Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced that it has received a Notice of Deficiency for its avanafil New Drug Submission (NDS). Health Canada has requested the provision of additional quality information related to the avanafil drug substance in alignment with International Council for Harmonization (ICH) technical guidance adopted by Health Canada. Until this information is provided to Health Canada, the avanafil review process has been halted. Acerus has 90 calendar days to respond fully to the NOD. If Acerus is successful in providing the required information, the NDS review process will restart and may take up to 360 days to complete.