TherapeuticsMD Receives Five New Patent Allowances, Further Strengthens IP Assets

TherapeuticsMD Inc. (NYSE MKT: TXMD), an innovative women’s healthcare company, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has approved five new allowances for patents related to the company’s proprietary SYMBODA™ technology platform.

The new allowances are U.S. patent application Nos. 14/099,582; 14/099,598; 14/099,612 and 14/099,623, related to dosage formulations of the company’s combination bio-identical estradiol and progesterone hormone compositions. The USPTO also allowed U.S. patent application No. 14/099,562, directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the company’s combination bio-identical estradiol and progesterone hormone platform.

“These allowances continue our efforts to fortify our dynamic and growing intellectual property portfolio,” said TherapeuticsMD CEO Robert G. Finizio, “and they underscore the innovation of SYMBODA as a unique technology platform for the development of our investigational bio-identical hormone therapy products for women.”

About TherapeuticsMD

TherapeuticsMD Inc. is an innovative healthcare company focused on developing and commercializing products exclusively for women. With its patented SYMBODA™ technology platform, TherapeuticsMD is developing advanced hormone therapy pharmaceutical products to enable delivery of bio-identical hormones through a variety of dosage forms and administration routes. The company’s clinical development pipeline includes two phase 3 products. The company also manufactures and distributes branded and generic prescription prenatal vitamins as well as over-the-counter vitamins and cosmetics under the vitaMedMD® and BocaGreenMD® brands. More information is available at the following websites: www.therapeuticsmd.com, www.vitamedmd.com, www.vitamedmdrx.com and www.bocagreenmd.com.

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