Daré Bioscience, Inc. Appoints David Friend as Chief Scientific Officer
June 06, 2018 at 08:00 am EDT
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Daré Bioscience, Inc. announced the appointment of David Friend, Ph.D., to the newly created role of Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Prior to his appointment as CSO, Dr. Friend served as chief scientific officer at Evofem Biosciences. Prior to Evofem Biosciences, Dr. Friend served as director of product development at CONRAD.
Dare Bioscience, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing products for women's health. XACIATO, the Company's United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved product, vaginal gel 2%, a lincosamide antibacterial indicated for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis in female patients 12 years of age and older, which is under a global license agreement with Organon. Its clinical-stage programs include Ovaprene; Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%; DARE-HRT1; DARE-VVA1; DARE-CIN; DARE-PDM1; DARE-204 and DARE-214, and DARE-FRT1 and DARE-PTB1. Its pre-clinical stage programs include DARE-LARC1, DARE-LBT, DARE-GML, DARE-RH1 and DARE-PTB2. Ovaprene, is a hormone-free monthly intravaginal contraceptive. Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%, is a cream formulation of sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, to treat female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD). DARE-HRT1, is a combination bio-identical estradiol and progesterone intravaginal ring for menopausal hormone therapy.