Exhibit
99.1
Daré
Bioscience Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Highlights Commercial Inflection as Multi-Product Women’s Health Strategy Advances
Company
launches Flora Sync LF5™, the company’s first directly commercialized product, began generating revenue in July
DARE
to PLAY™ Sildenafil Cream progressing toward national dispensing and initial revenue in the third quarter of 2026, with prescriptions
and preorders already being accepted
Building
a commercial ecosystem to make it easier for women to discover, access and purchase products specifically designed for women
Clinical
pipeline continues to advance, led by positive interim Phase 3 Ovaprene® results and initiation of the DARE-HPV Phase 2 study
Company
to host conference call and webcast today, August 13, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time – Access the webcast here
SAN
DIEGO, August 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daré Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: DARE), a purpose-driven health biotech company
solely focused on closing the gap in women’s health between promising science and real-world solutions, today reported financial
results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, and provided a corporate update highlighting key milestones in its commercial evolution,
including the launch of Flora Sync LF5, its first directly commercialized product. The Company also continued preparations for prescription
dispensing of DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream and expanded its purpose-built commercial ecosystem.
Daré
continued to advance its diversified development pipeline of women’s health products toward multiple anticipated clinical and regulatory
milestones. The Company’s pipeline includes product candidates at various stages of development addressing significant unmet needs
across women’s health. As these programs move through clinical development and regulatory review, they have the potential to broaden
Daré’s future commercial portfolio, generate additional value-driving catalysts and provide a sustained pipeline of differentiated
products for its growing commercial infrastructure.
“The
launch of Flora Sync LF5, our first directly commercialized product, represents an important milestone in the strategy Daré has
pursued since its founding, to bring to market evidence-based products specifically designed for women,” said Sabrina Martucci
Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Daré Bioscience. “With DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream nearing prescription
dispensing, we are expanding our commercial portfolio while building the capabilities to make our products easier for women to discover,
access and purchase. Our commercial platform is designed to support not only our initial launches, but also future products across our
portfolio. By pairing a differentiated women’s health pipeline with a scalable path to market, we are building a strong foundation
for sustainable, long-term growth.”
Daré
is building a commercial platform that brings together evidence-based products, provider engagement, targeted digital marketing, telehealth
services and the DARE Health Hub within a coordinated, data-driven model tailored to women’s health. These capabilities will allow
the Company to reach women through multiple channels, facilitate a more seamless path from education to fulfillment, and generate insights
that can inform customer acquisition and resource allocation. By applying the lessons from each launch across its broader portfolio,
Daré is creating a repeatable, capital-efficient approach to commercialization.
Building
Toward a Multi-Product Commercial Portfolio:
| ● | Launched
Flora Sync LF5 through the DARE Health Hub, establishing the Company’s first direct-to-consumer
product offering. |
| ● | Continued
preparations for DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream prescription dispensing, with nationwide prescription
intake and early preorder activity underway through the DARE Health Hub.* |
| ● | DARE
to PLAY Sildenafil Cream prescription dispensing and initial product revenue expected to
commence in Q3 2026. |
| ● | Entered
a strategic collaboration with MyMenopauseRx to connect women exploring DARE to PLAY Sildenafil
Cream with a telehealth provider dedicated to perimenopause and menopause care and expand
patient access and reach. |
| ● | Continued
optimizing provider engagement, digital marketing, telehealth and customer acquisition channels
to support capital-efficient commercial growth. |
| ● | DARE
to RECLAIM – Estradiol plus Progesterone Monthly Hormone Therapy for Menopause* |
| | | |
| ○ | Activities
to support commercial availability through the 503B compounding pathway are underway, with
prescription dispensing targeted to begin in 2027. |
| ○ | Working
in parallel to advance an FDA 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway strategy.** |
Pipeline
Execution:
| ● | Ovaprene®
- Investigational Hormone-Free Monthly Intravaginal Contraceptive |
| | | |
| ○ | Reported
positive interim results from the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 study and the independent Data
Safety Monitoring Board’s recommendation that the study continue without modification. |
| ● | DARE-HPV
- Investigational Therapeutic with Potential to be the First for High-Risk HPV Infection |
| ○ | With
funding from an ARPA-H award, initiated a Phase 2 study expected to enroll approximately
100 women with persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Topline results
are expected in 2027. |
| ○ | Received
a funding award notice for a second $1.0 million tranche from the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Disease (NIAID), a division of the NIH, bringing the total funding award for
the DARE-HPV program across the project period that began in December 2024 to $2.0 million. |
“We
are very pleased with the momentum across our development pipeline, including the recently reported positive interim results for Ovaprene
and the initiation of the DARE-HPV Phase 2 study,” continued Ms. Johnson. “We are also making meaningful progress across
our additional clinical and grant-supported programs, creating multiple opportunities for data, regulatory milestones and value creation.
