DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

1.DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing products for female sexual health and oncology.  The Company’s products, either approved or in human clinical development, include: (1) LibiGel, once daily transdermal testosterone gel in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), specifically hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD); (2) a once daily transdermal testosterone gel approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicated for the treatment of hypogonadism, or testosterone deficiency in men, and licensed to Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Teva); (3) GVAX cancer vaccines, a portfolio of cancer vaccines, four of which have been granted FDA orphan drug designation, and which are currently in 17 Phase I and Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of various cancers; (4) The Pill-Plus (triple component contraceptive), once daily use of various combinations of estrogens, progestogens and androgens in Phase II development; and (5) Elestrin, once daily transdermal estradiol (estrogen) gel approved by the FDA indicated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) associated with menopause and marketed in the U.S. by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Jazz Pharmaceuticals), our licensee.