After a Point-Blank Rejection Letter From the FDA, This Founder Went Back to the Drawing Board Posted by June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 Leave a comment on After a Point-Blank Rejection Letter From the FDA, This Founder Went Back to the Drawing Board Cindy Whitehead spent years working on a treatment for low sexual desire in women. When the FDA rejected her drug, she disputed the decision with the stories of affected women — and won.