Each step brings us closer to delivering new options in areas of women’s health where significant needs remain unmet.”
Financial
Results for Second Quarter 2026 and Highlights
Cash
Position
As
of June 30, 2026, Daré had approximately $12.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, and a working capital deficit, which is calculated
as current assets minus current liabilities, including a deferred grant funding liability of approximately $15.0 million, of approximately
$0.2 million.
Revenue
Total
revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026 was $0.2 million compared to $(0.02) million for the same period of the prior year.
The increase is attributable to research and development (R&D) services revenues from agreements entered into with the Gates Foundation
in September and October 2025, partially offset by a decrease in non-cash royalty revenues related to XACIATO®.
Cost
of Revenues
Cost
of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2026, was $0.3 million with no comparable activity in the same period of the prior year.
Cost of revenues related to the cost of performing R&D services under agreements entered into with the Gates Foundation in September
and October 2025, and to expenses associated with medical education and awareness related to the commercialization of DARE to PLAY.
Operating
Expenses
Selling,
general and administrative expenses were approximately $2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to approximately
$2.4 million for the same period of the prior year. The year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to a non-cash write down of
previously deferred equity offering costs.
R&D
expenses were approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to approximately $1.4 million for the same
period of the prior year. The decrease of approximately $1.2 million was primarily related to an increase in contra R&D expenses
for direct program costs, decreases in direct costs of several programs, driven by decreases in costs related to the Ovaprene Phase 3
clinical trial, the DARE-PTB1 program, and the DARE-LARC1 program, and a decrease in personnel-related costs. Such decreases were partially
offset by increases in expenses related to DARE-HPV, investigational Sildenafil Cream, and DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream. Contra R&D
expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 primarily offset direct program costs for DARE-LARC1, Ovaprene and DARE-HPV.
Daré recognizes amounts received under grant and governmental funding awards as “contra-R&D expenses,” meaning
grant funding reduces R&D expenses in the statements of operations as the related costs are incurred over the grant period. Total
contra-R&D expense was approximately $4.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to approximately $4.5 million
for the same period of the prior year. Daré believes this dynamic is important to understand when evaluating the true scale of
Daré’s R&D investment and capital efficiency.

Revenue
Outlook
Daré
began recording revenue from sales of Flora Sync LF5 in July 2026 and expects to begin recording revenue from sales of DARE to PLAY Sildenafil
Cream in the third quarter of 2026. Revenue from DARE to RECLAIM estradiol and progesterone intravaginal ring is targeted to begin in
2027. Daré is building toward a multi-product revenue profile that diversifies and grows across 2026 and 2027.
Daré
encourages investors to review the detailed discussion of its financial statements, financial condition, liquidity, capital resources
and risk factors in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC).
Conference
Call
Daré
will host a conference call and live webcast today, August 13, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to review its financial results for the
quarter ended June 30, 2026, and to provide a company update.
To
access the conference call via phone, dial (646) 307-1963 or (800) 715-9871 (toll-free). The conference ID number for the call is 3808585.
The live webcast can be accessed under “Presentations, Events & Webcasts” in the Investors section of the company’s
website at ir.darebioscience.com. Please log in approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the call to register and to download and install
any necessary software. The webcast will be archived in the same section of the company’s website and available for replay for
90 days.
ABOUT
DARÉ BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Daré
Bioscience (NASDAQ: DARE) is a purpose-driven health biotech company solely focused on closing the gap in women’s health between
promising science and real-world solutions. Every innovation Daré advances is based in advanced science and backed by rigorous,
peer-reviewed research. From contraception to menopause, sexual health to fertility, vaginal health to infectious disease, Daré
is working to close critical gaps in care using science that serves her needs. For decades, women have been told to “wait it out”
or “live with it,” while innovations that could improve their quality of life languish in the regulatory or funding pipeline.
