Unassociated Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2011

Registration Statement File No. 333-
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-1
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 


REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
2834
 
76-0233274
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Primary Standard Industrial
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)
 
Classification Code Number)
 
Number)
 
2408 Timberloch Place, Suite B-7
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
(281) 719-3400
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
 

 
Joseph S. Podolski
President and Chief Executive Officer
Repros Therapeutics Inc.
2408 Timberloch Place, Suite B-7
The Woodlands, Texas  77380
(281) 719-3400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
 

 
Copies to:
Jeffrey R. Harder, Esq.
Michael R. Littenberg, Esq.
William R. Rohrlich, II, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Winstead PC
919 Third Avenue
24 Waterway Ave, Suite 500
New York, New York  10022
The Woodlands, Texas  77380
 
 
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:  As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.   x
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
x
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
 
Amount to
be
Registered
   
Proposed 
Maximum 
Offering 
Price Per 
Security(1)
   
Proposed 
Maximum 
Aggregate 
Offering 
Price(1)
 
Amount of
Registration
Fee
                             
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
   
5,750,000
(2)(3)   
 $
4.785
   
 $
27,513,750
 
$
3,154
 
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and based on the average high and low prices per share of the common stock on December 15, 2011 as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

(2)
Includes shares of common stock that may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriter to cover over-allotments, if any.

(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of common stock registered hereby also include an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may from time to time become issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar transactions

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 

 
 
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed.  We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.  This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale of these securities is not permitted.
 
Subject to Completion, Dated December 19, 2011
 
PROSPECTUS
 
 
       SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

This prospectus relates to the offer and sale of           shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of Repros Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company” or “Repros” or “we,” “us” or “our”).  Each share of common stock will be sold at a price of $       per share.   For a more detailed description of our common stock, see the section titled “Description of Securities” beginning on page 36 of this prospectus.

Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “RPRX.”  On December 15, 2011, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $4.80 per share.

   
Per Share(1)
   
Total
 
Price to the public
  $       $    
Underwriting discounts and commissions(2)
  $       $    
Proceeds, before expenses, to Repros Therapeutics Inc.
  $       $    
 
(1)          The underwriter also may purchase up to an additional          shares of common stock from us at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, within 45 days after the date of this prospectus to cover over-allotments.
 
(2)          In addition to the underwriting discount, we have agreed to pay up to $          of the fees and expenses of the underwriter in connection with this offering. See “Underwriting.”
 
INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL RISKS.  SEE THE SECTION TITLED "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS TO READ ABOUT FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK.
 
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
The underwriter expects to deliver the securities to purchasers on                 , 2012
 
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.

The date of this prospectus is                 , 2012

 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
   
1
 
RISK FACTORS
   
5
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
   
18
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
   
19
 
CAPITALIZATION
   
20
 
MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
   
21
 
DILUTION
   
22
 
BUSINESS
   
23
 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
   
32
 
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
   
34
 
UNDERWRITING
   
38
 
LEGAL MATTERS
   
40
 
EXPERTS
   
40
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
   
40
 
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
   
40
 
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
   
F-1
 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any related prospectus supplement, including the content of all documents incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.  We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.  If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.  The information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein is accurate only on the date of this prospectus.  Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since such date.  Other than as required under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise such information, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.
 
Until           , 2012, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
 
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus.  This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before making an investment decision with respect to our securities.  You should read this entire prospectus, including all documents incorporated by reference, carefully, especially the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 5 of this prospectus and our financial statements and related notes contained in this prospectus before making an investment decision with respect to our securities.  Please see the section titled, "Where You Can Find More Information," beginning on page 42 of this prospectus.  Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to "the Company" or "Repros” or "we," "us" or "our" refers to Repros Therapeutics Inc.
 
About Repros Therapeutics Inc.
 
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company," "Repros," or "we," "us" or "our") was organized on August 20, 1987.  We are a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new drugs to treat hormonal and reproductive system disorders.  Both of our product candidates have exhibited strong efficacy results in every study completed to date, and we believe the studies presently underway or scheduled to start shortly will place both programs on a clear late stage clinical development path.

We are developing Androxal®, an oral therapy that normalizes testicular function, for the treatment of low testosterone due to secondary hypogonadism. Secondary hypogonadism is associated with obesity and we believe it is among the most common causes of low testosterone in men. It is estimated that 13 million men in the U.S. experience low levels of testosterone, and the condition is becoming recognized with more frequency.  In 2010, for the first time, sales of preparations for the treatment of low testosterone exceeded $1 billion in the U.S. and first tier pharmaceutical companies have entered the low testosterone marketplace.

The Company believes Androxal® is highly differentiated from currently marketed testosterone treatments or those treatments in late stage development because it is an oral therapy and it treats the cause of secondary hypogonadism, which is inadequate pituitary hormones.  We believe that by treating the cause of secondary hypogonadism Androxal® also has the potential to maintain reproductive status and potentially improve overall metabolic profiles, which we believe may improve the condition of men suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
 
We are currently conducting a Phase 2B study of Androxal® in men with secondary hypogonadism, but naïve to testosterone treatment, at the Food and Drug Administration’s (the “FDA”) recommendation.  Enrollment is completed, and we expect to have the study completed by the end of 2011, and then plan to proceed with Phase 3 studies conducted under a Special Protocol Assessment (“SPA”).

The Company is also currently conducting a Phase 2 study of the use of Androxal® as a treatment for improving glycemic control in hypogonadal men with Type 2 diabetes.  On December 12, 2011, the Company announced that top line results of this study yielded statistically significant and clinically relevant reductions in glycosylated hemoglobin (“HbA1c”) in men achieving morning testosterone levels greater than 450ng/dl after three months of treatment.  Retrospective analysis of completed Androxal® studies showed that Androxal® improved fasting plasma glucose levels in men with Type 2 diabetes, an improvement not seen in similar subjects using a topical testosterone or placebo. The Company believes this effect is directly related to Androxal®’s ability to normalize the hypothalamic-pituitary-testes pathway and organ function.

We are also developing Proellex®, an orally administered selective blocker of the progesterone receptor in women, for the treatment of uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Uterine fibroids and endometriosis affect millions of women of reproductive age.  Proellex® had shown statistically significant results in previous Phase 2 studies for endometriosis and uterine fibroids.  The Company is currently conducting a low dose escalating study as permitted by the FDA, which is intended to determine both signals of efficacy and safety for low oral doses of the drug.   The Company has recently commenced the last cohort (i.e. 12mg) of this low dose study, which the Company anticipates will be completed by the end of 2011.
 
            As of September 30, 2011, we had accumulated losses of $189.0 million, approximately $7.1 million in cash and cash equivalents, and our accounts payable and accrued expenses were approximately $2.0 million.  Assuming successful completion of this offering, we believe we will have sufficient funding to complete all of the Phase 2, 2B and 3 clinical trials either currently underway or planned; however, significant additional capital will be required for us to complete development of either of our product candidates. We continue to explore potential additional financing alternatives (including corporate partnering opportunities) that would provide sufficient funds to enable us to continue to develop our two product candidates through completion of the outlined clinical trials; however, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising any such additional funds on a timely basis or at all.  The foregoing matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 
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Our Research and Development Program
 
Our product development pipeline is summarized in the table below:
 
Product Candidate (Indication)
Androxal®
 
Status
 
Next Expected Milestone(s)
Secondary Hypogonadism
 
Phase 2B
 
Report top line Phase 2B results (Q4 2011)
Commence Phase 3 study (Q2 2012)
         
Type 2 diabetes
 
Phase 2
 
Report top line Phase 2 results (completed Q4 2011)
         
Proellex®
       
Uterine Fibroids
 
Phase 2
 
Complete low dose study (year end 2011)
Commence a Phase 1/ 2 study (vaginal delivery) (Q1 2012)
Commence Phase 3 study (vaginal delivery) (Q4 2012)
         
Endometriosis
 
 
Phase 2
 
Complete low dose study (year end 2011)
Commence Phase 3 study (oral delivery) (Q3 2012)
         
Second Generation Compounds
 
Preclinical
 
Complete preclinical screen (year end 2012)
 
Recent Developments
 
On October 27, 2011, our board of directors increased the size of the board of directors from five to six members and elected Dr. Michael Wyllie as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by such increase.  In connection with Dr. Wyllie’s election to the board of directors, he was granted an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing price per share for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of such election.  Such option will vest and become exercisable at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) at the end of each quarter for the three (3) year period following the date of Dr. Wyllie’s election to the board of directors, based on continuing service to the Company.  
 
Corporate Information
 
We were organized as a Delaware corporation in August 1987.  Our principal executive offices are located at 2408 Timberloch Place, Suite B-7, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, and our telephone number is (281) 719-3400. We maintain an Internet website at www.reprosrx.com.  The information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
 
 
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The Offering
 
Securities offered by the Company
 
Up to            shares of common stock.
     
Offering price
 
$         per share.
     
Common stock outstanding prior to this offering
 
12,317,692 shares.
     
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering
 
17,317,692 shares.
     
Over-allotment option
 
Up to an additional         shares.
     
Use of proceeds
 
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including continuing our clinical trials for Androxal® and Proellex®.  See “Use of Proceeds” for additional information.
     
Nasdaq Capital Market symbol:
 
 
 “RPRX”
 
The number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to and to be outstanding immediately after this offering is based on the number of shares outstanding as of September 30, 2011, and does not include:
 
 
·
1,821,025 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $7.03 per share;

 
·
755,841 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our stock option plans;

 
·
3,439,770 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of our warrants, 1,690,500 of which are exercisable for $2.49 per share and 1,749,270 of which are exercisable for $0.01 per share; and

 
·
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.
 
 
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Selected Financial Data
 
The following tables summarize our financial data for the periods presented. The summary statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, have been derived from our audited financial statements, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The summary statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, have been derived from our audited financial statements, which are not incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The summary statements of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 2011, have been derived from our unaudited financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future periods. You should read this data together with the financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference into this prospectus or included elsewhere in this prospectus, as well as “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the other financial information incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:  

   
 
Year Ended December 31,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
Revenues and Other Income  
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Interest income  
  $     $ 4     $ 433     $ 1,508     $ 596     $ 1     $  
Other income  
    421         547         —               —         —         138  
Total revenues  
    421         551         433       1,508         596         1         138  
Expenses:  
                                                       
Research and development  
    2,904         23,062         22,575       12,420         11,912         6,980         1,950  
General and administrative  
    2,285         4,723         3,060       2,788         2,879         2,780         1,772  
Total expenses  
    5,189         27,785         25,635       15,208         14,791         9,760         3,722  
Net loss  
  $ (4,768 )   $ (27,234 )   $ (25,202 )   $ (13,700 )   $ (14,195 )   $ (9,759 )   $ (3,584 )
   
                                                       
Net loss per share – basic and diluted (1)(2)  
  $ (0.59 )   $ (6.28 )   $ (7.54 )   $ (4.38 )   $ (5.60 )   $ (0.82 )   $ (0.46 )
Shares used in loss per share calculation(2)  
    8,057         4,336         3,343       3,131         2,537         11,840         7,763  

(1)
See "Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a description of the computation of loss per share.

(2)
The basic and diluted net loss per share and shares used in loss per share calculation have been adjusted to reflect the one-for-four reverse stock split that was effected on October 14, 2010.
 
BALANCE SHEET DATA:

   
As of December 31,
   
As of
September 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2011
   
2010
 
         
 
   
 
   
     
   
   
   
 
       
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
  $ 2,957     $ 1,886     $ 19,470     $ 25,903     $ 6,736     $ 7,070     $ 4,216  
Total assets
    4,465       2,960         22,603           27,599         7,849         8,616         5,567  
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
    (179,244 )     (174,476 )       (147,242 )       (122,040 )       (108,340 )       (189,003 )       (178,060 )
Total stockholders' equity
  $ 3,167     $ 562     $ 15,614     $ 24,060     $ 3,790     $ 6,574     $ 4,213  
 
 
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RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before you decide to invest in our common stock, you should consider carefully all of the information in this prospectus or incorporated herein by reference, including the risks described below.  Any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In any such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.  You should also refer to the other information contained in this prospectus, or incorporated herein by reference, including our financial statements and the notes to those statements, and the information set forth under the caption "Forward Looking Statements."  The risks described below and contained in our other periodic reports incorporated herein by reference are not the only ones that we face.  Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Risks Relating to Our Business
 
Assuming completion of this offering, our ability to continue as a going concern may require that we raise additional funds by the end of 2013, without which we may need to cease our business operations and begin liquidation proceedings.
 
Assuming completion of this offering, our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional financing by the end of 2013 based upon our current expense and revenue assumptions.  If our expenses are greater than expected or our revenues are less than expected, we may be required to raise additional funds prior to that time.  We will continue to explore various financing alternatives to address our liquidity needs.  No assurance can be given that we will be successful in obtaining additional financing after this offering on acceptable terms or at all.  We anticipate that if we are able to secure additional financing, that such financing will result in significant dilution of the ownership interests of our stockholders and may provide certain rights to the new investors senior to the rights of purchasers of securities in this offering, including but not limited to, voting rights and rights to proceeds in the event of a sale or liquidation of the Company.  We expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future, and we may never achieve or sustain profitability.  In the event that we are unable to obtain adequate financing to conduct operations, we may need to cease our business operations and begin liquidation proceedings.  If we need to liquidate our assets, we would likely realize significantly less from them than the values at which they are carried on our financial statements. The funds resulting from the liquidation of our assets would be used first to pay off the debt owed to any secured and unsecured creditors before any funds would be available to pay our stockholders, and any shortfall in the proceeds would directly reduce the amounts available for distribution, if any, to our creditors and to our stockholders. In the event we were required to liquidate, it is highly unlikely that stockholders would receive any value for their shares.
 
If we fail to obtain the capital necessary to fund our operations, we may have to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs or commercialization efforts, dispose of assets or liquidate.
 
We expect to make additional capital outlays and to increase operating expenditures over the next several years to support our preclinical development and clinical trial activities, particularly with respect to clinical trials for Androxal® and Proellex®.  Assuming completion of this offering and based on our current and planned clinical programs, we expect to need to raise additional capital by the end of 2013 or earlier if our expenses are greater than anticipated.  We will continue to seek additional funding through public or private financings, including equity or debt financings, and/or through other means, including collaborations and license agreements.  We do not know whether additional financing will be available when needed, or that, if available, we will obtain financing on terms favorable to our stockholders or us.  If adequate funds are not available to us, we may be required to:

 
·
delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of our development programs;

 
·
relinquish, license or otherwise dispose of rights to technologies, product candidate or products that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves at an earlier stage or on terms that are less favorable than might otherwise be available; or

 
·
liquidate and dissolve our company.
 
Our future capital requirements will depend upon a number of factors, including:
 
 
·
the size, complexity, results and timing of our clinical programs;

 
·
the cost to obtain sufficient supply of the compounds necessary for our product candidates at a reasonable cost;
 
 
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·
the time and cost involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;

 
·
the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing patent claims; and

 
·
competing technological and market developments.
 
These factors could result in variations from our currently projected operating and liquidity requirements.
 
Because the data from our preclinical studies and early clinical trials for our product candidates are not necessarily predictive of future results, we can provide no assurances that any of them will have favorable results in clinical trials or receive regulatory approval.
 
Before we can obtain regulatory approval for the commercial sale of any product candidate that we develop, we are required to complete preclinical development and extensive clinical trials in humans to demonstrate its safety and efficacy.  To date, long-term safety and efficacy have not been demonstrated in clinical trials for any of our product candidates and, in fact, our product candidate Proellex® is currently on partial clinical hold with the FDA due to safety issues experienced in our Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials for endometriosis and uterine fibroids, respectively.
 
In addition, previous clinical trials for Androxal® have been conducted only in limited numbers of patients that may not fully represent the diversity present in larger populations.  In addition, these studies have not been subjected to the exacting design requirements typically required by FDA for pivotal trials.  Thus the limited data we have obtained may not predict results from studies in larger numbers of patients drawn from more diverse populations, and may not predict the ability of Androxal® to treat type 2 diabetes.  Furthermore, the only data that we obtained to date relating to Androxal® is to treat testosterone deficiency.  We will be required to demonstrate through larger-scale clinical trials that these product candidates are safe and effective for use in a diverse population before we can seek regulatory approvals for their commercial sale.
 
Favorable results in our early studies or trials may not be repeated in later studies or trials, including continuing preclinical studies and large-scale clinical trials analyzed with more rigorous statistical methods, and our drug candidates in later-stage trials may fail to show desired safety and efficacy despite having progressed through earlier-stage trials.  Unfavorable results from ongoing preclinical studies or clinical trials could result in delays, modifications or abandonment of ongoing or future clinical trials. Clinical results are frequently susceptible to varying interpretations that may delay, limit or prevent regulatory approvals.  Negative or inconclusive results or adverse medical events during a clinical trial could cause a clinical trial to be delayed, repeated or terminated. In addition, we may report top-line data from time to time, which is based on a preliminary analysis of key efficacy and safety data; such data may be subject to change following a more comprehensive review of the data related to the applicable clinical trial.  If Androxal®, Proellex®, or any other potential future product candidate fails to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy in any clinical trial, we would experience potentially significant delays in, or be required to abandon, development of that product candidate.  If we delay or abandon our development efforts related to Androxal® or Proellex®, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenues to continue operations or become profitable.
 
We have a history of operating losses, and we expect to incur increasing net losses and may not achieve or maintain profitability for some time or at all.
 
We have experienced significant operating losses in each fiscal year since our inception.  As of September 30, 2011, we had accumulated losses of $189.0 million, approximately $7.1 million in cash and cash equivalents, and our accounts payable and accrued expenses were approximately $2.0 million.  We expect to continue incurring net losses and we may not achieve or maintain profitability for some time if at all.  As we increase expenditures for the clinical development of our products, we expect our total operating losses to increase for at least the next few years.  Our ability to achieve profitability will depend on, among other things, successfully completing the development of our products, obtaining regulatory approvals, establishing marketing, sales and manufacturing capabilities or collaborative arrangements with others that possess such capabilities, and raising sufficient funds to finance our activities.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve profitability or that profitability, if achieved, can be sustained.  

Raising additional funds by issuing securities or through collaboration and licensing arrangements may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish proprietary rights.
 
