POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the
 undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Mitchell Steiner, Michele Greco,
Kevin Gilbert and Phil Greenberg, or any of
them acting singly and with full power of
substitution, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Veru Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
 desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form
 with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
 which, in the opinion of such
attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
 best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the
 documents executed by either such attorney-in-fact
 on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
 Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
 shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	Additionally, the undersigned hereby grants
 to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
 to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that either such attorney-in-fact, or such
 attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
 acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
 in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
 responsibilities to comply with Section 16
 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain
 in full force and effect until the undersigned
 is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of, and transactions in securities issued
 by, the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in the form of an executed
document delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. Any prior power of attorney
 of the undersigned with respect to the
subject matter hereof is hereby revoked.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
 to be executed as of this 4th day
of September, 2018.

Signature,

/s/ K. Gary Barnette