With growing awareness around menopause, sexual health, and vaginal health, the conversation is shifting. However, access to proven solutions
is lagging. Daré is working to change that. Learn more at darebioscience.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Daré
cautions you that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as “believe,” “may,” “will,”
“estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,”
“could,” “plan,” “potential,” “prepare,” “progress,” “seek,”
“should,” “would,” “build” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions.
In
this press release, forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to: Daré’s commercial
strategy and plans; the capabilities of Daré’s commercial infrastructure; the timing of DARE to PLAY and DARE to RECLAIM
prescription dispensing and product revenue; the market opportunity for Daré’s products and ability to gain market acceptance;
potential commercial portfolio expansion; the potential impact of the products that Daré brings to market for women and the Company;
development and regulatory pathway plans and expectations regarding Daré’s product candidates, including clinical development
strategies, clinical trial design, timelines, costs, milestones, and results, regulatory strategy; timing and outcome of FDA communications,
submissions and review of applications; the potential for Daré’s clinical development programs to generate value-driving
catalysts and provide a sustained pipeline of differentiated products; the sufficiency of non-dilutive grant and other financial award
funding to advance development of specified product candidates or programs, including through specified milestones; expectations regarding
existing collaborations and plans for future collaborations; and Daré’s ability to create meaningful long-term value for
women and shareholders.
Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Daré’s actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to: Daré’s ability to raise
additional capital when and as needed to execute its business strategy and continue as a going concern; potential suspension and delisting
of Daré’s common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market; Daré’s dependence on grants and other financial awards
from governmental entities and a private foundation; Daré’s reliance on Section 503B-registered outsourcing facilities and
other third parties to bring DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream and other solutions to market as compounded drugs or as consumer health products
and facilitate access to such products and the risk that those third parties do not perform as expected; difficulties in establishing
and sustaining relationships with third-party collaborators; the risk that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could stop permitting
Section 503B-registered outsourcing facilities to compound the drug substances in the proprietary formulations Daré intends to
bring or brings to market or changes the conditions under which those drug substances may be used in compounding or the compounded products
may be distributed; the ability of outsourcing facilities for Daré’s compounded products to maintain their registration
with the FDA under Section 503B; the timing of establishing, and ability to maintain, state-required licensure or registration to enable
fulfillment of prescriptions for DARE to PLAY Sildenafil Cream and other solutions brought to market via the Section 503B pathway; Daré’s
inexperience, as a company, in and limited infrastructure for commercializing products; the degree of market demand and acceptance for
the products Daré brings to market; competitive product launches; greater than expected costs to bring compounded drug products
to market and marketing costs; shifts in consumer spending or behavior; Daré’s reliance on third parties to manufacture
and conduct clinical trials and preclinical studies of its product candidates and commercialize XACIATO™ (clindamycin phosphate)
vaginal gel 2% and future FDA-approved products, if any; the risk that the FDA’s 505(b)(2) pathway for drug product approval in
the U.S. is not available for a product candidate as Daré anticipates; Daré’s ability to develop, obtain FDA or foreign
regulatory approval for, and commercialize its product candidates and to do so on communicated timelines; failure or delay in starting,
conducting and completing clinical trials of a product candidate and the inherent uncertainty of outcomes of clinical trials; Daré’s
ability to design and conduct successful clinical trials, to enroll a sufficient number of patients, to meet established clinical endpoints,
to avoid undesirable side effects and other safety concerns, and to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy of its product candidates;
decisions not to make clinical study design modifications recommended by the FDA; Daré’s dependence on third parties to
conduct clinical trials and manufacture and supply clinical trial material and commercial product; the risks that positive findings in
early clinical and/or nonclinical studies of a product candidate may not be predictive of success in subsequent clinical and/or nonclinical
studies of that candidate and that interim data or results from a particular clinical study do not necessarily predict the final results
for that study; the risk that the FDA, other regulatory authorities, members of the scientific or medical communities or investors may
not accept or agree with Daré’s interpretation of or conclusions regarding data from clinical studies of its product candidates;
the risk that even if a pivotal clinical study achieves its primary efficacy endpoint, the FDA may determine the data package is not
sufficient to support a favorable benefit-risk determination in a future marketing application; the risk that development of a product
candidate requires more clinical or nonclinical studies than Daré anticipates, or that the duration of a study or number of study
subjects must be significantly greater than anticipated; the loss of, or inability to attract, key personnel; product pricing and coverage
and reimbursement from third-party payors; Daré’s ability to retain its licensed rights to develop and commercialize a product
or product candidate; Daré’s ability to satisfy the monetary obligations and other requirements in connection with its exclusive,
in-license agreements covering the critical patents and related intellectual property related to its product and product candidates;
Daré’s ability to adequately protect or enforce its, or its licensor’s, intellectual property rights; disputes or
other developments concerning Daré’s intellectual property rights; the lack of patent protection for the active ingredients
in certain of Daré’s product candidates which could expose its products to competition from other formulations using the
same active ingredients; product liability claims; governmental investigations or actions relating to Daré’s products or
product candidates or the business activities of Daré, its commercial collaborators or other third parties on which Daré
relies; changes in healthcare, pharmaceutical, consumer protection or privacy laws and regulatory policies; increased scrutiny from regulators;
global trends toward health care cost containment; the effects of macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical events, and major changes and
disruptions in U.S. government policies and operations on Daré’s ability to raise additional capital or on Daré’s
operations, financial results and condition, and ability to achieve current plans and objectives; and cybersecurity incidents or similar
events that compromise Daré’s technology systems and/or significantly disrupt Daré’s business or those of third
parties on which it relies.

