
Vivus
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Vivus is a small pharmacutical company working in obesity, sleep, and sexual health. Vivus is developing an erectile dysfunction
drug, Avanafil
, that is in Phase 3 clinical trials.
Erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual performance....
drug, Avanafil
Avanafil
Avanafil is a PDE5 inhibitor being developed for erectile dysfunction. Avanafil currently has no trademarked term associated with it but it is being developed by Vivus Inc. It acts by inhibiting a specific phosphodiesterase type 5 enzyme which is found in various body tissues, but primarily in the...
, that is in Phase 3 clinical trials.