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Importer arrested in illegal sale of Viagra

NAGOYA, Japan - Police arrested an importer Nov. 13, 2001 on suspicion of illegally selling Viagra (photographed) on the Internet in violation of the Pharmaceuticals Business Law. Police said Tetsuo Kosaka, 43, a resident of Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, admitted that he sold on the Internet 100-milligram pills of the anti-impotence drug.

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Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.

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Thai herb a low-priced rival to Viagra

Wichai Cherdshewasart, a biologist at Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, shows a leaf of Butea superba, known locally as 'red kwao keur' which he claims is effective in increasing male sexual potency and promises to be an alternative to Viagra. He has registered patents for white and red kwao keur and licensed commercial products in various forms, including powder capsules for oral ingestion and creams for external use.

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Japan permits manufacturing, import of Viagra

Leslie Robert Patterson, country manager of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc., meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 25 after the Tokyo-based affiliate of Pfizer Inc. of the United States obtained permission from Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry to manufacture and import the anti-impotence drug Viagra.

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Importer arrested in illegal sale of Viagra

NAGOYA, Japan - Police arrested an importer Nov. 13, 2001 on suspicion of illegally selling Viagra (photographed) on the Internet in violation of the Pharmaceuticals Business Law. Police said Tetsuo Kosaka, 43, a resident of Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, admitted that he sold on the Internet 100-milligram pills of the anti-impotence drug.

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Police arrest importer of Chinese version of Viagra

NAGOYA, Japan - Naoyuki Yokota is taken to police from his home in Yokohama on Aug. 23 after being arrested for alleged unauthorized importation and sale of a Chinese-made drug containing an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra. Yokota is suspected of importing and selling more than 200 bottles of the product for around 330,000 yen to a Tokyo company employee and others.

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" CHLOE SEVIGNY, GINNIFER GOODWIN, JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN, CHLOE SEVIGNY, GINNIFER GOODWIN" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" CHLOE SEVIGNY" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" BILL PAXTON" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN, GINNIFER GOODWIN, CHLOE SEVIGNY [back]" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" BILL PAXTON, BRUCE DERN" Date: 2006

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BIG LOVE

"BIG LOVE Series,1/Episode,2/""Viagra Blue"" JOEL MCKINNON, BILL PAXTON, GINNIFER GOODWIN" Date: 2006

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Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.

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Thai herb a low-priced rival to Viagra

Wichai Cherdshewasart, a biologist at Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, shows a leaf of Butea superba, known locally as 'red kwao keur' which he claims is effective in increasing male sexual potency and promises to be an alternative to Viagra. He has registered patents for white and red kwao keur and licensed commercial products in various forms, including powder capsules for oral ingestion and creams for external use. ==Kyodo

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Japan permits manufacturing, import of Viagra

Leslie Robert Patterson, country manager of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc., meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 25 after the Tokyo-based affiliate of Pfizer Inc. of the United States obtained permission from Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry to manufacture and import the anti-impotence drug Viagra. ==Kyodo