November 01, 2017 – According to the watch list of the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for drugs with possible safety issues from January to March 2016, the FDA was looking at the possible link between various drugs in the phosphodiesterase-5 …

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September 22, 2016 – The pharmacologically active compound known as sildenafil is largely used to treat erectile dysfunction (on the market for this indication under the trade name Viagra) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (on the market for this indication under the trade name Revatio) in …

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March 31, 2014 –  The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is clarifying its previous recommendation related to prescribing Sidenafil [Revatio] for children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Note that the pharmacologically active compound sildenafil is also the pharmacologically active …

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December 13, 2010 – We learn today that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has been informed of Pfizer’s decision to voluntarily withdraw Sitaxentan [Thelin] from the market worldwide further to new information on two cases of fatal liver injury. Pfizer …

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