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 unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular 'wafer' that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not require to be taken with water.
About half of men over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and last year there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.
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The drug first concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
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It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, however trial individuals noticed it had an unusual side effect - frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has requested a trademark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
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Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being 'thin and discreet' which may be more effective for numerous clients.
The unique tablets - which can cause shame for some clients - has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
'Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and likewise often the size of tablets may put patients off having them,' Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.
She added: may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that men's health and conversations about sexual health have proceeded given that Viagra was very first created.'
Ms Govind believes this new style is a 'positive action forward'.
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The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come to the UK imminently.
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Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a 'excellent indication' it will be offered within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to launch the product within the next few years.
However, granting a hallmark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It's expected to cost the exact same as the tablet version and to be available in the same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain's greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities said online merchants flouting policies lagged the fake products with many 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 medication best called Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.
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Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications bring possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.
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