Udenafil was approved by the Korean FDA in November 2005 and launched by Dong-A Pharmaceutical in Korea under the brand name Zydena® in late December 2005 as the fourth entrant to the ED market.

Cialis, which has been distributed to 5,000 Chinese pharmacies this month, is effective for up to 36 hours, longer than rival drugs on the market, Lilly says.

Well… it had to happen. Finally, Viagra will be available over the counter in the UK. Just walk onto Boots the chemist, pay your £50, have a few quick checks… blood pressure etc. Then you get 4 pills. If you want a refill however - you have to do a follow up […]

The impotence drug Viagra will go on sale this week for the first time without prescription at three branches of a high street chemist. Boots’s decision to sell the drug over the counter from Wednesday at three of its stores in Manchester coincides with Valentine’s Day and National Impotence Day.

Cialis is the world’s No. 2 selling drug for erectile dysfunction, behind Pfizer’s Viagra.

Lilly said today that Cialis gained more than 3 percent of market share between July 2005 and July 2006. Sales of Cialis continue to grow in most markets, including the United States, Europe and Latin America, and the drug is on track to be No. 1 worldwide — excluding the United States — by next year, the company said

Icos will go down as a “winner” because of Cialis, Gray said, but not as big as it could have been.

Bayer plans to close its West Haven, Conn., location and a research site in Richmond, Calif. About 600 jobs will be eliminated, mainly from those two sites, and another 200 will be cut in other lo cations at a cost of about $350 million.

However the country’s patent review board, the State Intellectual Property Office, revoked the license in July 2004 following complaints by 12 Chinese pharmaceutical companies.

Lilly, based in Indianapolis, and Icos (up $4.47 to $31.59), based in Bothell, Wash., have been partners since 1998 in a joint venture to make, market and sell Cialis.