Viagra

A vendor entices a gaggle of customers perusing his potions by telling them it is 'a solution to bring joy and happiness' which will make them 'strong like steel'.

Brazilian army orders Viagra for troops 'to treat patients with hypertension'

Brazil defense ministry said in a statement the pills were in fact "to treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension," or high blood pressure in the lungs, another use for sildenafil.

Ajanta Pharma gets import ban for selling unapproved drug in US

The import alert falls in the category of 66-41 which relates to marketing or promotion of unapproved products. In this case, Ajanta was found marketing its erectile dysfunction drug Kamarga in United States without proper approvals.

Pfizer, Allergan terminate $160 billion deal

In separate statements, Pfizer and Allergan said they have terminated their merger agreement by "mutual agreement of the companies".

Pfizer-Allergan deal would set up US company for a split

Many Wall Street analysts believe Pfizer will decide to split late next year, after compiling three years of financial data treating its "established products" division, which sells generic medicines, and its "innovative" patent-protected medicines unit, as if they were separate companies.

Pfizer, AstraZeneca file patent suits against Hetero Drugs

Multinational drug majors Pfizer and AstraZeneca have filed separate patent infringement cases against city-based Pharma Company Hetero Drugs in two different US courts.

Gaddafi's forces shell Misurata port

Nesirky said humanitarian work is continuing, with the redeployed staff from Tripoli supporting operations in western Libya from Tunisia.