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Pfizer Inc., (NYSE:PFE) the manufacturer of Viagra, will begin selling the popular erectile dysfunction drug on its website, The Associated Press reported.
Pfizer Inc., (NYSE:PFE) the manufacturer of Viagra, will begin selling the popular erectile dysfunction drug on its website, The Associated Press reported.
As reported in the market news:
Men still will need a prescription to buy the blue, diamond-shaped pill on viagra.com, but they no longer have to face a pharmacist to get it filled. And for those who are bothered by Viagra’s steep $25-a-pill price, Pfizer is offering three free pills with the first order and 30 per cent off the second one.
Pfizer is deciding to move away from the traditional pharmacy model for dispensing the pills in an effort to combat increasingly illegitimate websites that sell fake drugs, says AP:
Online buyers are “playing Russian roulette,” says Matthew Bassiur, vice-president of global security at New York-based Pfizer.
Click here for the full Associated Press report carried in The Windsor Star