Daré’s
forward-looking statements are based upon its current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to
be incorrect. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. For a detailed
description of Daré’s risks and uncertainties, you are encouraged to review its documents filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Daré’s recent filings on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. You are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Daré undertakes
no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made,
except as required by law.
*The
terms DARE to PLAY and DARE to RECLAIM describe 503B compounded drug products. Compounded drug products are not approved by the FDA.
The FDA does not evaluate compounded drug products for safety, effectiveness, or quality. References to Section 503B, 503B, 503B compounding,
503B compounded product, and similar terms refer to Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and the production
and supply of compounded drugs by Section 503B-registered outsourcing facilities without patient-specific prescriptions in accordance
with Section 503B. Section 503B-registered outsourcing facilities are subject to FDA inspection and required to compound drug products
under current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations to ensure quality, strength and consistency.
**The
term FDA 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway refers to Section 505(b)(2) of the FDCA, which enables an applicant to rely, in part, on the FDA’s
prior findings of safety and efficacy data for an existing product, or published literature, in support of the applicant’s new
drug application (NDA), providing an alternate path to FDA approval for new or improved formulations or new uses of previously approved
drugs.
Contact:
Daré
Bioscience Investor Relations
innovations@darebioscience.com
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Daré Bioscience, Inc.
Daré
Bioscience, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited)
| | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | |
| | |
2026 | | |
2025 | |
| Revenue | |
| | | |
| | |
| Research
and development services and royalty revenue | |
$ | 187,546 | | |
$ | (21,172 | ) |
| Total
revenue | |
| 187,546 | | |
| (21,172 | ) |
| Cost
of revenues | |
| 319,889 | | |
| - | |
| Operating
expenses | |
| | | |
| | |
| Selling,
general and administrative | |
| 2,593,671 | | |
| 2,377,866 | |
| Research
and development | |
| 241,966 | | |
| 1,428,762 | |
| Total
operating expenses | |
| 2,835,637 | | |
| 3,806,628 | |
| Loss
from operations | |
| (2,967,980 | ) | |
| (3,827,800 | ) |
| Other
expense | |
| (14,793 | ) | |
| (188,683 | ) |
| Net
loss | |
$ | (2,982,773 | ) | |
$ | (4,016,483 | ) |
| Foreign
currency translation adjustments | |
| 2,225 | | |
| 12,983 | |
| Comprehensive
loss | |
$ | (2,980,548 | ) | |
$ | (4,003,500 | ) |
| Loss
per common share - basic and diluted | |
$ | (0.20 | ) | |
$ | (0.45 | ) |
| Weighted
average number of shares outstanding: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Basic
and diluted | |
| 14,889,832 | | |
| 8,871,155 | |
Daré
Bioscience, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data
| | |
June
30, 2026 (unaudited) | | |
December
31, 2025 | |
| Cash
and cash equivalents | |
$ | 12,617,594 | | |
$ | 24,711,356 | |
| Working
capital | |
$ | (236,457 | ) | |
$ | 3,378,192 | |
| Total
assets | |
$ | 22,370,109 | | |
$ | 32,474,563 | |
| Total
stockholders’ (deficit) equity | |
$ | (560,100 | ) | |
$ | 2,842,634 | |