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Futura to host EU Advisory Panel Meeting at ESSM
Futura to host EU Advisory Panel Meeting at ESSM.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9531P Futura Medical PLC 14 February 2019 \n\nFutura Medical to hold its First European Advisory Panel Meeting at the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)\n \n14 February 2019\n \nFutura Medical plc (AIM: FUM) (the \"Company\"), a pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of innovative products for sexual health and pain relief, today announces that it will host its first European Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Advisory Panel meeting ahead of the 21st Congress of the ESSM on 14-16 February 2019, at Cultural and Congress Centre Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This meeting follows the successful US KOL Advisory Panel meeting at the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) in November 2018.\n \nAs announced on 28 January 2019, Tim Holland, Director of Clinical Development at Futura Medical, will be presenting safety data in female partners on its lead product MED2005, a topical glyceryl trinitrate (\"GTN\") gel for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (\"ED\") at the ESSM. The poster entitled \"Establishing the safety profile in sexual partners of a new topical glyceryl trinitrate gel for the treatment of erectile dysfunction\" on Thursday 14 February at 15.30 CET. The presentation will be part of the \"Male sexual dysfunction: medical treatment\" poster session held in Foyer 1, Floor 1.\n \nProfessor David Ralph, world leading expert in erectile dysfunction and male infertility and member of the Futura European KOL Advisory Panel, spoke with Futura Medical's Executive Director and Head of R&D, Ken James about the unmet need and innovation in the treatment of ED. A link to the video can be found here.\n \nDavid is a Consultant Urologist at University College London and the Institute of Urology,and Former President of the Andrology Section of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS); the British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM) and the ESSM. \n \nJames Barder, Chief Executive Officer of Futura Medical said: \"I would like to thank Professor Ralph for his support and involvement in Futura's first R&D Day, which took place in London on Monday 11 February 2019. The event was well received and provided an opportunity to hear first-hand from a prominent KOL on the significant negative effect ED has on the quality of life, relationships and overa...