We may raise additional funds through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or potential corporate collaborations and licensing arrangements.  We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.  To the extent that we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders’ ownership will be diluted.  Any debt financing we enter into may involve covenants that restrict our operations.  These restrictive covenants may include limitations on borrowing and specific restrictions on the use of our assets, as well as prohibitions on our ability to create liens, pay dividends, redeem capital stock or make investments.  In addition, if we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish potentially valuable rights to our potential products or proprietary technologies, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.  For example, we might be forced to relinquish all or a portion of our sales and marketing rights with respect to Androxal®, Proellex®, or other potential products or license intellectual property that enables licensees to develop competing products.
 
 
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Our stock price could decline significantly based on the results and timing of clinical trials of, and decisions affecting, our product candidates.
 
Results of clinical trials and preclinical studies of our current and potential product candidates may not be viewed favorably by us or third parties, including the FDA or other regulatory authorities, investors, analysts and potential collaborators.  The same may be true of how we design the clinical trials of our product candidates and regulatory decisions affecting those clinical trials. Biopharmaceutical company stock prices have declined significantly when such results and decisions were unfavorable or perceived negatively or when a product candidate did not otherwise meet expectations.  The final results from our clinical development programs may be negative, may not meet expectations or may be perceived negatively.  The designs of our clinical trials (which may change significantly and be more expensive than currently anticipated depending on our clinical results and regulatory decisions) may also be viewed negatively by third parties.  We may not be successful in completing these clinical trials on our projected timetable, if at all.
 
Failure to initiate additional clinical trials or delays in existing clinical trials of Androxal® and Proellex®, and failure of the FDA to lift the partial clinical hold on Proellex®, or unfavorable results or decisions or negative perceptions regarding any of such clinical trials, could cause our stock price to decline significantly.
 
We are thinly staffed and highly dependent on a limited number of management persons and key personnel, and if we lose these members of our team or are unable to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, our future growth and ability to compete would suffer.
 
The competition for qualified personnel in the biopharmaceutical field is intense, and our future success depends upon our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled scientific, technical and managerial employees.  We have only 13 full-time employees at the present time, including Joseph S. Podolski.  We are highly dependent on our professional staff for the management of our company and the development of our technologies.  Mr. Podolski has an employment agreement with us.  There can be no assurance that any of these employees will remain with us through development of our current product candidates.  The loss of the services of any of our employees could delay or curtail our research and product development efforts.
 
Our plan to use collaborations to leverage our capabilities may not be successful.
 
As part of our business strategy, we intend to enter into collaboration arrangements with strategic partners to develop and commercialize our product candidates.  For our collaboration efforts to be successful, we must identify partners whose competencies complement ours.  We must also successfully enter into collaboration agreements with them on terms attractive to us and integrate and coordinate their resources and capabilities with our own.  We may be unsuccessful in entering into collaboration agreements with acceptable partners or negotiating favorable terms in these agreements.  In addition, we may face a disadvantage in seeking to enter into or negotiating collaborations with potential partners because other potential collaborators may have greater management and financial resources than we do.  Also, we may be unsuccessful in integrating the resources or capabilities of these collaborators.  In addition, our collaborators may prove difficult to work with or less skilled than we originally expected.  If we are unsuccessful in our collaborative efforts, our ability to develop and market product candidates could be severely limited.
 
Our rights agreement and certain provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could delay or prevent a change in management or a takeover attempt that you may consider to be in your best interest.
 
We have adopted certain anti-takeover provisions, including a rights agreement.  The rights agreement will cause substantial dilution to any person who attempts to acquire us in a manner or on terms not approved by our board of directors.

The rights agreement and certain provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and under Delaware law could delay or prevent the removal of directors and other management and could make more difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving us that you may consider to be in your best interest.  For example, these provisions:
 
 
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allow our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval;

 
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limit who can call a special meeting of stockholders; and
 
 
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establish advance notice requirements for nomination for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters to be acted upon at stockholder meetings.
 
Risks Relating to Our Product Development Efforts
 
Changes in existing regulations and the adoption of new regulations may increase our costs and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our research and development activities, preclinical studies and clinical trials, and the manufacturing, marketing and labeling of any products we may develop, are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries.  Additional government regulation may be established that could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates or materially increase our costs. Delays in obtaining or rejections of regulatory approvals would adversely affect our ability to commercialize any product candidate we develop and our ability to receive product revenues or to receive milestone payments or royalties from any product rights we might license to others. If regulatory approval of a product candidate is granted, the approval may include significant limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed or may be conditioned on the conduct of post-marketing surveillance studies.

Delays in the commencement of preclinical studies and clinical trials testing of our current and potential product candidates could result in increased costs to us and delay our ability to generate revenues.
 
Our product candidates will require continued preclinical studies and extensive clinical trials prior to the submission of a regulatory application for commercial sales.  Because of the nature of clinical trials and our lack of sufficient capital, we do not know whether future planned clinical trials will begin on time, if at all.  Delays in the commencement of preclinical studies and clinical trials could significantly increase our product development costs and delay any product commercialization.  In addition, many of the factors that may cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to denial of regulatory approval of a product candidate.
 
The commencement of clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of reasons, including delays in:
 
 
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demonstrating sufficient safety and efficacy in past clinical trials to obtain regulatory approval to commence a further clinical trial;

 
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convincing the FDA that we have selected valid endpoints for use in proposed clinical trials;

 
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reaching agreements on acceptable terms with prospective contract manufacturers for manufacturing sufficient quantities of a product candidate; and

 
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obtaining institutional review board approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site.
 
In addition, the commencement of clinical trials may be delayed due to insufficient patient enrollment, which is a function of many factors, including the size of the patient population, the nature of the protocol, the proximity of patients to clinical sites, the availability of effective treatments for the relevant disease, and the eligibility criteria for the clinical trial.
 
Delays in the completion of, or the termination of, clinical testing of our current and potential product candidates could result in increased costs to us, and could delay or prevent us from generating revenues.
 
Once a clinical trial has begun, it may be delayed, suspended or terminated by us or the FDA or other regulatory authorities due to a number of factors, including:
 
 
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lack of adequate funding to continue clinical trials;

 
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lack of effectiveness of any product candidate during clinical trials;

 
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side effects experienced by trial participants or other safety issues;

 
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slower than expected rates of patient recruitment and enrollment or lower than expected patient retention rates;

 
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delays or inability to manufacture or obtain sufficient quantities of materials for use in clinical trials;
 
 
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inadequacy of or changes in our manufacturing process or compound formulation;

 
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delays in obtaining regulatory approvals to commence a trial, or “clinical holds” or delays requiring suspension or termination of a trial by a regulatory agency, such as the FDA, after a trial is commenced;

 
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changes in applicable regulatory policies and regulations;

 
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delays in identifying and reaching agreement on acceptable terms with prospective clinical trial sites;

 
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uncertainty regarding proper dosing;

 
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unfavorable results from on-going clinical trials and preclinical studies;

 
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failure of our clinical research organizations to comply with all regulatory and contractual requirements or otherwise fail to perform their services in a timely or acceptable manner;

 
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scheduling conflicts with participating clinicians and clinical institutions;

 
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failure to construct appropriate clinical trial protocols;

 
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insufficient data to support regulatory approval;

 
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inability or unwillingness of medical investigators to follow our clinical protocols;

 
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difficulty in maintaining contact with subjects during or after treatment, which may result in incomplete data;

 
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ongoing discussions with the FDA or other regulatory authorities regarding the scope or design of our clinical trials; and

 
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acceptability to the FDA of data obtained from clinical studies conducted in Europe or other non-United States jurisdictions.

Many of these factors that may lead to a delay, suspension or termination of clinical testing of a current or potential product candidate may also ultimately lead to denial of regulatory approval of a current or potential product candidate.  In fact, the FDA placed Proellex® on clinical hold in summer 2009 due to liver toxicity data resulting from our clinical trials.  Though the full clinical hold has been upgraded to a partial clinical hold, there can be no assurance that the partial hold will be lifted at any time.

If we experience delays in the completion of, or termination of, clinical testing of any product candidates in the future, our financial results and the commercial prospects for our product candidates will be harmed, and our ability to generate product revenues will be delayed.
 
Even if we successfully complete clinical trials for Androxal® and Proellex®, there are no assurances that we will be able to submit, or obtain FDA approval of, a new drug application.
 
There can be no assurance that, if our clinical trials for Androxal® and Proellex® are successfully completed, we will be able to submit a new drug application (a “NDA”), to the FDA or that any NDA we submit will be approved by the FDA in a timely manner, if at all.  After completing clinical trials for a product candidate in humans, a drug dossier is prepared and submitted to the FDA as an NDA, and includes all preclinical studies and clinical trial data relevant to the safety and effectiveness of the product at the suggested dose and duration of use for the proposed indication, in order to allow the FDA to review such drug dossier and to consider a product candidate for approval for commercialization in the United States.  If we are unable to submit an NDA with respect to Androxal® or Proellex®, or if any NDA we submit is not approved by the FDA, we will be unable to commercialize that product.  The FDA can and does reject NDAs and requires additional clinical trials, even when drug candidates achieve favorable results in large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials.  If we fail to commercialize Androxal® or Proellex®, we may be unable to generate sufficient revenues to continue operations or attain profitability and our reputation in the industry and in the investment community would likely be damaged.
 
 
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We rely on third parties to conduct clinical trials for our product candidates, and their failure to timely and properly perform their obligations may result in costs and delays that prevent us from obtaining regulatory approval or successfully commercializing our product candidates.
 
We rely on independent contractors, including researchers at clinical research organizations (“CROs”), and universities, in certain areas that are particularly relevant to our research and product development plans, such as for data management for the conduct of clinical trials.  The competition for these relationships is intense, and we may not be able to maintain our relationships with them on acceptable terms.  Independent contractors generally may terminate their engagements at any time, subject to notice.  As a result, we can control their activities only within certain limits, and they will devote only a certain amount of their time conducting research on and trials of our product candidates and assisting in developing them.  If they do not successfully carry out their duties under their agreements with us, fail to inform us if these trials fail to comply with clinical trial protocols, or fail to meet expected deadlines, our clinical trials may need to be extended, delayed or terminated.  We may not be able to enter into replacement arrangements without undue delays or excessive expenditures.  If there are delays in testing or regulatory approvals as a result of the failure to perform by our independent contractors or other outside parties, our drug development costs will increase and we may not be able to attain regulatory approval for or successfully commercialize our product candidates.

In addition, we have no control over the financial health of our independent contractors.  Several of our independent contractors are in possession of valuable and sensitive information relating to the safety and efficacy of our product candidates, and several others provide services to a significant percentage of the patients enrolled in the respective clinical trials in which such independent contractors participate.  Should one or more of these independent contractors become insolvent, or otherwise are not able to continue to provide services to us, as a result of the current economic downturn or otherwise, the clinical trial in which such contractor participates could become significantly delayed and we may be adversely affected as a result of the delays and additional expenses associated with such event.

The risk of accidental contamination or injury resulting from our handling and disposing of hazardous materials and chemicals may expose us to litigation.  

Our research and development involves the controlled use of hazardous materials and chemicals.  Although we believe that our procedures for handling and disposing of those materials comply with state and federal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated.  If such an accident occurs, we could be held liable for resulting damages, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
 
Risks Relating to Manufacturing Our Products
 
We currently rely on third-party manufacturers and other third parties for production of our product candidates, and our dependence on these manufacturers may impair the development of our product candidates.
 
Currently, we do not have the ability internally to manufacture the product candidates that we need to conduct our clinical trials. We terminated our supply agreement with Gedeon Richter for the manufacturing of Proellex® due to the clinical hold imposed by the FDA in August 2009; however, we have a large supply of Proellex® currently available for our current and planned clinical trial efforts.  In the event we require an additional supply of Proellex®, we believe that we have maintained a good relationship with Gedeon Richter and that an agreement could be reached with Gedeon Richter to provide such supply when and if needed, but we cannot assure you this will be the case.
 
We have a supply agreement with Diagnostic Chemical Limited, doing business as BioVectra, for the supply of the bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient used in Androxal®.  This agreement runs through July of 2013, subject to automatic one year renewals and the ability of either party to terminate upon 12 months prior notice.  We have obtained all of our supply of Androxal® to date from BioVectra.  We have not faced any material problems with BioVectra in supplying us with our necessary quantities of Androxal® for our clinical trials and anticipate utilizing them for commercial production if Androxal® is approved.  The Company believes that should an issue with BioVectra arise an alternative supplier could be identified, but we cannot assure you this will be the case.
 
For the foreseeable future, we expect to continue to rely on third-party manufacturers and other third parties to produce, package and store sufficient quantities of Androxal®, Proellex®, and any future product candidates for use in our clinical trials.  These product candidates are complicated and expensive to manufacture.  If our third-party manufacturers fail to deliver our product candidates for clinical use on a timely basis, with sufficient quality, and at commercially reasonable prices, we may be required to delay or suspend clinical trials or otherwise discontinue development and production of our product candidates.  While we may be able to identify replacement third-party manufacturers or develop our own manufacturing capabilities for these product candidates, this process would likely cause a delay in the availability of our product candidates and an increase in costs.  In addition, third-party manufacturers may have a limited number of facilities in which our product candidates can be produced, and any interruption of the operation of those facilities due to events such as equipment malfunction or failure or damage to the facility by natural disasters could result in the cancellation of shipments, loss of product in the manufacturing process or a shortfall in available product candidates.
 
 
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Identification of previously unknown problems with respect to a product, manufacturer or facility may result in restrictions on the product, manufacturer or facility.

The FDA stringently applies regulatory standards for the manufacturing of our products.  Identification of previously unknown problems with respect to a product, manufacturer or facility may result in restrictions on the product, manufacturer or facility, including warning letters, suspensions of regulatory approvals, operating restrictions, delays in obtaining new product approvals, withdrawal of the product from the market, product recalls, fines, injunctions and criminal prosecution.  Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on us.

Our product candidates have only been manufactured in small quantities to date, and we may face delays or complications in manufacturing quantities of our product candidates in sufficient quantities to meet the demands of late stage clinical trials and marketing.
 
We cannot assure that we will be able to successfully increase the manufacturing capacity or scale-up manufacturing volume per batch, whether on our own or in reliance on third-party manufacturers, for any of our product candidates in a timely or economical manner, or at all.  To date our product candidates have been manufactured exclusively by third parties in small quantities for preclinical studies and clinical trials.  Future clinical trials of our product candidates, if any, will require increased quantities for future commercial sale in the event that such product candidates are approved by the FDA or foreign regulatory bodies.  Significant scale-up of manufacturing requires certain additional developmental work, which the FDA must review and approve to assure product comparability.  If we or our third-party manufacturers are unable to successfully increase the manufacturing capacity for a product candidate, the regulatory approval or commercial launch of that product candidate may be delayed or there may be a shortage in supply of that product candidate.
 
Our product candidates require precise, high-quality manufacturing which may not be available at acceptable costs.
 
Androxal® and Proellex® are novel compounds that have never been produced in large scale.  As in the development of any new compound, there are underlying risks associated with their manufacture.  These risks include, but are not limited to, cost, process scale-up, process reproducibility, construction of a suitable process plant, timely availability of raw materials, as well as regulatory issues associated with the manufacture of an active pharmaceutical agent.  Any of these risks may prevent us from successfully developing Androxal® or Proellex®.  Our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers to achieve and maintain these high manufacturing standards, including the incidence of manufacturing errors and reliable product packaging for diverse environmental conditions, could result in patient injury or death, product recalls or withdrawals, delays or failures in product testing or delivery, cost overruns or other problems that could seriously hurt our business.
 
We may experience delays in the development of our product candidates if the third-party manufacturers of our product candidates cannot meet FDA requirements relating to Good Manufacturing Practices.
 
Our third-party manufacturers are required to produce our product candidates under FDA current Good Manufacturing Practices in order to meet acceptable standards for our clinical trials.  If such standards change, the ability of third-party manufacturers to produce our product candidates on the schedule we require for our clinical trials may be affected.  In addition, third-party manufacturers may not perform their obligations under their agreements with us or may discontinue their business before the time required by us to gain approval for or commercialize our product candidates.  Any difficulties or delays in the manufacturing and supply of our product candidates could increase our costs or cause us to lose revenue or postpone or cancel clinical trials.
 
The FDA also requires that we demonstrate structural and functional comparability between the same drug product produced by different third-party manufacturers.  Because we may use multiple sources to manufacture Androxal® and Proellex®, we may need to conduct comparability studies to assess whether manufacturing changes have affected the product safety, identity, purity or potency of any commercial product candidate compared to the product candidate used in clinical trials.  If we are unable to demonstrate comparability, the FDA could require us to conduct additional clinical trials, which would be expensive and significantly delay commercialization of our product candidates.
 
Risks Relating to Product Commercialization
 
If commercialized, our product candidates may not be approved for sufficient governmental or third-party reimbursements, which would adversely affect our ability to market our product candidates.
 
In the United States and elsewhere, sales of pharmaceutical products depend in significant part on the availability of reimbursement to the consumer from third-party payers, such as government and private insurance plans.  Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products and services.  It will be time consuming and expensive for us to go through the process of seeking reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare and private payers for Proellex® and Androxal®.  Our products may not be considered cost effective, and coverage and reimbursement may not be available or sufficient to allow us to sell our products on a competitive and profitable basis.  The passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 imposes requirements for the distribution and pricing of prescription drugs, which may negatively affect the marketing of our potential products.
 
 
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If we successfully develop products but those products do not achieve and maintain market acceptance, our business will not be profitable.
 
Even if our product candidates are approved for commercial sale by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, the degree of market acceptance of any approved product by physicians, healthcare professionals and third-party payers and our profitability and growth will depend on a number of factors, including:
 
 
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relative convenience and ease of administration;

 
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the prevalence and severity of any adverse side effects;

 
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availability, effectiveness and cost of alternative treatments;

 
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pricing and cost effectiveness of our drugs;

 
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effectiveness of our or collaborators’ sales and marketing strategies; and

 
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our ability to obtain sufficient third-party insurance coverage or reimbursement.
 
If Androxal® does not provide a treatment regime that is more beneficial than AndroGel®, the current standard of care for the treatment of testosterone deficiency, or otherwise provide patient benefit, it likely will not be accepted favorably by the market. If any products we may develop do not achieve market acceptance, then we will not generate sufficient revenue to achieve or maintain profitability.
 
