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It was discovered by accident

April 03, 2008

Viagra, the little pill that has helped millions gain healthy sexual lives has also proven to be a major boon for Pfizer Laboratories, which developed the drug. A real blockbuster of a drug, Viagra's annual sales exceed $5 billion.

Viagra was developed by scientists working at Pfizer by accident. In 1985, Pfizer scientists were working to develop a drug to treat heart failure and hypertension.
Image: People walk by the Pfizer world headquarters in New York. | Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images
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