Form 8-K Jaguar Health, Inc. For: Jan 18

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2018

 

 

JAGUAR HEALTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 371-8300

 

 

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Emerging growth company x

 

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Item 7.01                   Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On January 18, 2018, Jaguar Health, Inc. (“Jaguar” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will conduct a conference call on Monday, January 22 at 4:15 p.m. EST / 1:15 p.m. PST to provide updates regarding commercial, educational and product development activities of the Company and Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Napo”), Jaguar’s wholly-owned subsidiary focused on human health.

 

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01                   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated January 18, 2018.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	JAGUAR HEALTH, INC.
	By:	/s/ Karen S. Wright
		Name:	Karen S. Wright
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: January 18, 2018

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Jaguar Health to Host Conference Call Monday, January 22nd at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time to Provide Updates Regarding Jaguar and Napo Pharmaceuticals Commercial, Educational & Product Development Activities and 2017 Results

 

San Francisco, CA (January 18, 2018): Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAGX) (Jaguar or the Company), a commercial stage natural-products pharmaceuticals company focused on developing novel, sustainably derived gastrointestinal products for both human prescription use and animals on a global basis, announced today that Company management will host a conference call on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time to provide updates regarding Jaguar and Napo Pharmaceuticals commercial, educational and product development activities and 2017 results. Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Napo), Jaguar’s wholly-owned subsidiary, focuses on human health and the ongoing commercialization of, and development of follow-on indications for, Mytesi® (crofelemer), Napo’s first-in-class, FDA-approved anti-secretory human prescription drug.

 

Conference Call Dial-In Instructions

 

Investors interested in listening to the live call should dial 800-239-9838 (U.S. Toll Free), 323-794-2551 (International). Please ask the operator to connect you to the call or provide the conference ID number: 1066868. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online which can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Jaguar website (click here). Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software to listen to the live broadcast.

 

For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a replay of the webcast will be available on the investor relations section of Jaguar’s website (click here) for 90 days following the call. Also, a dial-in replay of the call will be available through February 5, 2018, at 844-512-2921 (U.S. Toll Free) or 412-317-6671 (International). Participants must use the following code to access the dial-in replay of the call: 1066868.

 

About Mytesi®

 

Mytesi® (crofelemer) is an antidiarrheal indicated for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adult patients with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Mytesi® is not indicated for the treatment of infectious diarrhea. Rule out infectious etiologies of diarrhea before starting Mytesi®. If infectious etiologies are not considered, there is a risk that patients with infectious etiologies will not receive the appropriate therapy and their disease may worsen. In clinical studies, the most common adverse reactions occurring at a rate greater than placebo were upper respiratory tract infection (5.7%), bronchitis (3.9%), cough (3.5%), flatulence (3.1%), and increased bilirubin (3.1%).

 

More information and complete Prescribing Information are available at Mytesi.com. Crofelemer, the active ingredient in Mytesi®, is a botanical (plant-based) drug extracted and purified from the red bark sap of the medicinal Croton lechleri tree in the Amazon rainforest. Napo has established a sustainable harvesting program for crofelemer to ensure a high degree of quality and ecological integrity.

 

 

About Jaguar Health, Inc.

 

Jaguar Health, Inc. is a commercial stage natural-products pharmaceuticals company focused on developing novel, sustainably derived gastrointestinal products for both human prescription use and animals on a global basis. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., focuses on developing and commercializing proprietary human gastrointestinal pharmaceuticals for the global marketplace from plants used traditionally in rainforest areas. Our Mytesi® (crofelemer) product is approved by the U.S. FDA for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adults with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy.

 

For more information about Jaguar, please visit jaguar.health. For more information about Napo, visit napopharma.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements.” These include statements regarding planned, potential follow-on indications for Mytesi®. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are only predictions. Jaguar has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond Jaguar’s control. Except as required by applicable law, Jaguar does not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

 

Source: Jaguar Health, Inc.

 

Contact:

Peter Hodge

Jaguar Health, Inc.

[email protected]

 

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