In addition, even if our products achieve market acceptance, we may not be able to maintain that market acceptance over time if:
 
 
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new products or technologies are introduced that are more favorably received than our products, are more cost effective or render our products obsolete;

 
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unforeseen complications arise with respect to use of our products; or

 
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sufficient third-party insurance coverage or reimbursement does not remain available.
 
In many foreign markets, including the countries in the European Union, pricing of pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the United States, there have been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental pricing control. While we cannot predict whether such legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the adoption of such proposals could have a material adverse effect on our profitability.

Our liability insurance may neither provide adequate coverage nor may it always be available on favorable terms or at all.
 
Neither Androxal® nor Proellex® has been approved for commercial sale.  However, the current and future use of our product candidates by us and potential corporate collaborators in clinical trials, and the sale of any approved products in the future, may expose us to liability claims.  These claims might be made directly by consumers or healthcare providers or indirectly by pharmaceutical companies, potential corporate collaborators or others selling such products.  We may experience financial losses in the future due to product liability claims.  We have obtained limited general commercial liability insurance coverage for our clinical trials.  We intend to expand our insurance coverage to include the sale of commercial products if we obtain marketing approval for any of our product candidates.  However, we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses.  If a successful product liability claim or series of claims is brought against us for uninsured liabilities or for liabilities in excess of our insurance limits, our assets may not be sufficient to cover such claims and our business operations could be impaired.
 
 
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We face significant competition from many companies with substantially greater resources than we have and other possible advantages.
 
We are engaged in biopharmaceutical product development, an industry that is characterized by extensive research efforts and rapid technological progress.  The biopharmaceutical industry is also highly competitive.  Our success will depend on our ability to acquire, develop and commercialize products and our ability to establish and maintain markets for any products for which we receive marketing approval.  Potential competitors in North America, Europe and elsewhere include major pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology firms, universities and other research institutions and government agencies. Many of our competitors have substantially greater research and development and regulatory capabilities and experience, and substantially greater management, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and financial resources, than we do.  Accordingly, our competitors may:
 
 
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develop or license products or other novel technologies that are more effective, safer or less costly than the product candidates that we are developing;

 
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obtain regulatory approval for products before we do; or

 
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commit more resources than we can to developing, marketing and selling competing products.
 
Our main competitors for the treatment of testosterone deficiency are the testosterone replacement therapies currently being marketed.  The current standard of care is AndroGel®, a topical gel for the replacement of testosterone developed by Solvay Pharmaceuticals (which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories).  Abbott is a much larger company than we are, with greater resources and marketing ability.  Androxal® would also compete with other forms of testosterone replacement therapies such as oral treatments, patches, injectables and a tablet applied to the upper gum.  There is another topical gel currently marketed by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals called Testim®, and a transdermal patch marketed by Watson Pharmaceuticals called AndroDerm®.  Eli Lilly and Company also entered into a licensing agreement with a third party for a late stage topical testosterone treatment called Axiron®, which has recently become available in pharmacies.  There can be no assurance that our product candidates will be more successful than competitive products.  In addition, other potential competitors may be developing testosterone therapies similar to ours.
 
The main therapeutic products competitive with Proellex® for the treatment of uterine fibroids and endometriosis are GnRH agonists, including Lupron® and the use of approved progestin-based contraceptives for the treatment of endometriosis.  In addition, surgical treatment of both uterine fibroids and endometriosis would compete with Proellex®, if approved, by removing uterine fibroids and by removing misplaced tissue in women with endometriosis.  Furthermore, Abbott has recently licensed a Phase 3–ready molecule from Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. for the treatment of endometriosis.  Gedeon Richter and Watson Pharmaceuticals have also entered into an exclusive license agreement to develop and market Esmya™ (an orally active selective progesterone receptor modulator) in the U.S. and Canada.
 
Risks Relating to Our Intellectual Property
 
There is a third party individual patent holder that claims priority over our patent application for Androxal®.
 
A third party individual holds two issued patents related to the use of an anti-estrogen such as clomiphene citrate and others for use in the treatment of androgen deficiency and disorders related thereto.  We have requested that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) re-examine one of these patents based on prior art.  The third party amended the claims in the re-examination proceedings, which led the PTO to determine that the amended claims are patentable in view of those publications under consideration and a re-examination certificate was issued.  However, we believe that the amended claims are invalid based on additional prior art publications, and we filed a second request for re-examination by the PTO in light of a number of these additional publications and other publications cited by the PTO.  The request was granted and all of the claims were finally rejected by the PTO in the re-examination.  The patent holder appealed the rejections to the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“the PTO Board”) which affirmed the rejection of all of the claims.  The patent holder subsequently filed a request for rehearing, which led the PTO Board to reverse the rejections of several dependent claims in view of those publications under consideration.  The patent holder filed a Notice of Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 28, 2010 contesting the rejections maintained by the PTO Board.  Oral argument before the Federal Circuit was held on November 7, 2011.  A decision is pending.  We also believe that the second of these two patents is invalid in view of published prior art not considered by the PTO.  Nevertheless, there is no assurance that either patent will ultimately be found invalid over the prior art. If such patents are not invalidated by the PTO we may be required to obtain a license from the holder of such patents in order to develop Androxal® further or attempts may be made to undertake further legal action to invalidate such patents.  If such licenses were not available on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not be able to successfully commercialize or out-license Androxal®.

We licensed our rights to Proellex® from NIH and our inability to fulfill our commitments and obligations under such license may result in forfeiture of our rights.
 
Our rights to Proellex® are licensed exclusively to us from NIH under a license agreement.  This license agreement contains numerous detailed performance obligations, with time sensitive dates for compliance, relating to clinical development and commercialization activities required by us or our designated third-party providers, as well as additional financial milestones and royalties.  Failure to achieve the benchmarks specified in the commercial development plan attached to the license agreement or meet payment obligations could result in termination of the license agreement and the loss of our rights to develop and commercialize Proellex®.  We periodically update the commercial development plan as such plans evolve.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to meet any or all of the performance objectives in the future on a timely basis or at all, or that, if we fail to meet any of such objectives, NIH will agree to revised objectives.  NIH also has the ability to terminate the agreement for an uncured material breach of the agreement, if we do not keep Proellex® reasonably available to the public after commercial launch or if we cannot reasonably satisfy unmet health and safety needs, among other reasons.
 
 
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We cannot assure you that our manufacture, use or sale of our product candidates will not infringe on the patent rights of others.
 
There can be no assurance that the manufacture, use or sale of any of our product candidates will not infringe the patent rights of others.  We may be unable to avoid infringement of the patent rights of others and may be required to seek a license, defend an infringement action or challenge the validity of the patents in court.  There can be no assurance that a license to the allegedly infringed patents will be available to us on terms and conditions acceptable to us, if at all, or that we will prevail in any patent litigation.  Patent litigation is extremely costly and time-consuming, and there can be no assurance that we will have sufficient resources to defend any possible litigation related to such infringement.  If we do not obtain a license on acceptable terms under such patents, or are found liable for infringement, or are not able to have such patents declared invalid, we may be liable for significant money damages, may encounter significant delays in bringing our product candidates to market, or may be precluded from participating in the manufacture, use or sale of any such product candidates, any of which would materially and adversely affect our business.
 
A dispute regarding the infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary rights or the proprietary rights of others could be costly and result in delays in our research and development activities.
 
Our commercial success depends upon our ability to develop and manufacture our product candidates and market and sell drugs, if any, and conduct our research and development activities without infringing or misappropriating the proprietary rights of others.  We may be exposed to future litigation by others based on claims that our product candidates, technologies or activities infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Numerous United States and foreign issued patents and pending patent applications owned by others also exist in the therapeutic areas in, and for the therapeutic targets for, which we are developing drugs.  These could materially affect our ability to develop our product candidates or sell drugs, and our activities, or those of our licensor or future collaborators, could be determined to infringe these patents.  Because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be currently pending applications, unknown to us, which may later result in issued patents that our drug candidates or technologies may infringe.  There also may be existing patents, of which we are not aware, that our product candidates or technologies may infringe. Further, there may be issued patents and pending patent applications in fields relevant to our business, of which we are or may become aware, that we believe we do not infringe or that we believe are invalid or relate to immaterial portions of our overall drug discovery and development efforts.  We cannot assure you that others holding any of these patents or patent applications will not assert infringement claims against us for damages or seeking to enjoin our activities.  We also cannot assure you that, in the event of litigation, we will be able to successfully assert any belief we may have as to non-infringement, invalidity or immateriality, or that any infringement claims will be resolved in our favor.
 
In addition, others may infringe or misappropriate our proprietary rights, and we may have to institute costly legal action to protect our intellectual property rights.  We may not be able to afford the costs of enforcing or defending our intellectual property rights against others.  There could also be significant litigation and other administrative proceedings in our industry that affect us regarding patent and other intellectual property rights.  Any legal action or administrative action against us, or our collaborators, claiming damages or seeking to enjoin commercial activities relating to our drug discovery and development programs could:
 
 
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require us, or potential collaborators, to obtain a license to continue to use, manufacture or market the affected drugs, methods or processes, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all;

 
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prevent us from importing, making, using, selling or offering to sell the subject matter claimed in patents held by others and subject to potential liability for damages; or

 
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consume a substantial portion of our managerial, scientific and financial resources; or be costly, regardless of the outcome.
 
Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of pre-trial documents and witness discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation.  In addition, during the course of this kind of litigation, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments.  If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock.
 
 
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We face substantial uncertainty in our ability to protect our patents and proprietary technology.
 
Our ability to commercialize our products will depend, in part, on our or our licensor’s ability to obtain patents, to enforce those patents and preserve trade secrets, and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of others.  The patent positions of biopharmaceutical companies are highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions.  There can be no assurance that:
 
 
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Patent applications for and relating to our products candidates, Androxal® and Proellex®, will result in issued patents;

 
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Patent protection will be secured for any particular technology;

 
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Any patents that have been or may be issued to us, such as our issued patents and/or pending patent applications relating to Proellex® or Androxal®, or any patents that have been or may be issued to our licensor, such as the patent(s) and application(s) underlying our Proellex® compound, when issued, will be valid and enforceable;

 
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any patents will provide meaningful protection to us;

 
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others will not be able to design around the patents; or

 
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our patents will provide a competitive advantage or have commercial application.
 
The failure to obtain and maintain adequate patent protection would have a material adverse effect on us and may adversely affect our ability to enter into, or affect the terms of, any arrangement for the marketing of any product.
 
We cannot assure that our patents will not be challenged by others.
 
There can be no assurance that patents owned by or licensed to us will not be challenged by others.  We could incur substantial costs in proceedings, including interference proceedings before the PTO and comparable proceedings before similar agencies in other countries in connection with any claims that may arise in the future.  These proceedings could result in adverse decisions about the patentability of our or our licensor’s inventions and products, as well as about the enforceability, validity or scope of protection afforded by the patents.  Any adverse decisions about the patentability of our product candidates could cause us to either lose rights to develop and commercialize our product candidates or to license such rights at substantial cost to us.  In addition, even if we were successful in such proceedings, the cost and delay of such proceedings would most likely have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information, may not adequately protect our intellectual property, and will not prevent third parties from independently discovering technology similar to or in competition with our intellectual property.
 
We rely on trade secrets and other unpatented proprietary information in our product development activities.  To the extent we rely on trade secrets and unpatented know-how to maintain our competitive technological position, there can be no assurance that others may not independently develop the same or similar technologies.  We seek to protect trade secrets and proprietary knowledge, in part, through confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, advisors, collaborators and contractors.  Nevertheless, these agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of our confidential information and may not provide us with an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of such information.  If our employees, scientific consultants, advisors, collaborators or contractors develop inventions or processes independently that may be applicable to our technologies, product candidates or products, disputes may arise about ownership of proprietary rights to those inventions and processes.  Such inventions and processes will not necessarily become our property, but may remain the property of those persons or their employers.  Protracted and costly litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights.  If we fail to obtain or maintain trade secret protection for any reason, the competition we face could increase, reducing our potential revenues and adversely affecting our ability to attain or maintain profitability.
 
We cannot protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
 
Filing, prosecuting, and defending patents on all of our drug discovery technologies and all of our potential drug candidates throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive.  Competitors may use our technologies to develop their own drugs in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection.  These drugs may compete with our drugs, if any, and may not be covered by any of our patent claims or other intellectual property rights.  The laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, and many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending such rights in foreign jurisdictions.  Many countries, including certain countries in Europe, have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties (for example, the patent owner has failed to “work” the invention in that country or the third party has patented improvements).  In addition, many countries limit the enforceability of patents against government agencies or government contractors.  In these countries, the patent owner may have limited remedies, which could materially diminish the value of the patent.  Compulsory licensing of life-saving drugs is also becoming increasingly popular in developing countries either through direct legislation or international initiatives.  Such compulsory licenses could be extended to include some of our drug candidates, which could limit our potential revenue opportunities.  Moreover, the legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the aggressive enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection, particularly those relating to biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals, which makes it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents.  Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial cost and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business.
 
 
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Risks Related to this Offering and our Common Stock
 
We will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering, and we may not use the proceeds effectively.
 
We will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering and could allocate the net proceeds in ways that do not improve our results of operations or enhance the value of our common stock.  Our failure to apply these funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, delay the development of our product candidates and cause the price of our common stock to decline.
 
Purchasers in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.
 
As of September 30, 2011, we had a net tangible book value of $5.2 million, which yields a net tangible book value of approximately $0.42 per share of common stock, assuming no exercise of any warrants or options.  The net tangible book value per share is less than the current market price per share.  If you pay more than the net tangible book value per share for common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate dilution.  See the section titled “Dilution” on page 23 of this prospectus.  The exercise of outstanding options and warrants will result in further dilution in your investment.  In addition, if we issue additional equity securities in the future, the newly issued securities may further dilute your ownership interest.
 
The trading price of our common stock has been volatile and is likely to be volatile in the future.
 
The trading price of our common stock has been highly volatile. Since January 1, 2009 through December 15, 2011, the sale price of our stock price has fluctuated from a low of $1.11 to a high of $55.76. The market price for our common stock will be affected by a number of factors, including:
 
 
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the denial or delay of regulatory clearances or approvals of our drug candidates or receipt of regulatory approval of competing products;

 
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our ability to accomplish clinical, regulatory and other product development milestones;

 
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the ability of our product candidates, if they receive regulatory approval, to achieve market success;

 
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the performance of third-party manufacturers and suppliers;

 
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actual or anticipated variations in our results of operations or those of our competitors;

 
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developments with respect to patents and other intellectual property rights;

 
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sales of common stock or other securities by us or our stockholders in the future;

 
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additions or departures of key scientific or management personnel;

 
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disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our products;

 
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trading volume of our common stock;

 
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investor perceptions about us and our industry;

 
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public reaction to our press releases, other public announcements and SEC and other filings;
 
 
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the failure of analysts to cover our common stock, or changes in analysts’ estimates or recommendations;

 
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the failure by us or our competitors to meet analysts’ projections or guidance;

 
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general market conditions and other factors unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors; and

 
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the other factors described elsewhere in these “Risk Factors.”
 
The stock prices of many companies in the biotechnology industry have experienced wide fluctuations that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. Following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation often has been initiated against a company.  If any class action litigation is initiated against us, we may incur substantial costs and our management’s attention may be diverted from our operations, which could significantly harm our business.
 
Our inability to comply with the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market could result in our common stock being delisted, which could affect its market price and liquidity and reduce our ability to raise capital.
 
We are required to meet certain qualitative and financial tests (including a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share for our common stock) to maintain the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If we do not maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market within specified periods and subject to permitted extensions, our common stock may be recommended for delisting (subject to any appeal we would file). If our common stock were delisted, it could be more difficult to buy or sell our common stock and to obtain accurate quotations, and the price of our common stock could suffer a material decline. Delisting would also impair our ability to raise capital.
 
 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Some of the statements contained in this prospectus or incorporated herein by reference are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “should,” “predict,” “future,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “expect,” “potential,” “continue,” or “opportunity,” or the negative thereof, or other words and terms of similar meaning, as they relate to us, our business, prospects, future financial or operating performance or our management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  While forward-looking statements made by us are based on our current intent, belief, judgment, assumptions, estimates and projections and are believed by us to be reasonable, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control.  These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results, performance or achievements to vary materially from the forward-looking statements, including the following risks and uncertainties:
 
 
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our ability to continue as a going concern and to raise additional capital, as necessary, on acceptable terms or at all;

 
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having available funding for the continued development of Proellex® and Androxal®;

 
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the success of the clinical trials for Proellex® and Androxal®;

 
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the removal of the current partial clinical hold on further clinical trials for Proellex® by the FDA and the reestablishment of safe dosing in clinical trials for Proellex®;

 
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changes in regulations and the adoption of new regulations;

 
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delays in conducting or completing clinical trials and the results of our clinical trials;

 
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uncertainty related to our ability to obtain approval of our products by the FDA and regulatory bodies in other jurisdictions;

 
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uncertainty relating to certain of our patents, future patent and other intellectual property infringement claims by third parties and our inability to protect our intellectual property;

 
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market acceptance of our products and the estimated potential size of these markets;

 
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dependence on third parties for clinical development and manufacturing;

 
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dependence on a limited number of key employees;

 
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competition and risk of competitive new products;

 
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volatility in the value of our common stock;

 
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volatility in the financial markets generally; and

 
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the other risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this prospectus.
 
You should consider the risks above carefully in addition to other information contained in this prospectus before purchasing our common stock. If any of these risks occur, they could seriously harm our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
 
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors will emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Past financial or operating performance is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance and you should not use our historical performance to anticipate results or future period trends.

Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
 
 
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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We expect to receive approximately $       million in net proceeds from the sale of the          shares of common stock offered by us in this offering  based on the offering price of $        per share, or approximately $      if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment in full based on the offering price of $     per share.  “Net proceeds” is what we expect to receive after paying the expenses of this offering, including the underwriting discounts and commissions as described in “Underwriting” and other estimated offering expenses payable by us, which include legal, accounting and printing fees.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including continuing our clinical trials for Androxal® and Proellex®.  We have not yet determined with certainty the manner in which we will allocate the net proceeds; however, we currently anticipate using:
 
 
§
approximately $8 million to complete a Phase 3 secondary hypogonadism trial for Androxal®;

 
§
approximately $1.5 million to complete a Phase 1/2 vaginal administration trial for Proellex® for uterine fibroids; and

 
§
approximately $6 million to complete a first Phase 3 trial for each indication for Proellex®.
 
