Sniffer dogs have never been used in Finland before to detect counterfeit medications.
Two specially trained dogs are being used by Pfizer, the company that developed and markets the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra, to sniff out counterfeit Viagra pills for the customs authorities in Finland, according to Pfizer Israel.
It is the first time sniffer dogs have been used in Finland to detect counterfeit medications, which can be detected even if they’re well-packed.
The dogs – Springer, a mixed breed of spaniel and border collie, and Willem, a pointer, were trained in the Netherlands. They have already been dubbed “Viagra dogs.”
According to Pfizer Israel, the dogs cannot detect the two other brands of erectile dysfunction drugs of Cialis and Levitra, as these are made of a different, though similar molecule and would have a different smell to the dogs than Viagra, whose generic name is sildenafil citrate.
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