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New trials of female sexual dysfunction drug (Flibanserin) will be reported...

TweetBrief background – female sexual dysfunction Over the past 10 years the race has been on with pharmaceutical companies to find the ‘female Viagra’ – a drug to treat female sexual dysfunction...

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Celebrating this blog’s fifth birthday!

Tweet What made me start blogging? Five years ago I sat down on a dark November evening and wrote my very first blog entry. It was a bit ranty. I’d been misquoted by a journalist and was anxious it...

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More about Flibanserin

TweetFirst off, after blogging about Flibanserin I was contacted by Boehringer Ingelheim wanting a right to reply. So their letter is now added to that blog, which you can read here. More 4 ran a...

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Am I bovvered…about not desiring sex?

Tweet Last November you may remember drug company Boehringer Ingelheim reported at a conference on their trials of a drug called Flibanserin, aimed at treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)...

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Is low sexual desire in women a disease? No it’s not. But drug company are...

TweetOn June 18th pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will be seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their drug Flibanserin (which may be traded under the names of...

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FDA advisory panel rejects Flibanserin

TweetLast Friday drug company Boehringer Ingelheim presented evidence to the FDA’s advisory panel on their drug Flibanserin. This product, designed to tackle Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD)...

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“Women with low libidos ‘have different brains’”

Tweet * If you ever wanted to see how the media simultaneously loves and destroys stories on sex and science, this week we had a classic example of truly bad sex coverage. All based on a conference...

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The best and worst sex (and science) stories of 2010

TweetThis year seems to have just flown by, and what a busy one it was for research and stories about sex. From philandering footballers to STI statistics we certainly got to hear a lot about...

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A little bit more on the medicalisation of sex

TweetIt’s been a while since I’ve written about medicalisation. Which seems as good an excuse as any to revisit this issue and reflect on some of the developments in this area in healthcare, therapy...

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Another testosterone drug trial for female sexual dysfunction launched

TweetRecently Trimel Pharmaceuticals have announced they are enrolling women into a drug trial to test a ‘use as required’ testosterone nasal spray for women with anorgasmia. This drug trial forms...

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