The amounts described above are only an estimate of the expenses we currently anticipate will be necessary to complete each trial.  Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the proceeds of this offering.
 
Until we use the net proceeds of this offering, we intend to invest the funds in short-term, investment grade, interest-bearing securities.
 
 
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CAPITALIZATION
 
The following table presents a summary of our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2011:
 
 
§
on an actual basis; and

 
§
on an as adjusted basis, giving effect to the sale of           shares of common stock to be sold in this offering at a public offering price of $     per share, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
 
You should read the following table in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and the historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
   
As of September 30, 2011
(unaudited and in thousands except share and
per share amounts)
 
   
Actual
   
As Adjusted
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
7,070
   
$
   
                 
Stockholders’ equity
               
Undesignated preferred stock, $.001 par value: 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
               
                 
Common stock ((i) Actual: 75,000,000 shares authorized, par value $0.001; 12,430,042 shares issued and 12,317,692 shares outstanding and (ii) As Adjusted: 75,000,000 shares authorized, par value $0.001;          shares issued and outstanding)
 
$
12
   
$
   
Additional paid-in capital/warrants
   
196,945
         
Cost of treasury stock, 112,350 shares
   
(1,380
)
       
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
   
(189,003
)
       
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
 
$
6,574
   
$
   
                 
Total capitalization
 
$
6,574
   
$
   
                 
The number of shares in the table above excludes as of September 30, 2011:
 
 
·
1,821,025 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $7.03 per share;

 
·
755,841 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our stock option plans;

 
·
3,439,770 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of our warrants, 1,690,500 of which are exercisable for $2.49 per share and 1,749,270 of which are exercisable for $0.01 per share; and

 
·
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.
 
 
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MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
 
Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “RPRX”. The following table shows the high and low sale prices per share of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market during the periods presented.  Prices per share of our common stock have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-4 reverse split of our common stock that was effected on October 14, 2010.
 
   
Price Range
 
   
High
   
Low
 
2009
               
First Quarter
 
$
55.76
   
$
23.36
 
Second Quarter
   
33.20
     
22.80
 
Third Quarter
   
24.04
     
2.60
 
Fourth Quarter
   
9.92
     
2.56
 
                 
2010
               
First Quarter
 
$
4.88
   
$
2.52
 
Second Quarter
   
4.52
     
1.44
 
Third Quarter
   
2.68
     
1.12
 
Fourth Quarter
   
4.56
     
1.11
 
                 
2011
               
First Quarter
 
$
6.85
   
$
2.37
 
Second Quarter
   
6.49
     
4.52
 
Third Quarter
   
6.74
     
3.70
 
Fourth Quarter (October 1st through December 15th)
   
5.48
     
3.34
 

All of the foregoing prices reflect interdealer quotations, without retail mark-up, markdowns or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions in the common stock.
 
On December 15, 2011, the last sale price of our common stock, as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market, was $4.80 per share.  On September 30, 2011, there were approximately 160 holders of record and approximately 3,300 beneficial holders of our common stock.
 
Dividend Policy
 
General
 
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock.  We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, for use in our business and therefore do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.  Payment of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs.
 
Rights Plan
 
We are party to a rights agreement, as amended, pursuant to which a dividend consisting of one preferred stock purchase right was distributed for each share of our common stock held as of the close of business on September 13, 1999, and to each share of common stock issued thereafter until the earlier of (i) the distribution date which is defined in the rights plan, (ii) the redemption date which is defined in the rights plan or (iii) September 13, 2015.  The rights plan is designed to deter coercive takeover tactics and to prevent an acquirer from gaining control of us without offering fair value to our stockholders. The rights will expire on September 13, 2015, subject to earlier redemption or exchange as provided in the rights plan. Each right entitles its holder to purchase from us one one-hundredth of a share of a new series of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock at a price of $20.00 per one one-hundredth of a share, subject to adjustment. The rights are generally exercisable only if a person acquires beneficial ownership of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock.
 
A complete description of the rights, the rights plan with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent, and the Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock is hereby incorporated by reference from the information appearing under the caption "Item 1. Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered" contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 3, 1999, and as amended by amendments to such Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on September 11, 2002, October 31, 2002, June 30, 2005, January 10, 2008, October 10, 2008 and September 9, 2010.
 
 
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DILUTION
 
Our unaudited net tangible book value as of September 30, 2011 was approximately $5.2 million, or approximately $0.42 per share of common stock.  Net tangible book value per share represents total assets minus capitalized patent costs and total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding.  Dilution in net tangible book value per share represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of common stock in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after the offering.
 
After giving effect to the sale of          shares of common stock to be sold  in this offering at the offering price of $        per share, and after deduction of estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2011 would have been approximately $         million, or $        per share.  The adjustments made to determine pro forma net tangible book value per share are the following:
 
 
§
An increase in total assets to reflect the net proceeds of the offering as described under “Use of Proceeds”; and

 
§
The addition of the number of shares of common stock offered under this prospectus to the number of shares outstanding.
 
The following table illustrates the pro forma increase in net tangible book value attributable to existing stockholders of $       per share and the dilution (the difference between the offering price per share and net tangible book value per share) to new investors:
 
Offering price per share
  $    
Increase in net tangible book value attributable to this offering
       
Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2011, after giving effect to this offering
       
Dilution per share to new investors of this offering
  $    
         
The number of shares in the table above excludes as of September 30, 2011:
 
 
·
1,821,025 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $7.03 per share;

 
·
755,841 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our stock option plans;

 
·
3,439,770 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of our warrants, 1,690,500 of which are exercisable for $2.49 per share and 1,749,270 of which are exercisable for $0.01 per share; and

 
·
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.
 
 
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BUSINESS
 
Overview
 
Repros Therapeutics was organized on August 20, 1987.  We are a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new drugs to treat hormonal and reproductive system disorders.  Both of our product candidates have exhibited strong efficacy results in every study completed to date, and we believe the studies presently underway or scheduled to start shortly will place both programs on a clear late stage clinical development path.

We are developing Androxal®, an oral therapy that normalizes testicular function, for the treatment of low testosterone due to secondary hypogonadism. Secondary hypogonadism is associated with obesity and we believe it is among the most common causes of low testosterone in men. It is estimated that 13 million men in the U.S. experience low levels of testosterone, and the condition is becoming recognized with more frequency.  In 2010, for the first time, sales of preparations for the treatment of low testosterone exceeded $1 billion in the U.S. and first tier pharmaceutical companies have entered the low testosterone marketplace.

The Company believes Androxal® is highly differentiated from currently marketed testosterone treatments or those treatments in late stage development because it is an oral therapy and it treats the cause of secondary hypogonadism, which is inadequate pituitary hormones.  We believe that by treating the cause of secondary hypogonadism Androxal® also has the potential to maintain reproductive status and potentially improve overall metabolic profiles, which we believe may improve the condition of men suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
 
We are currently conducting a Phase 2B study of Androxal® in men with secondary hypogonadism, but naïve to testosterone treatment, at the FDA’s recommendation.  Enrollment is completed, and we expect to have the study completed by the end of 2011, and then plan to proceed with Phase 3 studies conducted under a SPA.

The Company is also currently conducting a Phase 2 study of the use of Androxal® as a treatment for improving glycemic control in hypogonadal men with Type 2 diabetes.  On December 12, 2011, the Company announced that top line results of this study yielded statistically significant and clinically relevant reductions in glycosylated hemoglobin (“HbA1c”) in men achieving morning testosterone levels greater than 450ng/dl after three months of treatment.  Retrospective analysis of completed Androxal® studies showed that Androxal® improved fasting plasma glucose levels in men with Type 2 diabetes, an improvement not seen in similar subjects using a topical testosterone or placebo. The Company believes this effect is directly related to Androxal®’s ability to normalize the hypothalamic-pituitary-testes pathway and organ function.

We are also developing Proellex®, an orally administered selective blocker of the progesterone receptor in women, for the treatment of uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Uterine fibroids and endometriosis affect millions of women of reproductive age.  Proellex® had shown statistically significant results in previous Phase 2 studies for endometriosis and uterine fibroids.  The Company is currently conducting a low dose escalating study as permitted by the FDA, which is intended to determine both signals of efficacy and safety for low oral doses of the drug.   The Company has recently commenced the last cohort (i.e. 12mg) of this low dose study, which the Company anticipates will be completed by the end of 2011.
 
            As of September 30, 2011, we had accumulated losses of $189.0 million, approximately $7.1 million in cash and cash equivalents, and our accounts payable and accrued expenses were approximately $2.0 million.  Assuming successful completion of this offering, we believe we will have sufficient funding to complete all of the Phase 2, 2B and 3 clinical trials either currently underway or planned; however, significant additional capital will be required for us to complete development of either of our product candidates. We continue to explore potential additional financing alternatives (including corporate partnering opportunities) that would provide sufficient funds to enable us to continue to develop our two product candidates through completion of the outlined clinical trials; however, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising any such additional funds on a timely basis or at all.  The foregoing matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
 
Androxal®
 
Product Overview
 
Our primary product candidate, Androxal®, is a single isomer of clomiphene citrate and is an orally active proprietary small molecule compound. We are developing Androxal® for men of reproductive age with low testosterone levels.  Androxal® treats the underlying mechanism that causes secondary hypogonadism and restores normal testicular function. Unlike testosterone replacement which suppresses testicular function, Androxal® does not impair the reproductive status of men being treated for low testosterone. In addition, we are conducting a Phase 2 clinical trial of Androxal® as a potential treatment for improving glycemic control in hypogonadal men with Type 2 diabetes.

 
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Testosterone is an important male hormone. Testosterone deficiency in men is linked to several negative physical and mental conditions, including loss of muscle tone, reduced sexual desire, and deterioration of memory and certain other cognitive functions. Testosterone production normally decreases as men age, and this decline can be accelerated by obesity, sometimes leading to testosterone deficiency. The leading therapy for low testosterone is AndroGel®, a commercially available testosterone replacement cream marketed by Abbott Laboratories for the treatment of low testosterone, which we believe has had and continues to have significant sales in North America.
 
Based on our own clinical trial screening data, we believe over 70% of men that have low testosterone suffer from secondary hypogonadism, a pituitary defect which is characterized by suboptimal levels of LH (luteinizing hormone) and FSH (follicle stimulating hormone). LH and FSH are the pituitary hormones that stimulate testicular testosterone and sperm production, respectively. Men with secondary hypogonadism can be readily distinguished from those that have primary testicular failure via assessment of the levels of secretions of pituitary hormones, as men with primary testicular failure experience elevated secretions of pituitary hormones. In secondary hypogonadism, the low levels of LH and FSH fail to provide adequate hormone signaling to the testes, causing testosterone levels to drop to a level where we believe pituitary secretions fall under the influence of estrogen, which is enhanced in obese men, thus further suppressing the testicular stimulation from the pituitary.
 
Androxal® acts centrally to restore testicular function and hence normal testosterone in the body.  The administration of exogenous testosterone can restore serum testosterone levels, but does not restore testicular function and thereby generally leads to the cessation of or significant reduction in sperm production. Androxal®, by contrast, restores levels of both LH and FSH, which stimulate testicular testosterone and sperm production, respectively.

We tested Androxal® in two studies designed to show that Androxal® improved testosterone levels as well as AndroGel® in men with secondary hypogonadism. These studies indicated that Androxal® had a superior ability to improve testosterone levels when compared to AndroGel®, and that the improvement was statistically significant.  In the meeting held on November 8, 2010, the FDA determined that improved testosterone levels would be sufficient to grant approval for the drug.
 
We also believe there may be an association between the restoration of normal pituitary function and improvement of metabolic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes. Research has been published which demonstrates that increased insulin resistance, a characteristic implicated in Type 2 diabetes, is associated with the onset of secondary hypogoandism.    Based on our own clinical trial screening data, we have found hypogonadism, obesity and Type 2 diabetes to be comorbid conditions in a significant number of men. A retrospective analysis of the clinical trial data from our completed Androxal® studies showed that Androxal® improved fasting plasma glucose levels in men with Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that Androxal® modifies the endocrinologic profile in terms of both hormones and certain metabolic measures. This improvement was not seen in similar subjects using a topical testosterone or placebo. In a large trial conducted by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, AndroGel® was found to have no positive effect on glycemic control in hypogonadal men who were also Type 2 diabetic regardless of how much the exogenous testosterone concentration increased.  Contrary to the results seen with exogenous testosterone, Androxal® did exhibit positive effects on glycemic control, and we believe these effects are directly related to Androxal®’s ability to normalize the hypothalamic-pituitary-testes pathway and organ function. 

Androxal® will be required to undergo the full regulatory approval process, including the current Phase 2B trial, pivotal Phase 3 trial and long-term Open Label Safety Studies as well as other requirements.  Androxal® is closely related chemically to the drug, Clomid®, which is approved for use in women to treat certain infertility disorders. Clomid® contains both the trans and cis isomers of clomiphene citrate; Androxal® contains only the trans isomer.  The FDA has indicated that testicular tumors, gynecomastia and adverse ophthalmologic events, which have been reported in males taking Clomid®, are potential risks that should be included in informed consent forms for our Androxal® clinical trials. We do not believe that Androxal® will present with the same adverse events given its reduced half-life in the human body as compared to Clomid®. In our preclinical studies and our clinical trials to date, we have observed no evidence of any of these events except for certain ophthalmologic events in our preclinical dog study at doses significantly higher than those administered in the clinical trials.
 
All clinical trial results are subject to review by the FDA, and the FDA may disagree with our conclusions about safety and efficacy. We caution that the results discussed herein are based on data from non-pivotal trials and that our current Phase 2 trials, and any necessary pivotal Phase 3 and long-term Open Label Safety Trial data, may not agree with these results, which will be based upon significantly larger and more diverse patient populations treated for longer periods of time.
 
Treatment for Secondary Hypogonadism in Men Wishing to Preserve Testicular Function (Reproductive Status)
 
On November 8, 2010, we held a Type B meeting with the FDA to discuss whether the FDA would review our protocols for a Phase 3 trial of Androxal® in men with secondary hypogonadism under an SPA.  In the meeting, the FDA recommended that a Phase 2B study in men with secondary hypogonadism but naïve to testosterone treatment be conducted if the Company desired the protocols to be reviewed under an SPA.  The FDA further opined that such Phase 2B study would provide for a more solid data base for design of Phase 3 studies and eventual approval of such studies under an SPA.  In our 24-patient Phase 2B proof-of-concept clinical trial which was initiated in the second quarter of 2008, we monitored the effects of Androxal® on male fertility and testicular function in patients being treated for low testosterone as compared to Testim®, a popular marketed topical testosterone medication. This trial showed that Androxal® was able to maintain sperm counts in men being treated for their low testosterone levels, whereas Testim® resulted in suppressed sperm levels.
 
 
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The Company’s current Phase 2B trial consists of four arms; placebo, two doses of Androxal® and topical testosterone.  At baseline the men should exhibit morning testosterone less than 250 ng/dl.  The primary endpoint will consist of total testosterone at the end of the three month study compared to baseline.  Impact on reproductive status (sperm counts) will be assessed as a safety endpoint. In a previous study, we found a statistically significant improvement in morning testosterone in a subset of men with morning testosterone less than 250 ng/dl and no deterioration of FSH in Androxal®-treated men.  However, in the men on topical testosterone, 26 out of the 41 men that completed three months of dosing exhibited FSH levels below the reference limits for the hormone, with 17 below the lower limit of detection.
 
Unlike testosterone replacement therapies, Androxal® maintains the normal daily rhythm of testosterone peaks and valleys.  We previously conducted three studies in which 24 hour testosterone levels were obtained and, unlike topical testosterone, morning testosterone was the maximum concentration observed, consistent with the normal circadian rhythm in men. We combined the three studies into one analysis, which has been submitted for FDA review.  This analysis provides evidence that one assessment of testosterone between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. correlates to the maximum value of testosterone for a given subject on a given day.  We have committed to conduct one additional 24 hour study to show that Androxal®’s action in maintaining the normal rhythm is both predictable and dose-dependent.  Enrollment is completed in this study and data is expected to be reported by year end 2011.
 
We believe the advantages of oral delivery, maintenance of testicular function and additional metabolic benefits will be important differentiating factors for Androxal®, should it be approved.  There can be no assurance, however, that we will be successful in implementing this strategy or that the FDA will approve our drug for commercial use.
 
Type 2 Diabetes
 
Our findings from a retrospective review of the clinical data from our 200 patient non-pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial showed that Androxal® therapy resulted in a significant reduction in mean fasting plasma glucose levels in men with glucose levels greater than 104 mg/dL at the outset of the trial, an outcome not seen in the placebo or AndroGel® arms of this study.  Based on these results, in April 2008, we submitted a White Paper to the Division of Reproductive and Urology Products. The data demonstrated that among subjects with a serum glucose of greater than or equal to 105 mg/dL, there was a higher response rate to treatment in the Androxal® group than the placebo or AndroGel® groups, and the reduction in fasting serum glucose in this group was statistically significant. In November 2008, after the FDA reviewed this paper we received guidance from them suggesting that we open an Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) with the Division of Metabolic and Endocrine Products (the “DMEP”) for the investigation of Androxal® as a potential treatment for Type 2 diabetes. In December 2009, we submitted an IND to DMEP for the investigation of Androxal® for such purpose. On February 1, 2010, we received confirmation from DMEP that our IND was accepted and, as a result, we have initiated our Phase 2 trial. This trial has completed enrollment of 115 men with morning testosterone levels under 300 ng/dl who also have a fasting glucose level between 125 mg and 240 mg per deciliter and glycosylated hemoglobin, or HbA1c, levels between 7% and 9.5%-levels indicative of poor glucose control.  Enrolled patients also have been on a stable dose of an oral hypoglycemic agent for at least 2 months.  The study consists of splitting the men into three arms, one placebo and two doses of Androxal®, at 12.5 and 25 mg.  We will look at changes in fasting glucose and HbA1C levels from baseline, along with changes in testosterone level.  On December 12, 2011, the Company announced that top line results of this study yield statistically significant and clinically relevant reductions in glycosylated hemoglobin (“HbA1c”) in men achieving morning testosterone levels greater than 450ng/dl after three months of treatment.
 
