As impotence Created A Billionaire viagra

started a revolution. Before this miracle blue pill came on March 27.1998, millions of people worldwide suffer in silence about their erectile dysfunction (ED) condition as it was considered shameful and a blow to their masculinity. Today viagra is greatly diminished this social taboo and wove itself into the public lexicon, stubborn serious money on the road.

In the first year sales of viagra brought in more than one billion dollars for the manufacturer, Pfizer Inc., viagra has also opened the doors for competitors, the freshly baked ED market. Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline came in 20th with levitra August 2003, followed closely by Eli Lilly and ICOS with Cialis in the first November 2003. All three drugs are the leaders in the erectile dysfunction market with billions in U.S. dollars made annually, and of course each other’s main competitors. They distinguish themselves from their competitors by their medical effectiveness (Levitra can cause effects in the fastest of 25 minutes to an hour and takes about 5 hours, while Cialis lasts the longest), price (Cialis is slightly cheaper than the other two) and brand awareness (Viagra, the pioneer, wins hands down).

Riding on the waves of success of these big brands are the generic versions. Since they have no brand name on them still have the high cost of aggressive marketing, these generic potency agents such as Zydena, Silagra and Kamagra (containing the same active ingredient found in viagra, sildenafil or tadalafil, and levitra) costs incurred significantly cheaper. Many men, especially those in less affluent countries, demand for them instead of the brand ED pills. Not to mention, when the patents expire, the ED drugs, viagra was the first in 2012, the generic pharmaceutical market plunge definitely a bigger share of the pie ED 0 billion market that will not be hard, considering the generics market is already worth millions.

Also benefiting from the “Viagra effect” is the alternative herbal medicine market. Men who do not like the artificial chemicals in the prescription pills, or are unable, it would take for medical reasons (eg heart problems) to natural eastern alternatives, such as Horny Goat Weed from China, Yohimbe from West Africa, Korean (Panax) look ginseng, etc. These herbs are usually considered “herbal viagra” in the Western world and are marketed in pill form shapes as well as the ED giant competitors. But in addition to Yohimbe, most of these sexual herbs have not received certification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

As always, something that quickly achieved success will have its fair share of setbacks. viagra, Cialis and levitra were all hard cases by reports of vision and hearing loss cause in 2005 and met the FDA issued warnings on their labels since. The annual turnover of all three ED medications are gradually returned, and the dynamics of the market will stagnate. To break the prospects for potential new drugs to market is bleak, as the market has already exceeded. The spread of counterfeit drugs on sale at risk. What to patent expiration in the near future and competition from generics, as already mentioned, it looks like the glory days of the blockbuster ED drugs are over.