares of Icos (ICOS), maker (with Eli Lilly) ...
It's somewhat disconcerting that Nancy K. Bryan knows more about how men regard their penises than any woman--no, any person--I've ever met. She's sitting across from me, dressed in what looks like...
Purveyors of diet pills and "herbal Viagra" have a new enemy. The people who made Napster the scourge of the music industry have taken on spam. Software engineer Vipul Ved Prakash and Napster's co-...
Television is No. 1 on your list. Network news, reality shows, the ads--especially those for Viagra, Metamucil, and Ditech.com. William Wilson of Boston has this for Ditech: "I just refinanced my h...
Here are ten words you'll probably never hear an employee say--or utter yourself: "Boy, I really learned a lot from that performance review!"
You get a prescription, you pop your pills, and in a few days you feel better. Sounds easy. But taking medicine is not as simple as it seems. And we'd do a much better job of treating what ails us ...
In a darkened room on the 18th floor of a downtown San Francisco high-rise, Wilson Cheng scans his e-mail. "Cheapest Viagra Guaranteed." "Affordable Mortgages NOW!!!" "Toilet Cams JUQYZJIV." He get...
The collapse of tech stocks since March 2000 has been so devastating that lesser disasters aren't getting the attention they deserve. Pharmaceutical giants were premier growth stocks throughout most of the 1990s. And despite current problems, the group stands to profit mightily from long-term increases in the demand for health care as the population ages. Nonetheless, over the past 18 months or so, the share prices of big drug companies have dropped as much as 57 percent, and most analysts have turned bearish on the group.
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The cost of prescription drugs soared to $154 billion last year, up 17% from 2000. Pundits have blamed rising R&D outlays, relentless TV ads, and greedy pharma conglomerates for the jump. But we wo...
Bob Dole needs a new job. After being fired by Viagra for being too old, the first ambassador of erectile dysfunction may now be in luck: A barrage of new impotence treatments are expected to hit p...
When a patient goes to see the Berman sisters, they may ask her to stimulate herself with a vibrator or watch erotic films with a probe attached to her labia. And when it's time to write a prescrip...
What do you call a drug company on Viagra? Pfizer, of course.
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So Bill's still here, Newt's all gone, and Jesse "the Body" is the hottest new face in politics. For unexpected thrills and chills, nothing beats an American election. But what fascinates Jeffrey B...
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Once again, the threat of higher interest rates is looming as the greatest short-term danger to the bull market. The Dow plummeted some 220 points in a couple of hours on April 27 and closed down n...
It's been a bad day for your self-esteem: Your Prozac bottle's empty, the Rogaine isn't taking, and you've just found Viagra in your wife's Volvo. As you ponder this last development (Is it for you...
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