Who Will Be "Miss Viagra" 2015?

Wowie zowie! Is that a roll of dimes quarters in your pocket or are you just excited to see those sexy women of every ethnic persuasion (except latina?) in Viagra ads? If there were a "Miss Viagra" beauty contest, which one would you crown Miss Viagra 2015? (I included the woman who appeared in the first ad that aired in 2014.)

Which contestant should wear the crown for "Miss Viagra" 2015?

No. 1   No. 2   No. 3   No. 4

BTW, Actress, model and former Miss Hawaii Kelly Hu is featured in one of the new Viagra ads. She’s #4 in the lineup shown above.

His and Hers Hand Towels Monographed with Viagra and Addyi Logos. Only $20!

This is a pair of soon-to-be classic hand towels. 

His and Hers Hand Towels Monographed with Viagra and Addyi Logos

$20.00 USD

Overview

• Handmade item
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Looks great in my waiting room bathroom. I have had many compliments and requests for samples of the pills! – Dr. FeelGood, Bethesda, MD

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Viagra or Addyi: Which Sexy TV Ad Will Reign Supreme with Guys?

If you are half the man you claim to be, you no doubt have NOT skipped over the new Viagra TV ads, which feature a sexy woman  telling you not to worry about your erectile dysfunction – it’s more common than you think. Just pop a Viagra pill and you’re ready to go. Meanwhile, she’ll be waiting for you for a happy ending.

Soon, however, these Pfizer full bore sex ads will have competition from Sprout Pharmaceuticals, a small drug company located in Raleigh, NC.

As many media stories proclaim, Sprout Pharmaceuticals is a drug company with a potentially very big drug – “the world’s first pill to boost women’s sex drive.” It’s called Addyi (pronounced “addie”), which, according to Sprout CEO Cindy Whitehead (shown here holding Addyi pills in her hand), is “our representation of Everywoman,” whatever that means!

The FDA will soon announce whether or not it has approved Addyi, which the company plans to market as the “little pink pill.” The agency has rejected the drug twice in the past five years because of questions about its safety and effectiveness.

According to this media story, Whitehead assures that “Addyi is not meant to be prescribed to women looking for a little extra pizazz, or women who are bored with their husbands.” Yeah, right.

Sprout is said to have promised the FDA that it won’t run TV ads for 18 months. What will it do before then to market the drug, if approved. And what will those TV ads look like?

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Pfizer Continues to Dominate DTC Ad Spending

If Pfizer chose not to do direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, we'd have less bad ads to criticize (as, for example, this ad for Viagra) and the total spending on DTC advertising would be 30% less than it is today. In 2014, Nielsen estimates that the U.S. drug industry spent $4.53 Bn on DTC advertising. Pfizer spent $1.4 Bn.

That's right... Pfizer spends nearly one-third (30%) of all the DTC ad dollars!

The last (red) bar of the following chart shows what the 2014 ad spend -- excluding Internet search ads -- would look like without Pfizer. We're talking 20th century numbers!

Pfizer simply is too big to fail as far as the DTC advertising world is concerned!

According to Bloomberg (here), Pfizer spent "$751.9 million on television ads, more than double second-biggest spender AbbVie Inc." This domination of the drug ad airways goes back to at least 2011 as shown in the charts prepared by Bloomberg.

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