LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced the appointment of Michael C. Snabes, M.D., Ph.D. as vice president, clinical development. Dr. Snabes has served as a medical consultant to BioSante on clinical and regulatory matters since November 2005. His primary responsibility will remain the development of LibiGel® (testosterone gel) in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD). Dr. Snabes was instrumental in the submission of BioSante’s New Drug Application (NDA) of Elestrin™ (estradiol gel), an effort that resulted in the full non-conditional FDA approval of Elestrin in December 2006. Dr. Snabes also played a key role in BioSante obtaining a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for LibiGel as well as an agreement with the FDA on the key safety study for the approval of LibiGel in FSD.
