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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-09-009519.txt : 20090218
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090218110519
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-09-009519
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090209
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090218

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMIL ARTHUR D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001245157

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22245
		FILM NUMBER:		09617618

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NEXMED
		STREET 2:		350 CORPORATE BLVD
		CITY:			ROBBINSVILLE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08691
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092089688

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEXMED INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001017491
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				870449967
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		350 CORPORATE BLVD
		CITY:			ROBBINSVILLE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08691
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092089688

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		350 CORPORATE BLVD
		CITY:			ROBBINSVILLE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08691
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    <periodOfReport>2009-02-09</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001017491</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEXMED INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NEXM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001245157</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>EMIL ARTHUR D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>89 TWIN RIVERS DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EAST WINDSOR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08520</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-02-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>21416</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>1.47</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>302163</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In lieu of cash compensation, the Non-employee Directors have opted to receive, and the Board of Directors has approved, a
 grant of shares of the Company's common stock for the Non-Employee Directors' services rendered to the Board of Directors
 during the first six months of the 2009 calendar year.  The price per share (the &quot;Price&quot;) is the average of the closing
 price of the Company's common stock over five consecutive trading days, commencing on January 2, 2008.  The number of shares
 was calculated based on the amount of cash the Director would have received for service on the Board, divided by the Price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">3,569.33 of such shares will vest on the 9th day of each month from January through June 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark Westgate, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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