Proellex®
 
Product Overview
 
Proellex®, our product candidate for female reproductive health, is a new chemical entity that acts as a selective blocker of the progesterone receptor and is being developed for the treatment of symptoms associated with uterine fibroids and endometriosis. There are currently no FDA-approved orally administered drug treatments for the long-term treatment of either uterine fibroids or endometriosis. The National Uterine Fibroids Foundation estimates that 80% of all women in the U.S. have uterine fibroids, and one in four of these women have symptoms severe enough to require treatment. According to the Endometriosis Association, endometriosis affects 6.3 million women in the U.S. and Canada and millions more worldwide.
 
The current standards of care for uterine fibroids and endometriosis consist of surgery or short-term treatment with goanadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists drugs, such as Lupron®. GnRH agonists induce a low estrogen, menopausal-like state and promote bone loss and are not recommended for use for more than six months.
 
 
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We have conducted numerous studies with Proellex® enrolling over 750 women, roughly 700 of whom were dosed with the drug.  All Proellex® studies completed to date exhibited strong efficacy signals, whether in uterine fibroids or endometriosis. In a 120 patient study of Proellex® as a treatment of uterine fibroids conducted in the United States (roughly 40 subjects per arm), both a 12.5 and 25 mg dose of Proellex® were compared to placebo.  In this study each of the 12.5 and 25 mg doses achieved highly statistically significant results when compared to placebo when menstrual bleeding was assessed (p< 0.0001). The two doses also achieved highly statistically significant improvement in quality of life measures using the Uterine Fibroid Symptom Quality of Life questionnaire developed and validated by Georgetown University and used in the development of device like treatments of uterine fibroids such as uterine artery embolization. There was no statistical difference in efficacy measures between the two doses. Importantly, in the Phase 2 U.S. trial a significant percentage of women stopped menstruating. Proellex® resulted in the induction of amenorrhea (cessation of menses), which we believe is a strong surrogate signal of efficacy. Over 80% of women on both the 12.5 and 25 mg doses exhibited no menses during the three month trial, whereas all women on placebo exhibited at least one menses.

Up until the summer of 2009, all side effects exhibited in the studies were considered manageable and the benefit of Proellex® far outweighed the risk. However, in Phase 3 efficacy and larger Phase 3 safety studies in diverse populations, a small number of subjects exhibited serious adverse effects associated with elevated liver enzymes. As a result of these findings, we elected to stop the trials and the FDA subsequently placed Proellex® on full clinical hold.  All women that experienced elevated liver enzymes and returned for follow-up visits returned to baseline conditions with no overnight hospitalization necessary. An analysis of all the subjects that experienced such serious adverse effects showed that the effect only occurred in a small percentage of subjects that were exposed to the 50 mg dose of the drug for any period of time. Based on these findings, the Company petitioned the FDA to allow it to conduct a low dose study to demonstrate both safety and signals of efficacy in low oral doses of Proellex®, up to 12 mg administered per day. The FDA upgraded the full clinical hold to a partial hold to allow the low dose study to be conducted, which is currently in the last cohort (i.e. 12mg).  In addition, the Company has undertaken two related initiatives presently at the preclinical stage. The first is the exploration of vaginal delivery as an alternative administrative route to bypass first-pass liver effects and reduce systemic exposure. The second is the screening of second generation molecules that do not possess the specific structures the Company believes induced the liver toxicity exhibited at higher doses of Proellex®.
 
Low Dose Study
 
Pursuant to the terms of the partial clinical hold currently in place as a result of the liver toxicity exhibited by Proellex®, the FDA is allowing us to run a single study to test low doses of Proellex® for signals of safety and efficacy.  The new study is testing 5 different doses of Proellex® (1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 mg), with 1 mg being the first dose tested. Each dose will be compared to placebo with weekly assessments of liver function during both the placebo and drug period.  Subjects are dosed with the active drug for 10 weeks, which allows for adequate time to determine the impact of a given dose on trends in liver function. Each dose is being tested in up to 12 different subjects and assessment of pharmacokinetic parameters is being obtained at the start of dosing and the end of the dosing period to determine overall and maximum drug exposure for a given dose. We also monitored changes in menstrual bleeding patterns and ovulation as well as changes in endometrial thickness. The FDA required that an independent Drug Safety Monitoring Board be established and that the informed consent clearly state the liver toxicity previously experienced with Proellex®.
 
On September 20, 2011, we began enrolling subjects in the study of the 12mg dose.  We believe we can complete the trial by year end 2011.  To date, no women in this study have exhibited elevated liver enzymes indicative of an adverse event.  Presuming a safe and effective dose is identified and the FDA is in agreement, we plan to proceed with a Phase 3 oral efficacy trial for endometriosis in 2012 or out-license the product to a major pharmaceutical company. We believe that the evaluation of ovulation and menstrual bleeding patterns in the low dose trial will provide strong evidence for efficacy warranting further development.
 
Vaginal Administration
 
We are assessing vaginal administration of Proellex® to avoid first pass liver effects and achieve higher reproductive tract concentrations of the drug while minimizing systemic exposure. We reported results from two in vivo animal studies which confirmed reduced maximum circulating concentrations of the drug when administered vaginally, as well as efficacy signals at substantially lower doses than oral administration.  Based on the outcome of dose optimization and vaginal irritation studies and a pre-IND meeting with the FDA, we submitted to the FDA an IND for uterine fibroids in November of 2011 for an initial Phase 1/2 study. We believe that after a single Phase 1/2 study, we will be able to test the vaginal product in a pivotal Phase 3 study, assuming achievement of clinical endpoints.
 
Second Generation Compound
 
We believe we understand the cause of the liver toxicity observed at high doses in the prior Phase 3 Proellex® studies. Our hypothesis is that liver adverse events are associated with a specific part of the chemical structure of Proellex®. To that end we have synthesized new but related molecules that we believe are devoid of the specific toxicity-causing part of the chemical structure of Proellex® and initial preclinical screening has begun. If we are successful in identifying such a molecule, we believe we will be able to achieve high oral doses and systemic exposure, opening the path to aggressive anti progestin therapy for conditions such as breast cancer. We expect to have completed our screen of the new molecules by the end of 2012.
 
 
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Other Products
 
We continue limited out-licensing efforts for our phentolamine-based product candidates, including VASOMAX®, which had previously been approved for marketing in several countries in Latin America for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction under the brand name, Z-Max. VASOMAX® has been on partial clinical hold in the U.S. since 1998, and no further development activities are planned.
 
Business Strategy
 
We plan to focus our clinical program on (i) conducting a Phase 3 secondary hypogonadism trial for Androxal®, (ii) conducting a Phase 1/2 vaginal administration trial for Proellex® for uterine fibroids and (iii) conducting a first Phase 3 trial for Proellex® for each indication. We anticipate that our current liquidity along with the proceeds from this offering will be sufficient to complete all of these objectives; however, significant additional capital will be required for us to complete development of either of our product candidates. We will continue to explore corporate partnering opportunities for assistance in the clinical development funding and commercialization of our products, as appropriate; however, there can be no assurance that an acceptable corporate partnering opportunity will be successfully completed or that we will be successful in raising additional funds.
 
Research and Development
 
We have limited resources and utilize consultants and outside entities to perform clinical development and limited research activities in connection with preclinical studies and clinical trials. Our primary research and development, or R&D, expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 were for the payment for clinical sites and consultants in connection with our clinical trials of Proellex® and Androxal®.  We believe that these expenses will continue to be our primary R&D expenses in 2012.

Proellex® License Agreement with National Institutes of Health
 
In 1999, we licensed rights to Proellex® from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, under an exclusive, worldwide license in the field of treatment of human endocrinologic pathologies or conditions in steroid-sensitive tissues which expires upon the expiration of the last licensed patent, currently 2017.  This license agreement contains numerous detailed performance obligations, with time sensitive dates for compliance, relating to clinical development and commercialization activities required by us or our designated third-party providers, as well as additional financial milestones and royalties.  If we fail to achieve the benchmarks specified in the commercial development plan attached to the license agreement or meet payment obligations, NIH can terminate the license agreement and we could lose our rights to develop and commercialize Proellex®.  We and NIH periodically update the commercial development plan.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to meet any or all of the performance objectives in the future on a timely basis or at all, or that, if we fail to meet any of such objectives, NIH will agree to revised objectives.  NIH also has the ability to terminate the agreement for an uncured material breach of the agreement, if we do not keep Proellex® reasonably available to the public after commercial launch or if we cannot reasonably satisfy unmet health and safety needs, among other reasons.
 
We provide annual updates to the NIH on the progress of our development of Proellex®. Based on our interaction with the NIH to date, we believe our license and relationship with NIH are in good standing.

The NIH retains, on behalf of the government, a nonexclusive, nontransferable, worldwide license to practice the inventions licensed under the licensed patents by or on behalf of the government. For the purpose of encouraging basic research, the NIH retains the right to grant nonexclusive research licenses to third parties. Due to the work that was done on Proellex® at the NIH prior to our license agreement, the government also has certain rights to use the product in the event of a national emergency pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Laws Amendments Act of 1980, as amended.
 
Manufacturing
 
We have a supply agreement with Diagnostic Chemical Limited, doing business as BioVectra, for the supply of the bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient used in Androxal®. This agreement runs through July of 2013, subject to automatic one year renewals and the ability of either party to terminate upon 12 months prior notice.  We have obtained all of our supply of Androxal® to date from BioVectra. We have not faced any material problems with BioVectra in supplying us with necessary quantities of Androxal® for our clinical trials and anticipate utilizing them for the remainder of our clinical supply and for commercial production if Androxal® is approved for sale. Though our relationship with BioVectra remains good, we believe that alternate manufacturers capable of manufacturing Androxal® could be identified if necessary.
 
 
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Gedeon Richter was our third-party manufacturer of the active pharmaceutical ingredient for Proellex®.  Due to the clinical hold, we cancelled our development and supply contract with Gedeon Richter; however, we have a large supply of Proellex® currently available for our current and planned clinical trial efforts.  In the event we require an additional supply of Proellex®, we believe that we have maintained a good relationship with Gedeon Richter and that an agreement could be reached with Gedeon Richter to provide such supply when and if needed.
 
For the foreseeable future, we expect to continue to rely on third-party manufacturers and other third parties to produce, package and store sufficient quantities of Androxal® and Proellex®. These product candidates are complicated and expensive to manufacture. If our third-party manufacturers fail to deliver our product candidates for clinical use on a timely basis, with sufficient quality, and at commercially reasonable prices, we may be required to delay or suspend clinical trials or otherwise discontinue development and production of our product candidates. While we may be able to identify replacement third-party manufacturers or develop our own manufacturing capabilities for these product candidates, this process would likely cause a delay in the availability of our product candidates and an increase in costs. In addition, third-party manufacturers may have a limited number of facilities in which our product candidates can be produced, and any interruption of the operation of those facilities due to events such as equipment malfunction or failure or damage to the facility could result in the cancellation of shipments, loss of product in the manufacturing process or a shortfall in available product candidates.
 
Sales and Marketing
 
We have no experience in the sales, marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical products. We anticipate that we will outsource such activities to larger pharmaceutical companies, who may also conduct later stage pivotal trials of our product candidates.  These companies are more capable of distributing the products to the market place. In the normal course of business we continue to explore possible partnerships with various pharmaceutical companies. If in the future we fail to reach or elect not to enter into an arrangement with a collaborative partner with respect to the sales and marketing of any of our future potential product candidates, we would need to develop a sales and marketing organization with supporting distribution capability in order to market such products directly. Significant additional expenditures would be required for us to develop such a sales and marketing organization.
 
Patents and Proprietary Information
 
Our ability to compete effectively with other companies is materially dependent on the proprietary nature of our patents and technologies. We actively seek patent protection for our proprietary technology in the United States and abroad.
 
Under a license agreement with the National Institutes of Health, we have exclusive rights to four issued U.S. patents, which expire in 2017, two pending U.S. patent applications, and several foreign patents and pending applications made by the NIH regarding Proellex®. We also have five pending U.S. patent applications, four foreign PCT applications and 45 foreign pending patent applications that cover various formulations of Proellex® and methods for using Proellex®.

Therapeutic uses of our Androxal® product candidate are covered in the United States by four issued U.S. patents and four pending patent applications. Foreign coverage of therapeutic uses of our Androxal® product candidate includes 42 issued foreign patents and 68 foreign pending patent applications. The issued patents and pending applications relate to methods for treating certain conditions including the treatment of testosterone deficiency in men, the treatment of metabolic syndrome and conditions associated therewith, and the treatment of infertility in hypogonadal men. Androxal® (the trans-isomer of clomiphene) is purified from clomiphene citrate. A third party individual holds two issued patents related to the use of an anti-estrogen such as clomiphene citrate and others for use in the treatment of androgen deficiency and disorders related thereto. We have requested the PTO to re-examine one of these patents based on prior art. The third party amended the claims in the re-examination proceedings, which led the PTO to determine that the amended claims are patentable in view of those publications under consideration and a re-examination certificate was issued. However, we believe that the amended claims are invalid based on additional prior art publications, and we filed a second request for re-examination by the PTO in light of a number of these additional publications and other publications cited by the PTO. The request was granted and all of the claims were finally rejected by the PTO in the re-examination. The patent holder appealed the rejections to the PTO Board which affirmed the rejection of all of the claims. The patent holder subsequently filed a request for rehearing, which led the PTO Board to reverse the rejections of several dependent claims in view of those publications under consideration. The patent holder filed a Notice of Appeal to the Federal Circuit on September 28, 2010 contesting the rejections maintained by the PTO Board.  Oral argument before the Federal Circuit was held on November 7, 2011.  A decision is pending.  We also believe that the second of these two patents is invalid in view of published prior art not considered by the PTO. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that either patent will ultimately be found invalid over the prior art. If such patents are not invalidated by the PTO we may be required to obtain a license from the holder of such patents in order to develop Androxal® further or attempts may be made to undertake further legal action to invalidate such patents. If such licenses were not available on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not be able to successfully commercialize or out-license Androxal®.
 
 
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All of our employees and consultants have signed assignment of invention and confidentiality agreements, and each corporate partner we enter into discussions with or engage to assist in our clinical trials or manufacturing process is also required to execute appropriate confidentiality and assignment agreements protecting our intellectual property.
 
Competition
 
We are engaged in pharmaceutical product development, an industry that is characterized by extensive research efforts and rapid technological progress. Many established pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities and other research institutions with financial, scientific and other resources significantly greater than ours are marketing or may develop products that directly compete with any products we may develop. These entities may succeed in developing products that are safer, more effective or less costly than products we may develop. Even if we can develop products which should prove to be more effective than those developed by other companies, other companies may be more successful than us because of greater financial resources, greater experience in conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials and in obtaining regulatory approval, stronger sales and marketing efforts, earlier receipt of approval for competing products and other factors. If we commence significant commercial sales of any products, we or our collaborators may compete in areas in which we have no experience, such as manufacturing and marketing. There can be no assurance that our products, if commercialized, will be accepted and prescribed by healthcare professionals.
 
Our main competitors for the treatment of testosterone deficiency are the testosterone replacement therapies currently being marketed. The current standard of care is AndroGel®, a topical gel for the replacement of testosterone. AndroGel® is marketed by Abbott Laboratories. There is another topical gel, Testim®, currently marketed by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, and a transdermal patch, AndroDerm®, marketed by Watson Pharmaceuticals. Eli Lilly and Company also entered into a licensing agreement with a third party for a late stage topical testosterone treatment called Axiron®, which has recently become available in pharmacies. In addition, other companies such as QTRX Pharmaceuticals and Clarus Therapeutics, Inc. are developing other products that would compete with Androxal®. We believe we can compete with AndroGel® and the other replacement therapies because we believe that Androxal®, besides being the only late stage oral therapy, is the only drug in development that normalizes testicular function and may provide additional metabolic benefits. Based on our clinical trial supply cost to date, we currently expect that Androxal®, if approved, can compete favorably on a cost basis with current testosterone replacement therapies.
 
Our main competitors for the treatment of uterine fibroids and endometriosis are GnRH agonists, especially Lupron®, the current therapeutic standard of care for uterine fibroids. Lupron® is marketed by Abbott, which has far greater resources and marketing capabilities than we have. Recently Abbott has licensed a Phase 3-ready molecule from Neurocrine Biosciences for the treatment of endometriosis. Gedeon Richter and Watson Pharmaceuticals have also entered into an exclusive license agreement to develop and market Esmya™ (an orally active selective progesterone receptor modulator) in the U.S. and Canada.  In addition, surgical treatment of both uterine fibroids and endometriosis competes with Proellex® by removing uterine fibroids and by removing misplaced tissue in women with endometriosis. We believe we can potentially compete with Lupron® and other GnRH agonists because we believe that Proellex® will not present the same side effect of a decrease in bone mineral density given its specific focus on progesterone inhibition, which differentiates it from GnRH agonists that create a low estrogen state. There are additional companies developing similar progesterone-blocking technology.
 
Government Regulation
 
Our research and development activities, preclinical studies and clinical trials, and the manufacturing, marketing and labeling of any products we may develop, are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries. The U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and other federal and state statutes and regulations govern, among other things, the testing, manufacture, storage, record keeping, labeling, advertising, promotion, marketing and distribution of any products we may develop. Preclinical study and clinical trial requirements and the regulatory approval process take many years and require the expenditure of substantial resources. Additional government regulation may be established that could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates. Delays in obtaining or rejections of regulatory approvals would adversely affect our ability to commercialize any product candidate we develop and our ability to receive product revenues or to receive milestone payments or royalties from any product rights we might license to others. If regulatory approval of a product candidate is granted, the approval may include significant limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed or may be conditioned on the conduct of post-marketing surveillance studies.
 
The standard process required by the FDA before a pharmaceutical agent may be marketed in the United States includes: (1) preclinical tests; (2) submission to the FDA of an IND application which must become effective before human clinical trials may commence; (3) adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the drug for its intended application; (4) submission of a new drug application, or NDA, to the FDA; and (5) FDA approval of the NDA prior to any commercial sale or shipment of the drug.

Clinical trials typically are conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap. Phase 1 typically involves the initial introduction of the drug into human subjects. In Phase 1, the drug is tested for safety and, as appropriate, for absorption, metabolism, distribution, excretion, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Phase 2 usually involves studies in a limited patient population to evaluate preliminarily the efficacy of the drug for specific targeted indications, determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage and identify possible adverse effects and safety risks.
 
