As the last patents on the erectile dysfunction drug run out, interest in finding new treatments has been renewed. David Cox reports.

Over €3 million was last year saved for the tax-payer in the funding of Viagra-style erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs for men through the medical card system.

It’s 20 years since Viagra was licensed. Suzanne Harrington looks back on the history of a drug that revolutionised many people’s sex lives

Men seeking Viagra will no longer need to get a prescription from their GP after health officials reclassified a drug.

With one in 10 men experiencing erectile dysfunction, specialists urge men to seek help and avail of a growing range of treatments, says Sharon Ní Chonchuir.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a pharmaceutical industry eager to replicate the blockbuster success of impotence drugs for men.

Chinese police are investigating if two distillers in the south-western region of Guangxi added impotence treatment drug Viagra to their liquor in the latest food-safety scare in China.

Pregnant women whose babies are failing to grow at a normal rate in the womb may be given Viagra, as scientists believe the erectile dysfunction drug could accelerate foetal growth.

In the UK a gang who made up to £60,000 (approximately €83322) a week selling fake Viagra around the world has been jailed.

The state spend on drugs used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction went up instead of down last year, figures show. Major savings were expected in the state spend in the area after Pfizer’s Viagra went off patent in Ireland in June of last year.