Dutch inventor of arousal pill for women approached Epstein to be an investor

The Dutch inventor of the female libido pill, Adriaan Tuiten, unsuccessfully approached Jeffrey Epstein to be an investor in his project, the Volkskrant reports from the Epstein files.

This happened in December 2016, eight years after Epstein’s first conviction for sex crimes against a child. Scientist Tuiten, convinced that his female equivalent of Viagra would make him an instant success, approached the convicted sex offender with his “strictly confidential” plans for his company, Emotional Brain.

Tuiten came into contact with Epstein through Donald Rubin, a professor of statistics at Harvard University who served on Emotional Brain’s scientific advisory board. Tuiten sent a detailed “pitch deck” in which he described the libido pills and projections that they could earn billions in the long run.

Epstein replied that “the deck is really bad,” speaking of a poor and vague presentation. “All very goofy.” He said Rubin was just a professor they paid to convince a bunch of idiots that this product would work. “I’m out, sorry.”

The Volkskrant couldn’t reach Tuiten for a comment. He was bought out of Emotional Brain four years ago by a group of new investors led by Marcel Wijma after the launch of his libido pills failed miserably, according to the newspaper.

Wijma relaunched Emotional Brain as Arletta Pharma Solutions in December 2025. The name change was to “sound much more female-friendly,” Wijma told the Volkskrant. The company is currently testing its libido pill and is hopeful about the results.

Wijma called the attempt to enlist Epstein as an investor “very desperate of Tuiten” and said he did not know about it. “We want to help women,” Wijma told the Volkskrant. “And then you shouldn’t get involved with those kinds of people.”