 
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Phase 3 clinical trials are undertaken to further evaluate clinical efficacy and to test further for safety within an expanded patient population at geographically dispersed clinical study sites. Phase 1, Phase 2 or Phase 3 testing may not be completed successfully within any specific time period, if at all, with respect to any products being tested by a sponsor. Furthermore, the FDA or the Investigational Review Board (the “IRB”) may suspend clinical trials at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the healthy volunteers or patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. This was evidenced when Proellex®, our product candidate for uterine fibroids and endometriosis, was placed on clinical hold by the FDA in summer 2009 due to liver toxicity data resulting from our clinical trials. Though the full clinical hold has been upgraded to a partial clinical hold, there can be no assurance that the partial hold will be lifted at any time.
 
Even if regulatory approvals for any products we may develop are obtained, we, our potential collaborators, our products, and the facilities manufacturing our products would be subject to continual review and periodic inspection. The FDA will require post-marketing reporting to monitor the safety of our products. Each drug-manufacturing establishment supplying the United States must be registered with the FDA. Manufacturing establishments are subject to periodic inspections by the FDA and must comply with the FDA’s requirements regarding current Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP. In complying with current GMP, manufacturers must expend funds, time and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full technical compliance. We do not have any drug manufacturing capabilities and must rely on outside firms for this capability. The FDA stringently applies regulatory standards for manufacturing. Identification of previously unknown problems with respect to a product, manufacturer or facility may result in restrictions on the product, manufacturer or facility, including warning letters, suspensions of regulatory approvals, operating restrictions, delays in obtaining new product approvals, withdrawal of the product from the market, product recalls, fines, injunctions and criminal prosecution.
 
Before any products we develop could be marketed outside of the United States, they would be subject to regulatory approval similar to FDA requirements in the United States, although the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country. No action can be taken to market any drug product in a country until the regulatory authorities in that country have approved an appropriate application. FDA approval does not assure approval by other regulatory authorities. The current approval process varies from country to country, and the time spent in gaining approval varies from that required for FDA approval. In some countries, the sale price of a drug product must also be approved. The pricing review period often begins after market approval is granted. Even if a foreign regulatory authority approves any products we develop, no assurance can be given that it will approve satisfactory prices for the products.
 
Our research and development involves the controlled use of hazardous materials and chemicals. Although we believe that our procedures for handling and disposing of those materials comply with state and federal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated. If such an accident occurs, we could be held liable for resulting damages, which could be material to our financial condition and business. We are also subject to numerous environmental, health and workplace safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures, exposure to blood-borne pathogens, and the handling of biohazardous materials. Additional federal, state and local laws and regulations affecting us may be adopted in the future. Any violation of, and the cost of compliance with, these laws and regulations could materially and adversely affect us.
 
Third-Party Reimbursement and Pricing Controls
 
In the United States and elsewhere, sales of pharmaceutical products depend in significant part on the availability of reimbursement to the consumer from third-party payers, such as government and private insurance plans. Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. Should any of our product candidates be approved for any commercial sales, it will be time consuming and expensive for us to go through the process of seeking reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare and private payers.
 
Our products may not be considered cost effective, and coverage and reimbursement may not be available or sufficient to allow us to sell our products on a competitive and profitable basis. The passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 imposes requirements for the distribution and pricing of prescription drugs which may affect the marketing of our products.
 
In many foreign markets, including the countries in the European Union, pricing of pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the United States, there have been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental pricing control. While we cannot predict whether such legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the adoption of such proposals could have a material adverse effect on our profitability.
 
 
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The Hatch-Waxman Act
 
Under the U.S. Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, newly approved drugs and indications benefit from a statutory period of non-patent marketing exclusivity. The Hatch-Waxman Act provides five year marketing exclusivity to the first applicant to gain approval of an NDA for a new chemical entity, or NCE, meaning that the FDA has not previously approved any other new drug containing the same active ingredient. Both of our current product candidates are considered NCEs. The Hatch-Waxman Act prohibits approval of an abbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, for a generic version of the drug during the five-year exclusivity period. Protection under the Hatch-Waxman Act will not prevent the filing or approval of another full NDA, however, the applicant would be required to conduct its own adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to demonstrate safety and effectiveness. The Hatch-Waxman Act also provides three years of marketing exclusivity for the approval of new NDAs with new clinical trials for previously approved drugs and supplemental NDAs, for example, for new indications, dosages, or strengths of an existing drug, if new clinical investigations are essential to the approval. This three year exclusivity covers only the new changes associated with the supplemental NDA and does not prohibit the FDA from approving ANDAs for drugs containing the original active ingredient or indications.

The Hatch-Waxman Act also permits a patent extension term of up to five years as compensation for patent term lost during product development and the FDA regulatory review process. However, patent extension cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years. The patent term restoration period is generally one-half the time between the effective date of an IND and the submission date of an NDA, plus time of active FDA review between the submission date of an NDA and the approval of that application. Only one patent applicable to an approved drug is eligible for the extension and it must be applied for prior to expiration of the patent and within 60 days of the approval of the NDA. The PTO, in consultation with the FDA, reviews and approves or rejects the application for patent term extension.
 
Employees and Consultants
 
Employees
 
At December 15, 2011, we had 13 full-time employees. We also utilize consultants as well as contract research organizations and other outside specialty firms for various services such as preclinical and clinical trial support, manufacturing, regulatory approval advice and accounting and human resource management. We believe our relationship with our employees is good.
 
Scientific Advisors and Consultants
 
We benefit from consultation with prominent scientists active in fields related to our technology. For this purpose, we have part-time consulting relationships with a number of scientific advisors. At our request, these advisors review the feasibility of product development programs under consideration, provide advice about advances in areas related to our technology, and aid in recruiting personnel. All of the advisors are employed by academic institutions or other entities and may have commitments to or advisory agreements with other entities that limit their availability to us. Our advisors are required to sign an agreement providing that, if appropriate, they are to disclose and assign to us any ideas, discoveries and inventions they develop in the course of providing consulting services. We also use consultants for various administrative needs. None of our advisors are otherwise affiliated with us.
 
In addition to the advisors described above, we continue to engage U.S. contract research organizations for data management for the conduct of clinical trials. Under our arrangements with these contract research organizations, we design the protocols for the clinical trials and direct the contract research organizations in their efforts. We own all of the data associated with the clinical trials.  
 
Properties
 
We lease our current property under a lease agreement that expires in June 2015.  This lease is for approximately 7,100 square feet of our laboratory and office space located in The Woodlands, Texas. We do not own or lease any other property and believe that our current facilities are sufficient for our needs for the foreseeable future.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
On March 1, 2010, we were served with a lawsuit where we were named as a co-defendant along with one of our clinical regulatory service providers (“CRO”) relating to the prior Phase 3 Proellex® clinical trial study.  The lawsuit was filed in the State of Tennessee, 30th Judicial District Chancery Court at Memphis by an investigator and claims that the CRO did not pay it amounts owing to it relating to the Proellex® study.  We did not engage the investigator and under our agreement with the CRO, we believe the CRO is responsible for any such costs or damages regarding such lawsuit.  Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release entered into in October 2009, such CRO, on behalf of itself and its agents, released us from all claims which could be asserted by them against us.  We believe such release covers the claims set forth in this lawsuit.  The CRO failed to respond to the lawsuit, and a default judgment was entered against it in the amount of $172,901.29.  We intend to vigorously defend any and all claims asserted by the investigator.  An estimate of the possible costs or expenses to defend ourselves in this matter or risk of exposure under the litigation cannot be made at this time.

See “Patents and Proprietary Information” for a description of judicial and regulatory proceedings involving patent matters.

 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
The following table presents certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of December 15, 2011 by:
 
 
§
each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock;
 
 
§
each director;
 
 
§
each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading “Executive Compensation” in our most recent annual meeting proxy statement; and
 
 
§
all directors and executive officers as a group.
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
 
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
Common Stock(1)
   
Percentage
Owned Before
Offering(2)
   
Percentage
Owned After
Offering(2)
 
                   
Katherine A. Anderson, C.P.A.
    42,877 (3)     *          
Daniel F. Cain
    68,836 (4)     *          
Jean L. Fourcroy, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
    68,486 (4)     *          
Nola E. Masterson
    71,586 (5)     *          
Joseph S. Podolski
    392,504 (6)     3.1 %  
%
 
Jaye Thompson, Ph.D.
    50,417 (7)     *          
Ronald Wiehle, Ph.D.
    110,108 (8)     *          
Dr. Michael Wyllie
    3,333 (9)     *          
                         
All directors and executive officers as a group (8 persons)
    808,147 (3)-(9)     6.2 %  
%
 
                         
QVT Financial LP
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10036
    1,200,980 (10)     9.8 %  
%
 
                         
Perceptive Advisors LLC
499 Park Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10022
    1,471,560 (11)     11.9 %  
%
 
                         
Quogue Capital LLC
1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor
New York, New York 10019
    1,166,180 (12)     9.5 %  
%
 
                         
Steven M. Oliveira
18 Fieldstone Court
New York, New York 10956
    1,315,672 (13)     10.7 %  
%
 

*
Does not exceed 1%.
 
(1)
Unless otherwise noted, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by such persons.
 
(2)
In accordance with SEC rules, each beneficial owner’s percentage ownership assumes the exercise of all options and warrants held by such person that are exercisable within 60 days after December 15, 2011.  Percentage owned after offering assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.

 
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(3)
Includes 42,502 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.
 
(4)
Includes 68,336 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.
 
(5)
Includes (i) 68,836 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options and (ii) 2,750 shares of common stock held by Science Futures LLC.  As the managing director of Science Futures LLC, Ms. Masterson may be deemed to beneficially own such shares.
 
(6)
Includes (i) 750 shares of common stock which are held by certain of Mr. Podolski’s family members and (ii) 341,559 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.  Mr. Podolski disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by his family members.
 
(7)
Includes 50,417 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.
 
(8)
Includes 104,604 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.
 
(9)
Includes 3,333 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options.

(10)
Based on a Schedule 13G dated February 14, 2011 filed with the SEC, QVT Financial LP (“QVT Financial”) has shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 1,200,980 shares.  QVT Financial is the investment manager for QVT Fund LP (the “Fund”), which beneficially owns 1,086,449 shares of common stock.  QVT Financial is also the investment manager for Quintessence Fund L.P. (“Quintessence”), which beneficially owns 114,531 shares of common stock.  QVT Financial has the power to direct the vote and disposition of the common stock held by the Fund and Quintessence.  Accordingly, QVT Financial may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate amount of 1,200,980 shares of common stock, consisting of the shares owned by the Fund and Quintessence.  QVT Financial GP LLC, as General Partner of QVT Financial, may be deemed to beneficially own the same number of shares of common stock reported by QVT Financial.  QVT Associates GP LLC, as General Partner of the Fund and Quintessence, may be deemed to beneficially own the aggregate number of shares of common stock owned by the Fund and Quintessence, and accordingly, QVT Associates GP LLC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate amount of 1,200,980 shares of common stock.

(11)
Based on a Schedule 13G dated March 10, 2011 filed with the SEC, Perceptive Advisor LLC has shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 1,471,560 shares.  Joseph Edelman is the managing member of Perceptive Advisors LLC and so may be deemed to beneficially own such shares of common stock.

(12)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A dated February 11, 2011 filed with the SEC, Quogue Capital LLC has shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 1,166,180 shares.  Wayne P. Rothbaum is the managing member of Quogue Capital LLC and so may be deemed to beneficially own such shares of common stock.  Mr. Rothbaum disclaims such beneficial ownership.

(13)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A dated April 26, 2011 filed with the SEC, Steven M. Oliveira may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 465,672 shares owned by Chardan SPAC Asset Management, LLC and 850,000 shares owned by PFSI Steven Oliveira Roth IRA, as he may direct the vote and disposition of those shares.  However, Mr. Oliveira has expressly disclaimed beneficial ownership of all shares owned by Chardan SPAC Asset Management, LLC and PFSI Steven Oliveira Roth IRA.  

 
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
Our authorized capital stock consists of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.
 
As of December 15, 2011, we had 12,317,692 outstanding shares of common stock and no outstanding shares of preferred stock.  
 
As of December 15, 2011, we had outstanding stock options to purchase 1,821,025 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.33 to $50.80.  As of December 15, 2011, we had outstanding Series A Warrants to purchase 1,749,270 shares of common stock and outstanding Series B Warrants to purchase 1,690,500 shares of common stock.
 
Common Stock
 
Subject to any special voting rights of any series of preferred stock that we may issue in the future, each share of common stock has one vote on all matters voted on by our stockholders, including the election of our directors. Because holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights, the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock can elect all of the members of the board of directors standing for election, subject to the rights, powers and preferences of any outstanding series of preferred stock.
 
No share of common stock affords any preemptive rights or is convertible, redeemable, assessable or entitled to the benefits of any sinking or repurchase fund. Holders of common stock will be entitled to dividends in the amounts and at the times declared by our board of directors in its discretion out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends.
 
Holders of common stock will share equally in our assets on liquidation after payment or provision for all liabilities and any preferential liquidation rights of any preferred stock then outstanding. All outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.
 
Preferred Stock
 
Our certificate of incorporation provides that shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Our board of directors has authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without any further vote or action by our stockholders. The rights of holders of our common stock may be subject to, and adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control and may adversely affect the voting and other rights of holders of our common stock. We have no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock after this offering.
 
Warrants
 
Series A Warrants
 
Each Series A Warrant is exercisable for one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.01 per share.  The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants are subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock.  The Series A Warrants are exercisable at any time prior to February 8, 2016.
 
If, at any time during the Series A Warrant exercisability period, the fair market value of our common stock exceeds the exercise price of the Series A Warrants, the holder may elect to effect a cashless exercise of the Series A Warrants, in whole or in part, by surrendering the Series A Warrants to us, together with delivery to us of a duly executed exercise notice, and canceling a portion of the relevant Series A Warrant in payment of the purchase price payable in respect of the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise.
 
The number of shares of common stock that may be acquired by the registered holder upon any exercise of Series A Warrants is limited to the extent necessary to ensure that, following such exercise, the total number of shares of common stock then beneficially owned by such holder and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would be aggregated with the holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act does not exceed 9.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock (including for such purpose the shares of common stock issuable upon such exercise). This restriction may be waived by such holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to us. In no event, however, may a holder exercise warrants if, following such exercise, such holder would beneficially own 20% or more of our outstanding common stock.

 
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Series B Warrants
 
Each Series B Warrant is exercisable for one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.49 per share.  The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants are subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock.  The Series B Warrants are exercisable at any time prior to February 8, 2016.
 
If, at any time during the Series B Warrant exercisability period, the fair market value of our common stock exceeds the exercise price of the Series B Warrants, the holder may elect to effect a cashless exercise of the Series B Warrants, in whole or in part, by surrendering the Series B Warrants to us, together with delivery to us of a duly executed exercise notice, and canceling a portion of the relevant Series B Warrant in payment of the purchase price payable in respect of the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise.
 
The number of shares of common stock that may be acquired by the registered holder upon any exercise of Series B Warrants is limited to the extent necessary to ensure that, following such exercise, the total number of shares of common stock then beneficially owned by such holder and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would be aggregated with the holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act does not exceed 9.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (including for such purpose the shares of common stock issuable upon such exercise) of the Company. This restriction may be waived by such holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to us. In no event, however, may a holder exercise warrants if, following such exercise, such holder would beneficially own 20% or more of our outstanding common stock.
 
In the event that our common stock trades at or above $8.00 per share for a period of at least 20 trading days over a period of 30 consecutive trading days, we will have the option to require holders of Series B Warrants to exercise the Series B Warrants for the number of shares of our common stock which such holder is able to sell to maintain such holder’s beneficial ownership below 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock.  In the event we exercise this option, holders of Series B Warrants will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to sell their shares of our common stock to the extent necessary to exercise all of their Series B Warrants.

Rights Agreement
 
Pursuant to our rights agreement we entered into in September 1999, as amended, each share of our common stock, including those being issued in this offering, has four preferred stock purchase rights attached to it. Each right entitles the holder to purchase from us one one-hundredth of a share of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock at a price of $20.00, subject to adjustment.
 
The rights will separate from our common stock and a distribution date will occur upon the earlier of (i) 10 days following the date of public announcement that a person or group of persons has become an acquiring person (defined below) or (ii) 10 business days (or such later date as may be determined by action of the board of directors prior to the time a person becomes an acquiring person) following the commencement of, or the announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer upon consummation of which the offeror would, if successful, become an acquiring person (the earlier of such dates being called the distribution date). The term “acquiring person” means any person who or which, together with all of its affiliates and associates, shall be the beneficial owner of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock.
 
The rights are not exercisable until the distribution date. The rights will expire on September 13, 2015.
 
In the event that following the date of public announcement that an acquiring person has become such, we are acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or more than 50% of our consolidated assets or earning power are sold, proper provision will be made so that each holder of a right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price of the right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company which at the time of such transaction will have a market value of two times the exercise price of the right. This is known as a flip-over right.
 
In the event that a person who is not exempt becomes an acquiring person, proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a right (other than the acquiring person and its affiliates and associates) will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise that number of shares of our common stock (or, under certain circumstances, cash, other equity securities or property) having a market value equal to two times the purchase price of the rights. This is known as a flip-in right. Upon the occurrence of the foregoing event giving rise to the exercisability of the rights, any rights that are or were at any time owned by an acquiring person shall become void.

 
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We may redeem the rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per right prior to the earlier of the expiration of the rights or their triggering; provided, that (i) if the board authorizes redemption on or after the time a person becomes an acquiring person, then such authorization must be with the approval of a majority of our directors and (ii) the period for redemption may, upon approval of a majority of our directors, be extended by amending the rights agreement.
 
The terms of the rights may be amended by the board without the consent of the holders of the rights at any time and from time to time provided that such amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the rights. In addition, during any time that the rights are subject to redemption, the terms of the rights may be amended by approval of a majority of our directors, including an amendment that adversely affects the interests of the holders of the rights, without the consent of the holders of rights.
 
A complete description of the rights, the rights agreement with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent, and the Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock is hereby incorporated by reference from the information appearing under the caption “Item 1. Description of the Registrant’s Securities to be Registered” contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 3, 1999, and as amended by amendments to such Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on September 11, 2002, October 31, 2002, June 30, 2005, January 10, 2008, October 10, 2008 and September 9, 2010.
 
