Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc

NASDAQ:VRCA

Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in identifying, developing, and commercializing pharmaceutical products for the treatment of skin diseases. The company is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania and currently employs 38 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-06-15. The firm is focused on developing and commercializing treatments for skin diseases. The firm's lead product candidate, VP-102, is a drug-device combination of its topical solution of cantharidin, a widely recognized, naturally sourced agent to treat topical dermatological conditions, administered through its single-use precision applicator. The company is developing VP-102 for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum (molluscum), a highly contagious and primarily pediatric viral skin disease, external genital warts and common warts. The company also intends to develop its second cantharidin-based product candidate, VP-103, for the treatment of plantar warts, which are warts located on the bottom of the foot. The company also intends to develop its third product candidate, LTX-315, for the treatment of dermatological oncology indications, including non-metastatic melanoma and non-metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.