FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Greco Michele
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/04/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VERU INC. [VERU]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 888		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive VP of Finance
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MIAMI, FL 33137		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 71,178
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Option 04/04/2017(1) 04/04/2026 Common Stock 15,000 $ 1.82 D  
Common Stock Option 08/02/2018(2) 08/02/2027 Common Stock 44,792 $ 1.2 D  
Common Stock Option 12/04/2018(3) 12/04/2027 Common Stock 105,209 $ 1.05 D  
Common Stock Option 12/14/2018(4) 12/14/2027 Common Stock 78,508 $ 1.22 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Greco Michele
4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 888
MIAMI, FL 33137		       Executive VP of Finance  

Signatures

/s/ Michele Greco 01/16/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Options for one-half of the shares vested on April 4, 2017 and the remaining one-half on April 4, 2018.
(2) Options for one-third of the shares vest on each of August 2, 2018, August 2, 2019 and August 2, 2020.
(3) Options for one-third of the shares vest on each of December 4, 2018, December 4, 2019 and December 4, 2020.
(4) Options for all of the shares vest on December 14, 2018.

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