The stock of small-cap biotech Jaguar Health Inc. rose 7% on Wednesday, after the company launched its gelclair treatment for oral mucositis, a common side effect suffered by head and neck cancer patients.
Gelclair ® is the company's third commercialized prescription product Oral mucositis, also called "chemo mouth," a painful inflammation of the mouth's mucous membranes, has emerged as the most significant adverse event in oncology according to a National Comprehensive Cancer Network task force Severe mucositis/pharyngitis occurred in 70% of head and neck cancer patients in third-party study SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 16, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals ("Napo") has initiated the commercial launch of the FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product Gelclair in the U.S. "Cancer is chaotic, because patients feel a loss of control - over their life, their treatment, and their supportive care needs," said Catherine Collis, Jaguar's Senior Vice President of Growth Strategy. "Jaguar's mission is to change patients' lives for the better, especially in the area of supportive care for complex disease states like cancer.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 8, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that a late-breaking abstract evaluating the incidence, severity and management of diarrhea from targeted therapies with or without standard chemotherapy in the cohort of adult patients with breast cancer in the placebo group of the OnTarget phase 3 study recently conducted by Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals, was submitted by the study's primary investigators to a relevant oncology conference for consideration for a presentation. In this study 142 patients with solid tumors received placebo tablets and nearly 75 of them were patients with breast cancer receiving targeted therapies with or without standard chemotherapy.
Adult patients with breast cancer are a prespecified subgroup of the recently conducted OnTarget trial evaluating crofelemer for prophylaxis of cancer therapy-related diarrhea OnTarget results in breast cancer patients have been submitted to a relevant oncology conference SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 1, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that the recently completed analysis of the prespecified subgroup of adult patients with breast cancer from the company's Phase 3 OnTarget trial indicate that crofelemer achieved statistical significance in this subgroup. Patients with breast cancer accounted for nearly 180 of the 287 participants in this unprecedented prophylactic clinical trial recently conducted by Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals for diarrhea in adult patients with solid tumors receiving targeted therapy with or without standard chemotherapy.
Jaguar's commercial focus on cancer supportive care aims to use the best tools and techniques that assess the quality of life of cancer patients and survivors and deliver solutions to address these unmet needs - Commonly used tools and techniques fail to measure what patients are most concerned about Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals sponsored the "More Than a Diagnosis: A Quality of Life Survey for Individuals with a Diagnosis or History of Cancer" SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 26, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) today announced that Stacey Tinianov, MPH, the founder of Advocates for Collaborative Education (ACE) and a member of Jaguar's Scientific Advisory Board, will conduct a poster presentation on September 27, 2024 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium. The presentation, titled "Measuring what really matters: Advocacy-led co-creation and accrual of a pan-cancer QoL survey," will describe the methodologies and best practices used to design and execute "More Than a Diagnosis: A Quality of Life Survey for Individuals with a Diagnosis or History of Cancer.
Oral mucositis, also called "chemo mouth," has emerged as the most significant adverse event in oncology according to a National Comprehensive Cancer Network task force Up to 40% of all patients treated with chemotherapy develop oral mucositis, and this percentage rises to approximately 90% for patients with head and neck cancers treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 24, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals (Napo) is exhibiting Gelclair ® , the FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting , which takes place September 29 - October 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. Jaguar plans to begin the U.S. commercial launch in October 2024 for Gelclair.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 16, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) today announced that Lisa Conte, the company's founder, president and CEO, will present in person on September 19, 2024 at the MedInvest Biotech & Pharma Investor Conference and participate in one-on-one meetings at the event, which is taking place September 18-19 in New York City. Participation Instructions for Jaguar Health's Presentation at the MedInvest Biotech & Pharma Investor Conference When: Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 9:55 AM Eastern to 10:10 AM Eastern Registration link for presentation: Click Here About the Jaguar Health Family of Companies Jaguar Health, Inc. (Jaguar) is a commercial stage pharmaceuticals company focused on developing novel proprietary 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.
FDA-approved Gelclair ® is company's third commercialized prescription product Susan Krizancic appointed to role of National Sales Director at Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 10, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that it has appointed biopharmaceutical industry veteran Susan Krizancic to the role of National Sales Director for Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals. "Sue is a dynamic and proven commercial leader with 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceuticals industry - including 15 years of recent experience in the oncology market - building high-performing teams and exceeding sales targets.
Company's Canalevia®-CA1 prescription drug is FDA conditionally approved for treatment of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID) in dogs and is the first and only treatment for CID in dogs to receive any type of approval from FDA SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 5, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") is proud to be celebrating National Service Dog Month, a time devoted to raising awareness and showing appreciation for the extraordinary work service dogs do every day for the people in their care. "September is National Service Dog Month.
Click here to view interview video Paramount near-term activities include planned October 2024 commercial launch of FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product Gelclair ® and results from independent, investigator-initiated trials of crofelemer for rare diseases SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 4, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar") today announced that a new Innovators with Jane King video interview of Lisa Conte, Jaguar's founder, president, and CEO, is available and can be viewed by clicking here . "Our paramount near-term activities are our planned October 2024 commercial launch of the FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product Gelclair in the U.S. and progressing our rare disease development business," said Conte.
Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 13, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Lisa Conte - Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer Pravin Chaturvedi - Chief Scientific Officer Cathy Collis - Senior Vice President of Growth Strategy Carol Lizak - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Operator [Call starts abruptly] Before I turn the call over to the management, I would like to remind you that the management may make forward-looking statements relating to such matters as continued growth prospects for the company, uncertainties regarding market acceptance of products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, industry trends and productive initiatives, including products in the development stage which may not achieve scientific objectives or meet stringent regulatory requirements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements.
The combined net Q2 2024 revenue of approximately $2.72 million for prescription and non-prescription products increased approximately 16% versus net Q1 2024 revenue of $2.35 million and 2.0% versus net Q2 2023 revenue of $2.67 million Company to complete analysis of full data for first and second 12-week periods of pivotal phase 3 OnTarget trial of crofelemer for prophylaxis of cancer therapy-related diarrhea (CTD) in support of FDA discussion; Jaguar to explore possible approval pathway for crofelemer in breast and lung cancer based on phase 3 results Jaguar planning to begin commercial launch in October 2024 for Gelclair ®, the company's third prescription product Import permit for crofelemer granted for independent, investigator-initiated proof-of-concept trial in Abu Dhabi in pediatric patients for the rare and orphan disease indications of microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) and short bowel syndrome (SBS) with intestinal failure REMINDER: Jaguar to host investor webcast Tuesday, August 13th at 8:30 a.m. Eastern regarding Q2 2024 financials and company updates; Click here to register for webcast SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 13, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) ("Jaguar" or the "Company") today reported its consolidated second-quarter 2024 financial results and provided Company updates.