Vivus (VVUS) is raising the bar on erectile dysfunction drugs, potentially becoming the latest formidable competitor to Viagra and Cialis in the $3.8 billion market. Investors in the California-based

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As expected, most industries have retrenched during this recession. Not so the pharmaceutical industry: It keeps spending, and spending, and spending -- on lobbying, to beat back health-care reform,

It’s a common problem. You’re sitting down with the kids to watch a wholesome episode of Desperate Housewives on Sunday, only to have a Viagra commercial suddenly pop up. The embarrassmen

I grew up in a bubble. My hometown, once a typical middle-class suburban city not unlike countless others around the country, got swept up in Silicon Valley's tech boom, altering the fortunes of its

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