Cindy Eckert blasted the treatment of women's sex lives and said they are not taken as seriously as men.
She pointed out how it only took six months for Viagra to be licensed by the FDA (Federal Drugs Administration), while she fought for four years to get her female libido boosting drug approved in the USA.
Her product, Addyi, has now won approval in the States and Canada and she is hoping for it to gain approval for use in Europe.
Ahead of it winning approval, Cindy asked women for their experiences of sex problems and told how she was disappointed by how women were treated compared to men.
"What I saw was the portrait of a woman who had raised her hand a thousand times saying ‘something’s wrong’, only to be patted on the head and told ‘read Fifty Shades of Grey’ and ‘buy sexy lingerie’ – and it ignited something in me, because I wasn’t going to let this bias stand in the way of progress,” she told The Telegraph.
She criticised the speed at which Viagra was licensed, compared to Addyi.
“It was fast-tracked, which can be done if a drug is meeting an important un-met medical need,” she explained in The Telegraph. “If that isn’t emblematic of how we rank the needs of men above women, I don’t know what is.”
Her drug works by promoting the release of chemicals including dopamine and norepinephrine while blocking serotonin – a neurotransmitter linked to inhibition.
It can be bought online for upwards of £700 for a month's supply.
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