VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS; the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has approved 50 mg, 100 mg and 200 mg tablets of avanafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). The product will be marketed in the Russian Federation under the brand name RAZATUS.

"The approval of avanafil in the Russian Federation adds to the growing list of territories in which the product is now available for the treatment of ED and demonstrates the high quality capabilities of our Regulatory Affairs team, in close collaboration with our partners Sanofi and Menarini, to obtain drug approvals in multiple jurisdictions," said John Amos, Chief Executive Officer at VIVUS. "Following recent approvals of avanafil in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, approval in the Russian Federation further demonstrates the potential of the product in multiple global markets. We will continue to drive licensing opportunities for avanafil and effectively manage our existing avanafil license agreements for optimal royalties."

VIVUS has licensed the rights to avanafil in a variety of global territories. These include an exclusive license to Menarini to commercialize and promote avanafil as SPEDRA for the treatment of ED in over 40 European countries, including the EU Member States, plus Australia and New Zealand, and an exclusive license to Metuchen to market STENDRA in the United States, Canada, South America and India. The Company is currently in discussions with potential partners to develop, market and sell avanafil for territories in which it does not currently have a commercial collaboration, including the Middle East and Africa, Russia and certain former CIS countries, and Central America and Mexico.

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