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Viagra

Business

The Soft Sell

The health-care brand Hims wants to leverage young men’s anxiety over erections and hair loss into a multibillion-dollar empire.

Jesse Barron New York Oct 2021 30min Permalink

Politics Sex Health

The Rise and Fall of an Herbal Viagra Scammer

An internet huckster got rich selling a sex enhancement supplement named Stiff Nights. Then the FDA sampled his wares.

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling The New Republic Jun 2021 30min Permalink

Business Science

All Rise

How Viagra went from a medical mistake to a $3 billion industry.

David Kushner Esquire Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Science

Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That.

The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.

Daniel Bergner New York Times Magazine May 2013 20min Permalink