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Veru Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/9/22, at 1:00pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  863894-22-3   ·   File #:  1-13602

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/09/22  Veru Inc.                         10-Q       12/31/21   81:6.2M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    804K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
10: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     76K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    142K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    102K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockolders'   HTML     58K 
                Equity                                                           
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    105K 
16: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
17: R8          Sale of PREBOOST Business                           HTML     24K 
18: R9          Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     28K 
19: R10         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     29K 
20: R11         Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit     HTML     26K 
                Risk                                                             
21: R12         Balance Sheet Information                           HTML     25K 
22: R13         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     24K 
23: R14         Debt                                                HTML     32K 
24: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     33K 
25: R16         Share-based Compensation                            HTML     28K 
26: R17         Leases                                              HTML     26K 
27: R18         Contingent Liabilities                              HTML     25K 
28: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
29: R20         Net (Loss) Income Per Share                         HTML     25K 
30: R21         Industry Segments                                   HTML     29K 
31: R22         Basis of Presentation (Policy)                      HTML     37K 
32: R23         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     27K 
33: R24         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     26K 
34: R25         Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit     HTML     23K 
                Risk (Tables)                                                    
35: R26         Balance Sheet Information (Tables)                  HTML     27K 
36: R27         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     24K 
37: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     29K 
38: R29         Share-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     30K 
39: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     25K 
40: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     29K 
41: R32         Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Tables)                HTML     24K 
42: R33         Industry Segments (Tables)                          HTML     24K 
43: R34         Basis of Presentation (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     24K 
44: R35         Sale of PREBOOST Business (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     47K 
45: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Reconciliation of the      HTML     26K 
                Beginning and Ending Liability Balance) (Details)                
46: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Qualitative    HTML     37K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
47: R38         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Narrative)   HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R39         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Revenue      HTML     39K 
                from Customers by Products) (Details)                            
49: R40         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Revenue by   HTML     34K 
                Geographic Area) (Details)                                       
50: R41         Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit     HTML     49K 
                Risk (Narrative) (Details)                                       
51: R42         Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit     HTML     30K 
                Risk (Components of Accounts Receivable) (Details)               
52: R43         Balance Sheet Information (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     28K 
53: R44         Balance Sheet Information (Components of            HTML     36K 
                Inventory) (Details)                                             
54: R45         Balance Sheet Information (Summary of Plant and     HTML     47K 
                Equipment) (Details)                                             
55: R46         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Narrative)          HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R47         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Gross Carrying      HTML     39K 
                Amounts and Net Book Value of Intangible Assets)                 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R48         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML     58K 
58: R49         Debt (Residual Royalty Agreement Liability)         HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R50         Debt (Credit Agreement Interest Expense) (Details)  HTML     33K 
60: R51         Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML    108K 
61: R52         Share-based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     73K 
62: R53         Share-based Compensation (Recorded Share-Based      HTML     31K 
                Compensation Expenses) (Details)                                 
63: R54         Share-based Compensation (Weighted Average          HTML     34K 
                Assumptions for Options Granted) (Details)                       
64: R55         Share-based Compensation (Summary of Stock Options  HTML     57K 
                Outstanding and Exercisable) (Details)                           
65: R56         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     41K 
66: R57         Leases (Components of Lease Cost) (Details)         HTML     38K 
67: R58         Leases (Summary of Lease Information) (Details)     HTML     31K 
68: R59         Contingent Liabilities (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     23K 
69: R60         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     50K 
70: R61         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense  HTML     53K 
                (Benefit)) (Details)                                             
71: R62         Income Taxes (Significant Components of Deferred    HTML     68K 
                Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Details)                            
72: R63         Income Taxes (Schedule of Deferred Tax Amounts      HTML     32K 
                Classified in Balance Sheets) (Details)                          
73: R64         Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Narrative) (Details)   HTML     23K 
74: R65         Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Schedule Of            HTML     65K 
                reconciliation of the net income (Loss) Per Basic                
                and Diluted Common Share) (Details)                              
75: R66         Industry Segments (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     23K 
76: R67         Industry Segments (Schedule of Segment Reporting    HTML     35K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    151K 
77: XML         XBRL Instance -- veru-20211231x10q_htm               XML    731K 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     89K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- veru-20211231_cal               XML    188K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- veru-20211231_def                XML    527K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- veru-20211231_lab                     XML   1.14M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- veru-20211231_pre              XML    908K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- veru-20211231                         XSD    177K 
80: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              382±   540K 
81: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000863894-22-000003-xbrl      Zip    199K

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