Viagra Manufacturer's Website Criticised

British newspaper The Evening Standard has criticised Viagra-maker Pfizer for their British website.

The paper reports that the website seems to have been ??abandoned?? years ago. The research and development centre in Sandwich, Kent, which has been in news headlines recently because it is due to close, is still listed as being active. It is also listed as having 4,000 employees, when the actual current figure is доказательства the newspaper it is written: ??Quite what MPs seeking to question the company about its plans for leaving the Sandwich facility will make of the message this sends about Pfizer's commitment to the UK is anyone's guess, but it hardly makes for a favourable impression.??

Pfizer first began marketing Viagra in 1998, after the drug was developed at the Sandwich site. The company made the decision to pull out of the centre due to what it says are restructures to the firms?? R&D operations.

In recent weeks, Pfizer has been in talks with organisations looking to take over the site. These include the over-50s service provider Saga.

Pfizer??s patent on Viagra runs out in 2012. After this point, generic versions of the drug could flood the pharmaceutical market, denting Pfizer??s profits. Viagra already faces competition from two other erectile dysfunction medications: Cialis and Levitra. Today a new Viagra-style treatment called Viagra Jet will be released in Mexico. Unlike conventional Viagra, which comes in tablet form, Viagra Jet will be a gum that users can chew.