EXHIBIT 99.1


                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of NexMed, Inc. (the
"Company") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Y.
Joseph Mo, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)      the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.





By: /s/ Y. Joseph Mo
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Name: Y. Joseph Mo
Chief Executive Officer
March 31, 2003



A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to NexMed, Inc. and will be retained by NexMed, Inc. and furnished to
the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.