Transfer Agent
 
The transfer agent for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
 
Anti-Takeover Effects of Certificate, Bylaws, Stockholder Rights Plan and Delaware Law

General

Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and stockholder rights plan contain provisions that are designed in part to make it more difficult and time-consuming for a person to obtain control of our company. The provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and stockholder rights plan reduce the vulnerability of our company to an unsolicited takeover proposal. These provisions may also have an adverse effect on the ability of stockholders to influence the governance of our company and may result in entrenchment of management. This may adversely affect the liquidity and price of our common stock in certain situations. We have summarized the material terms of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws below and the terms of our stockholder rights plan above. You may read our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and stockholder rights plan in their entirety for the full terms of the rights of holders of our common stock.

Delaware Business Combination Statute

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that, subject to specified exceptions, an “interested stockholder” of a Delaware corporation may not engage in any “business combination,” including general mergers or consolidations or acquisitions of additional shares of the corporation, with the corporation for a three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder unless:

 
before such time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 
upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an “interested stockholder,” the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or

 
on or after such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized not by written consent, but at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

Under Section 203, the restrictions described above also do not apply to specified business combinations proposed by an interested stockholder following the announcement or notification of a transaction specified in Section 203 and involving the corporation and a person who:

 
had not been an interested stockholder during the previous three years; or

 
became an interested stockholder with the approval of a majority of the corporation’s directors,

if such transaction is approved or not opposed by a majority of the directors who were directors prior to any person becoming an interested stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors.

 
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Except as otherwise specified in Section 203, an “interested stockholder” is defined to include:

 
any person that is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately before the date of determination; and

 
the affiliates and associates of any such person.

Under some circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an interested stockholder to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period.
 
Advance Notice Requirements for Director Nominations and Other Stockholder Proposals

In order to nominate a director at an annual meeting, our bylaws require that a stockholder follow certain procedures. In order to recommend a nominee for director, a stockholder must be a stockholder of record at the time the stockholder gives notice of its recommendation and the stockholder must be entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting at which such nominee will be considered. Stockholder recommendations must be made pursuant to written notice delivered to our principal executive offices no less than 50 days nor more than 75 days prior to the date of the annual or special meeting at which directors are to be elected; provided, that if less than 65 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to the stockholders, notice by the stockholder must be received at our principal executive offices not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.

The stockholder notice must set forth the following:
 
1. As to each person the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to rules promulgated under the Exchange Act;

2. The written consent to serve as a director if elected by each person nominated;

3. Name and address of the stockholder as they appear on our books; and

4. The class and number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by such stockholder.
 
In addition to complying with the foregoing procedures, any stockholder nominating a director must also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Additionally, with respect to other stockholder proposals, notice of the proposal must be received no less than 50 nor more than 75 days prior to the annual meeting at which such proposal is to be considered; provided, that if less than 65 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to the stockholders, notice by the stockholder must be received at our principal executive offices not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.

Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose may be called only by the board of directors, the chairman of the board of directors, the president of the Company or by holders of not less than 10% of the total voting power of all shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors.

Authorized But Unissued Shares

Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuances without stockholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

 
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UNDERWRITING

In accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., which we refer to as the “underwriter,” and the underwriter has agreed to purchase from us on a firm commitment basis, the number of shares of common stock offered in this offering set forth opposite its name below:
 
Underwriter
 
Number of Shares
 
       
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
       
         
Total
       
 
A copy of the underwriting agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

We have been advised by the underwriter that it proposes to offer shares directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. Any shares sold by the underwriter to securities dealers will be sold at the public offering price less a selling concession not in excess of $       per share. The underwriter may allow, and these selected dealers may re-allow, a concession of not more than $        per share to other brokers and dealers.

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriter’s obligation to purchase shares is subject to conditions contained in the underwriting agreement. The underwriter is obligated to purchase and pay for all of the shares offered by this prospectus other than those covered by the over-allotment option, if any of these securities are purchased.

No action has been taken by us or the underwriter that would permit a public offering of the shares of common stock included in this offering in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. None of our securities included in this offering may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sales of any of our common stock be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons who receive this prospectus are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to this offering of the shares of common stock and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of any offer to buy shares of common stock in any jurisdiction where that would not be permitted or legal.

The underwriter has advised us that it does not intend to confirm sales to any accounts over which it exercises discretionary authority.

Underwriting discount and expenses

The following table summarizes the underwriting discount to be paid to the underwriter by us.
 
  
 
Total, without
over-allotment
   
Total, with
over-allotment
 
             
Underwriting discount to be paid to the underwriter by us for the shares (   % of gross proceeds)
  $       $    

We also have agreed to reimburse the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the underwriter in connection with the underwriting, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses of the underwriter’s counsel retained for this purpose by the underwriter, in an amount of up to $            . The underwriter does not have any right of first refusal or any similar rights with respect to the provision of services to us in the future.

The underwriter has performed investment banking services for us for which it has received customary fees and expenses. The underwriter may, from time to time, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of its business.

Over-allotment option

We have granted to the underwriter an option, exercisable not later than 45 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to          shares at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. The underwriter may exercise the option solely to cover over-allotments, if any, made in connection with this offering. If any additional shares are purchased pursuant to the over-allotment option, the underwriter will offer these additional shares on the same terms as those on which the other shares are being offered hereby.

 
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Stabilization, short positions and penalty bids

The underwriter may engage in over-allotment, syndicate covering transactions, stabilizing transactions and penalty bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of our common stock:
 
 
·
Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriter of shares of common stock in excess of the number of shares the underwriter is obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares of common stock over-allotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares that it may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares of common stock involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriter may close out any short position by exercising its over-allotment option, in whole or in part, or purchasing shares of common stock in the open market.

 
·
Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of shares of common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares of common stock needed to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of the shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which it may purchase the shares through the over-allotment option. If the underwriter sells more shares of common stock than could be covered by the over-allotment option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

 
·
Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase shares of common stock so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specific maximum.

 
·
Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the shares of common stock originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

These syndicate covering transactions, stabilizing transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market prices of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market prices of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be effected on the Nasdaq Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or on any other trading market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

In connection with this offering, the underwriter also may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Regulation M during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of shares of our common stock in this offering and extending through the completion of the distribution.  In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for that security.  However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, that bid must then be lowered when specific purchase limits are exceeded.  Passive market making may stabilize the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
 
Neither we nor the underwriter make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of our common stock. In addition, neither we nor the underwriter make any representation that the underwriter will engage in these transactions or that any transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Indemnification

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the underwriter may be required to make with respect to any of these liabilities.

 
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LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Winstead PC, The Woodlands, Texas.  Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriter by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
 
The consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for each of the eight years in the period ended December 31, 2001 were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP.  Arthur Andersen LLP has not consented to the incorporation of their reports on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for each of the eight years in the period ended December 31, 2001 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and we have dispensed with the requirement to file their consent in reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act.  Because Arthur Andersen LLP has not consented to the incorporation of their reports in this prospectus, you will not be able to recover against Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated therein.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the securities we are offering under this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as a part of the registration statement. We also file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy the registration statement, as well as any other material we file with the SEC, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.  Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the Public Reference Room.  The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including Repros. The SEC’s Internet site can be found at http://www.sec.gov.
 
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
 
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document that we have filed separately with the SEC. You should read the information incorporated by reference because it is an important part of this prospectus. Any information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus from the date we file that document. We incorporate by reference the following information or documents that we have filed with the SEC which shall not include, in each case, documents, or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules:
 
 
§
Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010;

 
§
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011;

 
§
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 15, 2011;

 
§
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2011, February 9, 2011, March 4, 2011, March 15, 2011, March 18, 2011, March 28, 2011, April 1, 2011, May 2, 2011, May 16, 2011, May 18, 2011, June 3, 2011, June 6, 2011, June 23, 2011, August 4, 2011, August 9, 2011, September 1, 2011, September 7, 2011, September 8, 2011, September 12, 2011, September 20, 2011, October 28, 2011, November 7, 2011, November 10, 2011 and November 14, 2011.

 
§
the description of our Rights Agreement contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed on September 3, 1999, as amended on September 6, 2002, October 30, 2002, June 30, 2005, January 10, 2008, October 10, 2008 and September 9, 2010, including any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this description; and

 
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§
the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 2, 1993, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such information.
 
Information furnished to the SEC under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any exhibit relating to such information is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
 
We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, without charge upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the reports or documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus, including exhibits which are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. If you would like to request documents from us, please send a request in writing or by telephone to us at the following address:
 
Repros Therapeutics Inc.
2408 Timberloch Place, Suite B-7
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
 (281) 719-3400
Attn: Secretary
 
These documents are posted on our Web site at www.reprosrx.com; select the “Investors & Media” link and then the “SEC Filings” link.  Any other information contained on, or accessible through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

 
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
   
Page
     
Repros Therapeutics Inc. Unaudited Financial Statements
   
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010
 
F-2
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and from Inception (August 20, 1987) through September 30, 2011
 
F-3
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2011
 
F-4
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and from Inception (August 20, 1987) through September 30, 2011
 
F-5
     
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
F-6

 
F-1

 

REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
(A development stage company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited and in thousands except share and per share amounts)

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
ASSETS
           
             
Current Assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 7,070     $ 2,957  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    188       328  
Total current assets
    7,258       3,285  
Fixed assets, net
    17       7  
Other assets, net
    1,341       1,173  
Total assets
  $ 8,616     $ 4,465  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
                 
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 1,694     $ 1,151  
Accrued expenses
    348       147  
Total current liabilities
    2,042       1,298  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (note 5)
               
                 
Stockholders’ Equity
               
Undesignated Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
    -       -  
Common Stock, $.001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 12,430,042 and 9,042,372 shares issued, respectively and 12,317,692 and 8,930,022 shares outstanding, respectively
    12       9  
Additional paid-in capital
    196,945       183,782  
Cost of treasury stock, 112,350 shares
    (1,380 )     (1,380 )
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
    (189,003 )     (179,244 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    6,574       3,167  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 8,616     $ 4,465  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
(A development stage company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited and in thousands except per share amounts)

                           
From Inception
 
                           
(August 20, 1987)
 
                           
through
 
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
 
                               
Revenues
                             
Licensing fees
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 28,755  
Product royalties
    -       -       -       -       627  
Research and development grants
    -       -       -       -       1,219  
Interest income
    -       -       1       -       16,298  
Gain on disposal of fixed assets
    -       -       -       -       102  
Other Income
    -       85       -       138       1,003  
Total revenues and other income
    -       85       1       138       48,004  
Expenses
                                       
Research and development
    3,234       736       6,980       1,950       180,214  
General and administrative
    726       533       2,780       1,772       47,062  
Interest expense and amortization of intangibles
    -       -       -       -       388  
Total expenses
    3,960       1,269       9,760       3,722       227,664  
                                         
Loss from continuing operations
    (3,960 )     (1,184 )     (9,759 )     (3,584 )     (179,660 )
Loss from discontinued operations
    -       -       -       -       (1,828 )
Gain on disposal of discontinued operation
    -       -       -       -       939  
Net loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    (3,960 )     (1,184 )     (9,759 )     (3,584 )     (180,549 )
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    -       -       -       -       (8,454 )
Net loss
  $ (3,960 )   $ (1,184 )   $ (9,759 )   $ (3,584 )   $ (189,003 )
                                         
Loss per share – basic and diluted:
  $ (0.32 )   $ (0.13 )   $ (0.82 )   $ (0.46 )        
                                         
Weighted average shares used in loss per share calculation:
                                       
Basic
    12,315       8,875       11,840       7,763          
Diluted
    12,315       8,875       11,840       7,763          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
(A development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(unaudited and in thousands except share and per share amounts)

                                 
Deficit
       
                                 
Accumulated
       
               
Additional
               
During the
   
Total
 
   
Common Stock
   
Paid-in
   
Treasury Stock
   
Development
   
Stockholders’
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Stage
   
Equity
 
Balance at December 31, 2010
    9,042,372     $ 9     $ 183,782       112,350     $ (1,380 )   $ (179,244 )   $ 3,167  
Stock based compensation
    -       -       1,654       -       -       -       1,654  
Issuance of 286,187 shares of common stock at a weighted average share price of $2.90, net of offering costs of $35
    286,187       -       831       -       -       -       831  
Exercise of 320,730 Series A Warrants to purchase common stock for cash @ $0.01 per share
    320,730       -       3       -       -       -       3  
Issuance of 690,000 units at a price of $17.15, net of offering costs of $1,155
    2,760,000       3       10,675       -       -       -       10,678  
Issuance of 20,753 shares of common stock for the cashless exercise of 63,225 stock options
    20,753       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (9,759 )     (9,759 )
Balance at September 30, 2011
    12,430,042     $ 12     $ 196,945       112,350     $ (1,380 )   $ (189,003 )   $ 6,574  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
(A development stage company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited and in thousands)

               
From Inception
 
               
(August 20, 1987)
 
         
through
 
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
 
                   
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                 
Net loss
  $ (9,759 )   $ (3,584 )     (189,003 )
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations
    -       -       (939 )
Gain on disposal of fixed assets
    -       -       (102 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                       
Noncash financing costs
    -       -       316  
Noncash inventory impairment
    -       -       4,417  
Noncash patent impairment
    -       -       2,614  
Noncash other income
    -       (138 )     (709 )
Noncash decrease in accounts payable
    -       -       (1,308 )
Depreciation and amortization
    84       60       4,125  
Noncash stock-based compensation
    1,654       471       8,904  
Common stock issued for agreement not to compete
    -       -       200  
Series B Preferred Stock issued for consulting services
    -       -       18  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
                       
(net effects of purchase of businesses in 1988 and 1994):
                       
Increase in receivables
    -       -       (199 )
Increase in inventory
    -       -       (4,447 )
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
    140       (34 )     115  
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
    744       (536 )     10,214  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (7,137 )     (3,761 )     (165,784 )
                         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                       
Change in trading marketable securities
    -       -       (191 )
Capital expenditures
    (15 )     (6 )     (2,393 )
Purchase of technology rights and other assets
    (247 )     (297 )     (4,883 )
Proceeds from sale of PP&E
    -       -       225  
Cash acquired in purchase of FTI
    -       -       3  
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, less $12,345 for operating losses during 1990 phase-out period
    -       -       138  
Proceeds from sale of the assets of FTI
    -       -       2,250  
Increase in net assets held for disposal
    -       -       (213 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (262 )     (303 )     (5,064 )
                         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs
    11,509       6,394       173,908  
Exercise of stock options & warrants
    3       -       375  
Proceeds from a shareholder transaction
    -       -       327  
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
    -       -       23,688  
Purchase of treasury stock
    -       -       (21,487 )
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable
    -       -       2,839  
Principal payments on notes payable
    -       -       (1,732 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    11,512       6,394       177,918  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    4,113       2,330       7,070  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    2,957       1,886       -  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 7,070     $ 4,216     $ 7,070  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
(A development stage company)

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1  —  Organization, Operations and Liquidity
 
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”, “Repros,” or “we,” “us” or “our”) was organized on August 20, 1987. We are a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new drugs to treat hormonal and reproductive system disorders.
 
Our portfolio of products includes:

Androxal®

 
·
Phase 2B study: As a treatment for men of reproductive age with low testosterone levels that spares fertility, unlike testosterone replacement therapy; and

 
·
Phase 2 study: As a treatment for improving glycemic control in hypogonadal men with Type 2 diabetes.

Proellex®

 
·
Phase 2 (low dose) study: As a treatment of symptoms associated with uterine fibroids and endometriosis, subject to the current FDA partial clinical hold on the Proellex® clinical trials; however, the FDA has allowed us to run a single study to explore both safety and signals of efficacy in an escalating dose fashion. The new study is testing 5 different doses of Proellex® (1, 3, 6, 9 and 12mg).

Our product development pipeline is summarized in the table below:

Product Candidate (Indication)
Androxal®
Status
Next Expected Milestone(s)
Secondary Hypogonadism
Phase 2B
Report top line Phase 2B results (Q4 2011)
Type 2 diabetes
Phase 2
Report top line Phase 2 results (Q4 2011)
Proellex®
   
Uterine Fibroids/Endometriosis
Phase 2
Complete low dose study (year end 2011)
Commence Phase 3 studies (2012)
Vaginal Administration
Preclinical
Submit IND to FDA (Q4 2011)
Commence Phase 3 studies (late 2012)
Second Generation Compounds
Preclinical
Complete preclinical screen (2012)
 
We also continue to maintain our patent portfolio of our phentolamine-based products for the treatment of sexual dysfunction and in order to create value from these assets in various ways which includes product out-licensing.

On February 8, 2011, we completed an underwritten public offering of 690,000 units (including the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option), consisting of an aggregate of 2,760,000 shares of our common stock, Series A Warrants to purchase 2,070,000 shares of our common stock and Series B Warrants to purchase 1,690,500 shares of our common stock, at a price per unit of $17.15. Each unit consisted of four shares of our common stock, Series A Warrants exercisable for three shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share and Series B Warrants exercisable for 2.45 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.49 per share. Net proceeds to us, after offering expenses, were approximately $10.7 million.  The fair value of the Series A and Series B Warrants was determined using a Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 0.18%; no dividend yield; volatility of 131.66% and an expected term of six months.  This resulted in a fair value of the Series A and Series B Warrants of approximately $5.4 million, which has been recorded in Additional Paid-In Capital on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.  To date, 320,730 shares of our common stock have been issued from the exercise of the Series A Warrants at $0.01 per share.

 
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As of September 30, 2011, we had accumulated losses of $189.0 million, approximately $7.1 million in cash and cash equivalents, and our accounts payable and accrued expenses were approximately $2.0 million. We believe we have sufficient funding to complete all of the Phase 2 and 2B clinical trials currently underway; however, significant additional capital will be required for us to complete development of either of our product candidates. Based on the current or planned clinical trials, we will need to raise additional capital no later than the second quarter of 2012.  We continue to explore potential additional financing alternatives (including corporate partnering opportunities) that would provide sufficient funds to enable us to continue to develop our two product candidates through completion of the outlined clinical trials; however, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising any such additional funds on a timely basis or at all.  The foregoing matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and we expect to continue to incur significant losses over the next several years, and we may never become profitable.  Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
 
NOTE  2  —  Patents and Patent Applications
 
As of September 30, 2011, the Company had approximately $1.3 million in capitalized patent and patent application costs reflected on its balance sheet.  This entire amount relates to patent and patent application costs for Androxal®.
 
