Apricus Biosciences Announces Formation Of Clinical Advisory Board As Part Of Its Plans To Further The Clinical Development Of Femprox(R)

Clinical trials have shown that Femprox® exerts a relaxant effect on vulvar and clitoral blood vessels in women, leading to increased blood flow. This leads to pelvic engorgement and enhanced secretion activity of the vulvar epithelium. The resultant increase in lubrication and sensory feedback due to pelvic engorgement is believed to produce a clinically significant increase in sexual arousal in women with FSAD. Apricus Bio's Femprox® enables a rapid permeation of blood deep into the target tissues, thus potentially enabling a new pharmacotherapy for the treatment of FSAD.

Dr. Damaj stated, "We are pleased that Drs. Goldstein, Kaminetsky and Nehra have agreed to serve on our new Sexual Dysfunction Clinical Advisory Board. Their expertise will be key to helping us move forward with our Femprox® program as well as in the development of other products in the male and female sexual dysfunction field."

Dr. Irwin Goldstein, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at University of California at San Diego and Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine. Dr. Goldstein has been involved with sexual dysfunction research since the late 1970's. His interests include penile microvascular bypass surgery, surgery for dyspareunia, physiologic investigation of sexual function in men and women, and diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunction in men and women. He has authored more than 325 publications in the field of sexual dysfunction, with 20 consecutive years of funding by the National Institutes of Health in this area. He is Editor-in Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, its regional affiliate societies, and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. Dr. Goldstein graduated from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1975. He was on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine for 25 years where he was Professor of Urology and Gynecology and founding Director of the former Institute for Sexual Medicine at BUSM. Dr. Goldstein is currently President of The Institute for Sexual Medicine, Inc., a charitable corporation for education and research in the field. He is Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, a former President of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, a board member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and a member of the International Academy of Sex Research, the American Urological Association, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease. Dr. Goldstein is a 2009 winner of the Gold Medal awarded by the World Association for Sexual Health in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the field.

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