Viagra

'Pink Viagra' dropped as tests fail to excite

German drug firm Boehringer Ingelheim has shelved development of a libido-booster for women after it the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it did not work and had side effects including depression and dizziness.

US

German 'female Viagra' fails to excite US drug approval agency

A German attempt to develop a drug to help boost women’s sex drive has been knocked back by the US Food and Drug Administration, which said there was no evidence to show it was effective or safe.

Sex

German men to get cheap version of Viagra

Generic drug firm Ratiopharm plans to bring a cheap version of anti-impotence pill Viagra to the German market in 2013, business weekly <i>Wirtschaftswoche</i> reported Saturday.

Health

Berlin's Charité hospital downplays organic Viagra claim

Berlin’s Charité Hospital on Wednesday told The Local it has distanced itself from a medical student who claimed earlier this week that one of its institutes had developed an organic alternative to Viagra.

Health

Berlin scientists create organic alternative to Viagra

Researchers at Berlin’s Charité Hospital have developed an organic alternative to the male potency drug Viagra, made entirely from plant extracts. “Plantagrar” should sprout onto the market in spring of 2010.