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): March 21, 2020

 

 

JAGUAR HEALTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-36714		46-2956775
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

201 Mission Street, Suite 2375 San Francisco, California		94105
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $0.0001 Per Share	JAGX	The NASDAQ Capital Market

 

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On March 21, 2020, Jaguar Health, Inc. (the “Company”) submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization for crofelemer (Mytesi®) for the symptomatic relief of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19 and for patients with COVID-19 who have diarrhea associated with certain antiviral treatments. The American College of Gastroenterology, a medical association that represents thousands of gastroenterologists from around the world that has been studying coronavirus cases, found that coronavirus may present with not only respiratory symptoms, but also with diarrhea.

  

 

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/ Lisa A. Conte
		Name:	Lisa A. Conte
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer & President
Date: March 23, 2020