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Vietnam legalizes Viagra
May 29, 2006
Vietnam has legalized the sale of Viagra years
after smuggled and copied versions of the anti-impotency drug first
hit the black market, a health ministry official said.
The blue pill made by US drugs giant Pfizer will now be prescribed
in public hospitals, said an official in the ministry's pharmaceutical
products management department, who asked not to be named. Viagra
has been sold illegally in the communist nation for around two dollars
a tablet, and generic Indian, German and locally-made versions have
been sold on prescription for the past two years. According to official
figures, around two million of Vietnam's more than 40 million men
suffer from erectile
dysfunction.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C29%5Cstory_29-5-2006_pg6_15 |
