Impotence Australia

Impotence Australia is a pharmaceutical company sponsored impotence organisation. It was set up with a grant of $A200 000 from Pfizer Inc and has been used as a "third party" in Pfizer funded advertising campaigns for erective dysfunction. [1]

In an interview with Ray Moynihan from Australian Financial Review, IA Executive Officer Brett McCann admitted, "I could understand that people may have a feeling that this is a front for Pfizer." (ref below)

Board members

• Dr. Michael Lowy,Chairperson
• Dr Ven Tan
• Maria Caetano
• Dr Denis Cherry
• Serina Cauchi

Contact details

240 Riley Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tel: (02) 9280 0084

Web: http://www.impotenceaustralia.com.au/

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• Clinical suppression
• Disease Mongering
• Medical Journals and Conflicts of Interest
• Swallowing Anything: The Hype Behind Alternative Remedies

External links

• Ray Moynihan, "Taking the soft option", Australian Financial Review, Nov 13, 2000, p 29
• Ray Moynihan, Iona Heath, David Henry, "Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering", British Medical Journal, April 13, 2002
• Jane Hansen, "Doctoring the spin", Sunday, August 11, 2002
• "Sweet's potent drug", Media Watch, ABC TV, March 22, 2004
• "Ads for erectile dysfunction", Choice, June 2004