How a Tanning Drug Led Scientists to the Pink Pill

While the newly approved "pink pill" has been dubbed the female Viagra, its job is a more difficult and subtle one—changing not sexual performance but desire. That is one reason why the drug ...

From 1952-2015: The path to 'female Viagra' has been a rocky one

2004: Pfizer pulls the plug on studies of Viagra to treat women's low sexual desire, after eight years of work and tests with 3,000 women. The drug enhances blood flow to the genitals for both men ...

'I'm experimental sexually, so I want to try female Viagra'

Beth Wallace, founder of Bliss Ireland, an organisation promoting sexual freedom, says she'd be keen to try the new female viagra - as long as it's safe. Monday, 4 November 2024.

A new 'female Viagra' approved by FDA despite skepticism

One study estimated that as many as 1 out of 10 women may have low sexual desire, and the FDA several years ago convened a meeting to better understand the impact of female sexual dysfunction.