China only accounts for around one percent of Cialis sales worldwide

The Western drug companies who make erectile dysfunction medications have a long way to go before they can seriously tap into the huge potential of the Chinese market. Most Chinese erectile dysfunction medicines are in fact copies of the drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra many of which until very recently were made with official sanction from the health authorities there.

About a year ago Pfizer won an important legal battle when its patent on the Viagra drug was confirmed by the highest court in China but nevertheless the vast majority of erectile dysfunction medications sold in China are still counterfeit.

Eli Lilly that makes the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis has recently stated that it is keen on exploiting the Chinese market which is growing at about 30% every year.  At present Cialis is available in China but with so many cheap copies of the drug available very few men actually buy the real thing.  This has always been a problem for western drug companies whose medications tend to be much more expensive than locally made cheap copies. In view of the fact that the earnings are low in China for most of the population these counterfeit drugs appear to be very attractive.

China which contains about 1/5 of the world’s population only accounts for around one percent of Cialis sales worldwide and therefore Eli Lilly in China has announced that it will be promoting Cialis heavily over the next 5 to 6 years in order to obtain a reasonable market share. Worldwide Cialis has sales of about $1.2 billion and it is the 2nd most popular erectile dysfunction drug on the market after Viagra. The potential for Cialis in China is huge but unless it brings its prices down to a lower level it will have difficulty in getting good sales.

Using counterfeit erectile dysfunction medications from China greatly increases the chances of you getting either dud pills or dangerously and unhygienically made medications but nevertheless people in the United Kingdom still use illegal web sites to purchase fake Viagra, fake Cialis and fake Levitra. At Ukmedix is possible to check the origin of your impotence meds by using the Pharmacheck System which gives you the peace of mind that you are buying the real drug and not some cheaply made and possibly dangerous copy.