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 7th day of September 2018.

Signature,

/s/ Jesus Socorro