BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Oral Contraceptive Clinical Results
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 25th, 2008
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX) announced positive results of clinical work on its Pill-Plus(TM) "triple hormone" therapy oral contraceptive. The Pill-Plus adds a third hormone, an androgen, to the normal two hormone (estrogen and progestogen) oral contraceptive to prevent androgen deficiency which often leads to a decrease in sexual desire, sexual activity and mood changes. The Pill-Plus for oral use is licensed to Pantarhei Bioscience, a Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company for development and marketing in the United States. BioSante retains rights to the Pill-Plus for transdermal development and marketing.
In a completed Phase II double-blind...
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