Besins Healthcare is a privately held, fifth-generation family-owned multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Monaco. Founded in 1885 in Paris, Besins Healthcare focuses on transdermal delivery technology treatments and has products available in 100 countries. The company specializes in Women’s and Men’s Health and is manufacturing and developing drugs for the treatment of gynecological, fertility, and obstetrical conditions as well as androgen deficiencies. Besins Healthcare has three subsidiaries: BHR Pharma, LLC, Ascend Therapeutics and Pure Matters. Ascend Therapeutics is involved in the research and development of transdermal drugs that are applied to the skin as a gel to treat chronic conditions such as severe breast pain for pre-menopausal women, and low testosterone levels for older men.