You may be interested to find out more about those small, blue pills that help men overcome erectile dysfunction or male impotence. The drug called Viagra was first created by British scientists in Kent, England. However, it was the American company Pfizer that first introduced the drug to the market. Pfizer patented the pills back in 1996, but it wasn’t until two years later that the FDA approved the drug to treat erectile dysfunction. On March 27, 1998, approval was granted for the first oral erectile dysfunction treatment in the United States. Viagra has remained very popular with men of all ages and backgrounds ever since it first entered the market.