6 things to know about Evoke Pharma

Solana Beach, Calif.-based Evoke Pharma is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease.

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Here are six things to know.

1. Evoke will submit a New Drug Application for its lead product candidate, Gimoti.

2. Gimoti is a metoclopramide nasal spray intended for female patients with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis.

3. Metoclopramide is the only product currently approved in the U.S. to treat gastroparesis, and is currently available only orally and intravenously. Gimoti is designed to provide metoclopramide delivery through intranasal administration to avoid gastric absorption issues.

4. Evoke Pharma Chairman Cam L. Garner and President and CEO David A. Gonyer, RPh, co-founded the company in 2007.

5. The company’s cash and cash equivalents were approximately $7.7 million as of Dec. 31, 2017.

6. For the fourth quarter of 2017, net loss was approximately $308,000, compared to a net loss of approximately $1.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2016. According to Mr. Gonyer, Evoke Pharma has cash runway into January 2019 and is actively evaluating multiple strategic partnerships for Gimoti, including debt financing and other potential partnerships.

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