Should the Company not continue development of Androxal® or should the Company not continue as a going concern, the remaining capitalized patent and patent application costs may not be recoverable, which would result in charges to operating results in future periods.
 
NOTE  3  —  Accrued Expenses
 
Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
 
   
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
             
Research and development costs
  $ 182     $ 8  
Personnel related costs
    70       87  
Other
    70       34  
Patent costs
    26       18  
Total
  $ 348     $ 147  
 
NOTE 4  —  Loss Per Share
 
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted loss per share is computed using the average share price for the period and applying the treasury stock method to potentially dilutive outstanding options.  In all applicable periods, all potential common stock equivalents were anti-dilutive and, accordingly, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share.
 
The following table presents information necessary to calculate loss per share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
   
Three Months Ended Sept. 30,
   
Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
                         
Net Loss
  $ (3,960 )   $ (1,184 )   $ (9,759 )   $ (3,584 )
Average common shares outstanding
    12,315       8,875       11,840       7,763  
Basic and diluted loss per share
  $ (0.32 )   $ (0.13 )   $ (0.82 )   $ (0.46 )

Other potential common stock of 5,260,795 common shares underlying stock options and warrants for the period ended September 30, 2011, which include Series A Warrants to purchase 1,749,270 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 and Series B Warrants to purchase 1,690,500 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.49 issued in our February 8, 2011 public offering, were excluded from the above calculation of diluted loss per share because they were anti-dilutive.  Additionally, 538,582 common shares underlying stock options for the period ended September 30, 2010, were also excluded from the above calculation of diluted loss per share because they were anti-dilutive.
 
On February 28, 2011, our Board of Directors approved, and on June 1, 2011 the stockholders of the Company approved the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which superseded and replaced our then-current two share based compensation plans, the 2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and the 2004 Stock Option Plan, subject to stockholder approval.  Effective June 1, 2011, 885,000 stock option awards were granted under the Plan to employees and non-employee directors, of which 210,000 stock option awards vested immediately.  This resulted in a non-cash charge of $759,000 in June 2011 and is included in General and Administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2011.

 
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NOTE 5  —   Commitments and Contingencies
 
Therapeutic uses of our Androxal® product candidate are covered in the United States by four issued U.S. patents and four pending patent applications. Foreign coverage of therapeutic uses of our Androxal® product candidate includes 44 issued foreign patents and 64 foreign pending patent applications. The issued patents and pending applications relate to methods for treating certain conditions including the treatment of testosterone deficiency in men, the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2, the treatment of metabolic syndrome and conditions associated therewith, and the treatment of infertility in hypogonadal men. Androxal® (the trans-isomer of clomiphene) is purified from clomiphene citrate. A third party individual holds two issued patents related to the use of an anti-estrogen such as clomiphene citrate and others for use in the treatment of androgen deficiency and disorders related thereto. In our prior filings with the SEC, we have described our request to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or PTO, for re-examination of one of these patents based on prior art. The third party amended the claims in the re-examination proceedings, which led the PTO to determine that the amended claims are patentable in view of those publications under consideration and a re-examination certificate was issued. However, we believe that the amended claims are invalid based on additional prior art publications, and we filed a second request for re-examination by the PTO in light of a number of these additional publications and other publications cited by the PTO. The request was granted and all of the claims were finally rejected by the PTO in the re-examination. The patent holder appealed the rejections to the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“the Board”) which affirmed the rejection of all of the claims. The patent holder subsequently filed a request for rehearing, which led the Board to reverse the rejections of several dependent claims in view of those publications under consideration. The patent holder filed a Notice of Appeal to the Federal Circuit on September 28, 2010 contesting the rejections maintained by the Board.  Principal briefing has been completed. We also believe that the second of these two patents is invalid in view of published prior art not considered by the PTO. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that either patent will ultimately be found invalid over the prior art. If such patents are not invalidated by the PTO we may be required to obtain a license from the holder of such patents in order to develop Androxal® further or attempts may be made to undertake further legal action to invalidate such patents. If such licenses were not available on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not be able to successfully commercialize or out-license Androxal®.

On March 1, 2010, we were served with a lawsuit where we were named as a co-defendant along with one of our clinical regulatory service providers (“CRO”) relating to the Proellex® clinical trial study. The lawsuit was filed in the State of Tennessee, 30th Judicial District Chancery Court at Memphis by an investigator and claims that the CRO did not pay it amounts owing to it relating to the Proellex® study. We did not engage the investigator and under our agreement with the CRO, we believe the CRO is responsible for any such costs or damages regarding such lawsuit. Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release entered into in October 2009, such CRO, on behalf of itself and its agents, released us from all claims which could be asserted by them against us. We believe such release covers the claims set forth in this lawsuit. The CRO failed to respond to the lawsuit, and a default judgment was entered against it in the amount of $172,901.29. We intend to vigorously defend any and all claims asserted by the investigator. An estimate of the possible costs or expenses to defend ourselves in this matter or risk of exposure under the litigation cannot be made at this time. 
 
NOTE 6  —   Other Recent and Subsequent Events
 
On October 27, 2011, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) increased the size of the Board from five to six members and elected Dr. Michael Wyllie as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by such increase.  In connection with Dr. Wyllie’s election to the Board, he was granted an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing price per share for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of such election.  Such option will vest and become exercisable at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) at the end of each quarter for the three (3) year period following the date of Dr. Wyllie’s election to the Board, based on continuing service to the Company.

 
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         SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
 

 
PROSPECTUS
 
                      , 2012
 

 
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
 

 

 
 
 

 

Part II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 13.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table lists the costs and expenses payable by the Company in connection with the sale of the common stock covered by this prospectus other than any sales commissions or discounts.  All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee, and all of the fees and expenses will be borne by the Company.
 
SEC registration fee
  $ 3,154  
Nasdaq listing fees
    57,500  
FINRA fee
    3,251  
Legal fees and expenses
    150,000  
Accounting fees and expenses
    50,000  
Printing, transfer agent and miscellaneous expenses
    15,000  
Total
  $ 278,905  
 
Item 14.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or Delaware law, inter alia, empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.
 
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145. We maintain policies insuring our officers and directors against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws require us to indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law or any other applicable law in effect, but if such statute or law is amended, we may change the standard of indemnification only to the extent that such amended statute or law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights to our directors. We must indemnify such officers and employees in the same manner and to the same extent that we are required to indemnify our directors under our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws. Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation limits the personal liability of a director to us or our stockholders to damages for breach of the director’s fiduciary duty. Pursuant to indemnification agreements we entered into with each of our directors, we are further required to indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law and our Restated Bylaws; provided that each such director shall enjoy the greater of (i) the advancement and indemnification rights permitted under our Restated Certificate and Restated Bylaws for directors and officers as of the date of such indemnification agreement or (ii) the benefits so afforded by amendments thereto.

 
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Item 15.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Between November 30, 2009 and March 31, 2010, we entered into settlement agreements and mutual releases (the “Prior Settlement Agreements”) with certain of our creditors, pursuant to which we issued an aggregate of 352,459 shares of common stock and paid an aggregate of $140,572 in cash as payment in full for our then-outstanding liabilities to such creditors. On April 8, 2010, we entered into an additional settlement agreement and mutual release (together with the Prior Settlement Agreements, the “2010 Settlement Agreements”) with a creditor, pursuant to which we issued 34,885 shares of common stock (together with the shares issued under the Prior Settlement Agreements, the “2010 Settlement Shares”) and paid $8,721 in cash as payment in full for our then-outstanding liability to such creditor. The 2010 Settlement Shares were issued by the Company pursuant to Section 4(2) and /or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to the 2010 Settlement Agreements, we filed a registration statement to register the 2010 Settlement Shares on June 9, 2010, which was declared effective by the SEC on June 25, 2010, and we agreed to use our best efforts to maintain such registration statement until all such 2010 Settlement Shares registered thereunder to such creditors have been sold or for a period of one year, whichever comes first.

On October 29, 2009, we entered into a Master Settlement Agreement and Releases (the “October Settlement Agreement”) with certain trade creditors, pursuant to which we issued 5,361,194 shares of our common stock, at $1.10 per share, and paid approximately $2.77 million in cash to such creditors as payment in full for our then-outstanding liabilities of approximately $8.7 million and for the release of the claims held by and the dismissal of the litigation commenced by such creditors against the Company. Pursuant to the October Settlement Agreements, we filed a registration statement to register the such shares on December 4, 2010, which was declared effective by the SEC on January 7, 2010, and we agreed to use our best efforts to maintain such registration statement until all such shares registered thereunder to such creditors have been sold or for a period of one year, whichever comes first.
 
Item 16.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
 
Exhibit Number
 
Identification Of Exhibit
1.1*
 
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
     
3.1(a)
 
Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 33-57728-FW), as amended (“Registration Statement”), is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(b)
 
Certificate of Designation of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated September 2, 1999. Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on September 3, 1999 (the “Rights Plan Registration Statement”), is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1I
 
Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 2, 2006. Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on May 2, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(d)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of December 16, 2008. Exhibit 3.1(d) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 23, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(e)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of November 18, 2009. Exhibit 3.1(e) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 19, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(f)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated October 14, 2010. Exhibit 3.1(f) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 14, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.2
 
Restated Bylaws of the Company. Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.1
 
Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the Company. Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.2
 
Rights Agreement dated September 1, 1999 between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC (as successor in interest to Harris Trust & Savings Bank), as Rights Agent. Exhibit 4.1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 
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4.3
 
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2002, between the Company, Harris Trust & Savings Bank and Computershare Investor Services LLC. Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A as filed with the Commission on September 11, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.4
 
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2002, between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC. Exhibit 4.4 to Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A as filed with the Commission on October 31, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.5
 
Third Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC). Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 30, 2005 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.6
 
Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC). Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
 4.7
 
Fifth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC).  Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.8
 
Sixth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC).  Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 10, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.9
 
Form of Rights Certificate. Exhibit B to Exhibit 4.1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.10
 
Series A Warrant Agreement dated February 8, 2011 by and among the Company and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.  Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 9, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.11
 
Series B Warrant Agreement dated February 8, 2011 by and among the Company and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.  Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 9, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
5.1*
 
Opinion of Winstead PC.
     
10.1+
 
Amended and Restated 1993 Employee and Consultant Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.2+
 
First Amendment to the Repros Therapeutics Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.3+
 
1994 Employee and Consultant Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-83406) as filed with the Commission on August 29, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.4+
 
2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan. Appendix B to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 26, 2000 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
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10.5+
 
First Amendment to the Repros Therapeutics Inc. 2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.21 to the 2000 Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.6+
 
Second Amendment to 2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the “2002 Form 10-K”) is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.7+
 
Repros Therapeutics Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan.  Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-119861), as amended, is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.8+
 
Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.9+
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.10+
 
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.17 to the 2002 Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.11+
 
Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated effective March 11, 2009, between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 17, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.12+
 
Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement effective March 10, 2010 between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 11, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.13
 
Lease Agreement dated May 11, 2004 between the Company and Sealy Woodlands, L.P. Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.14
 
Amendment to Lease Agreement between the Company and Sealy Woodlands, L.P., dated May 17, 2006. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.15
 
Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of July 1, 2010, between the Company and Columbia Texas 2408 Timberloch Industrial, L.P. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.16++
 
Letter Agreement dated July 15, 2002 between the Company, Schering Plough Ltd. and Schering-Plough Corporation. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.17++
 
PHS Patent License Agreement dated April 16, 1999 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services, with amendments. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.18
 
Waiver to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated March 8, 2007 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 19, 2007 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
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10.19++
 
Sixth Amendment to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated July 7, 2009 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.20++
 
Seventh Amendment to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated October 28, 2009 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission on March 15, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.21
 
Master Settlement Agreement and Releases dated October 29, 2009 by and among the Company and its creditors signatory thereto. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 3, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.22
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7, 2009, among the Company and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.23
 
Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and Enable Growth Partners LP dated September 8, 2009. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 10, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.24
 
Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between the Company and each of its directors. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on May 20, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.25
 
Equity Distribution Agreement dated February 12, 2010 between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 19, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.26+
 
2011 Equity Incentive Plan.  Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-175641) as filed with the Commission on July 18, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.27+
 
Employment Agreement dated August 1, 2011 by and between the Company and Katherine A. Anderson.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on August 4, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
23.1**
 
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
     
23.2*
 
Consent of Winstead PC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).

*
To be filed by amendment

**
Filed herewith.
 
+
Management contract or compensatory plan.
 
++
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted based on a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act. Such omitted portions have been filed separately with the Commission.
 
Item 17
Undertakings
 
(a)          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 
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(1)          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i)           to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
(ii)          to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the change in volume and price represents no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
 
(iii)         to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
 
(2)          That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3)          To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4)          That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(5)          That, for the purpose of determining liability of the undersigned registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
 
(i)           Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act;
 
(ii)          Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
 
(iii)         The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
 
(iv)         Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
 
(b)          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
 
I          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
(i)          For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 
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(ii)          For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(d)          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in The Woodlands, Montgomery County, State of Texas, on December 19, 2011.
 
 
REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Joseph S. Podolski
   
Joseph S. Podolski
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
By:
/s/ Katherine A. Anderson
   
Katherine A. Anderson
   
Chief Financial Officer, Principal
   
Financial Officer and Principal
   
Accounting Officer
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Joseph S. Podolski and Katherine A. Anderson as true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any additional registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and generally to do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signatures
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/    Joseph S. Podolski
 
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
 
December 19, 2011
Joseph S. Podolski
       
         
/s/    Katherine A. Anderson
 
Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
 
December 19, 2011
Katherine A. Anderson
       
         
/s/    Nola Masterson
 
Chairman of the Board
 
December 19, 2011
Nola Masterson
       
         
/s/    Daniel F. Cain
 
Director
 
December 19, 2011
Daniel F. Cain
       
         
/s/    Jean L. Fourcrouy
 
Director
 
December 19, 2011
Jean L. Fourcroy, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
       
         
/s/    Jaye Thompson
 
Director
 
December 19, 2011
Jaye Thompson, Ph.D
       
         
/s/    Michael Wyllie
 
Director
 
December 19, 2011
Michael Wyllie, Ph.D
       

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into this registration statement:

Exhibit Number
 
Identification Of Exhibit
1.1*
 
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
     
3.1(a)
 
Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 33-57728-FW), as amended ("Registration Statement"), is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(b)
 
Certificate of Designation of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated September 2, 1999. Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on September 3, 1999 (the "Rights Plan Registration Statement"), is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(c)
 
Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 2, 2006. Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on May 2, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(d)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of December 16, 2008. Exhibit 3.1(d) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 23, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(e)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of November 18, 2009. Exhibit 3.1(e) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 19, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.1(f)
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated October 14, 2010. Exhibit 3.1(f) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 14, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
3.2
 
Restated Bylaws of the Company. Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.1
 
Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the Company. Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.2
 
Rights Agreement dated September 1, 1999 between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC (as successor in interest to Harris Trust & Savings Bank), as Rights Agent. Exhibit 4.1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.3
 
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2002, between the Company, Harris Trust & Savings Bank and Computershare Investor Services LLC. Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A as filed with the Commission on September 11, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.4
 
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2002, between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC. Exhibit 4.4 to Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A as filed with the Commission on October 31, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.5
 
Third Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC). Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 30, 2005 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
 

 

4.6
 
Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC). Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
 4.7
 
Fifth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC).  Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.8
 
Sixth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (as successor in interest to Computershare Investor Services, LLC).  Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 10, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.9
 
Form of Rights Certificate. Exhibit B to Exhibit 4.1 to the Rights Plan Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.10
 
Series A Warrant Agreement dated February 8, 2011 by and among the Company and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.  Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 9, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
4.11
 
Series B Warrant Agreement dated February 8, 2011 by and among the Company and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.  Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 9, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
5.1*
 
Opinion of Winstead PC.
     
10.1+
 
Amended and Restated 1993 Employee and Consultant Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.2+
 
First Amendment to the Repros Therapeutics Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.22 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.3+
 
1994 Employee and Consultant Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-83406) as filed with the Commission on August 29, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.4+
 
2000 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan. Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 26, 2000 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.5+
 
First Amendment to the Repros Therapeutics Inc. 2000 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.21 to the 2000 Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.6+
 
Second Amendment to 2000 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan. Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the "2002 Form 10-K") is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.7+
 
Repros Therapeutics Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan.  Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-119861), as amended, is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.8+
 
Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.9+
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
 

 

10.10+
 
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski. Exhibit 10.17 to the 2002 Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.11+
 
Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated effective March 11, 2009, between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 17, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.12+
 
Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement effective March 10, 2010 between the Company and Joseph S. Podolski.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 11, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.13
 
Lease Agreement dated May 11, 2004 between the Company and Sealy Woodlands, L.P. Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.14
 
Amendment to Lease Agreement between the Company and Sealy Woodlands, L.P., dated May 17, 2006. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.15
 
Second Amendment to Lease, effective as of July 1, 2010, between the Company and Columbia Texas 2408 Timberloch Industrial, L.P. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.16++
 
Letter Agreement dated July 15, 2002 between the Company, Schering Plough Ltd. and Schering-Plough Corporation. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.17++
 
PHS Patent License Agreement dated April 16, 1999 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services, with amendments. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.18
 
Waiver to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated March 8, 2007 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 19, 2007 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.19++
 
Sixth Amendment to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated July 7, 2009 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.20++
 
Seventh Amendment to PHS Patent License Agreement, as amended, dated October 28, 2009 between the Company and certain agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission on March 15, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.21
 
Master Settlement Agreement and Releases dated October 29, 2009 by and among the Company and its creditors signatory thereto. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 3, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.22
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7, 2009, among the Company and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
 

 

10.23
 
Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and Enable Growth Partners LP dated September 8, 2009. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 10, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.24
 
Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between the Company and each of its directors. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on May 20, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.25
 
Equity Distribution Agreement dated February 12, 2010 between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 19, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.26+
 
2011 Equity Incentive Plan.  Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-175641) as filed with the Commission on July 18, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
10.27+
 
Employment Agreement dated August 1, 2011 by and between the Company and Katherine A. Anderson.  Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on August 4, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference.
     
23.1**
 
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
     
23.2*
 
Consent of Winstead PC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).

*
To be filed by amendment

**
Filed herewith.
 
+
Management contract or compensatory plan.
 
++
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted based on a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act. Such omitted portions have been filed separately with the Commission.