Viagra is the savior of erectile dysfunction (ED) sufferers. Its immense health benefit rendered to ED sufferers is responsible for its mounting popularity. Since the debut of this drug in the market, its maker Pfizer Inc. is basking in its glory. But due to its unparallel popularity, it has become the target of some cheap drug and unlawful drug makers who're making huge chunk of money by manufacturing fake Viagra.
Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is on the rise, with the number of cases investigated by the FDA jumping to 58 in 2005 from six in 2000. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that $35 billion worth of counterfeit drugs are sold each year. To tackle this rising problem the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging drugmakers to use electronic tagging technology to improve the safety and supply of medicines for its users.
The counterfeiting business is costing Pfizer millions of dollars and to get rid off this problem, the is adding electronic identification tags to U.S. shipments of its impotence treatment Viagra as a way to stop fake copies of the world's most counterfeited drug. Pfizer is using the technology commonly known as radio-frequency identification, to link each package, case and pallet of Viagra to a unique electronic code so that wholesalers and pharmacies can be assured about the authenticity of the product.
This technology will be used on an experiment basis and if it works then Pfizer, the world's biggest drug maker, may expand use of the tags to other products for avoiding further counterfieting. It will be a big sigh of relief for millions of drug users worldwide as fake or counterfeit drugs can be extremely injurious to health. So, next time onwards while buying Viagra, refer to the electronic identification tag for avoiding fake drugs.
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