Besins Healthcare (or the “Company”) is a privately owned global pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Monaco and operating through over twenty fully-owned affiliated companies around the world, including Ascend Therapeutics LLC. The Company is a world leader in novel therapies for gynecology and andrology. Besins Healthcare, the pioneer in transdermal gels, has developed several natural hormone-based therapies over the years, including bioavailable natural progesterone for pregnant women and bioavailable natural testosterone for testosterone deficiency syndromes. The Company continues to be a leader in estradiol replacement therapy with the first transdermal gel marketed in Europe. Besins Healthcare products are trusted and prescribed by healthcare professionals in more than 100 countries around the world.