Viagra not allowed in Colombia
November 27th, 2006 by 
Eric
More news from South America. It seems that Pfizer Inc. has been ordered by a colombian judge to withdraw its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra from the Andean country’s market, a decision that the company vowed to fight.
The order from a Bogota civil court on Friday is related to a 3-year-old suit filed by Pfizer that says Colombian company Lafrancol is copying Viagra with its pill Eroxim, which like Viagra is colored blue and shaped like a diamond.
Lafrancol filed a counter suit saying it had authorization from Colombian authorities to market Eroxim as a drug that works the same as Viagra.
Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, can appeal the decision to a higher court. Meanwhile the company can continue selling Viagra in Colombia.
“Pfizer will use all legal tools to guarantee that it does not leave the Colombian market,” Pfizer’s representative in Colombia Luis Alberto Acuna told Reuters.
Source: Reuters
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