Jaguar Health

Jaguar Health, Inc. is a commercial stage pharmaceuticals company, which engages in the development of gastrointestinal products. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently employs 47 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-05-13. The firm is developing prescription medicines sustainably derived from plants from rainforest areas for people and animals with gastrointestinal distress, specifically associated with overactive bowel, which includes symptoms such as chronic debilitating diarrhea, urgency, bowel incontinence, and cramping pain. Its marketed drug Mytesi, (crofelemer 125 mg delayed-release tablets), is a first-in-class oral botanical drug product approved by the FDA for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adults with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy. Its Canalevia-CA1, crofelemer delayed-release tablets drug, is an oral plant-based prescription product that is FDA conditionally approved to treat chemotherapy-induced diarrhea in dogs. The company has an exclusive distribution agreement for the sale of Gelclair. The company is developing a pipeline of prescription drug product candidates to address unmet needs in gastrointestinal health.