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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

 

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ritter” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The Company was formed as a Nevada limited liability company on March 29, 2004 under the name Ritter Natural Sciences, LLC, and converted into a Delaware corporation on September 16, 2008.

 

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel therapeutic products that modulate the human gut microbiome to treat gastrointestinal diseases. The Company is advancing human gut health research by exploring metabolic capacity of the gut microbiota and translating the functionality of prebiotic-based therapeutics into applications intended to have a meaningful impact on a patient’s health. The Company’s lead compound, RP-G28 is currently under development for the treatment of lactose intolerance. RP-G28 has the potential to become the first FDA-approved drug for the treatment of lactose intolerance, a debilitating disease that affects over 1 billion people worldwide.

 

On June 24, 2015, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202924) relating to its initial public offering of its common stock was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The shares began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on June 24, 2015.  The initial public offering closed on June 29, 2015, and 4,000,000 shares of common stock were sold at an initial public offering price of $5.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $20 million. 

 

The Company paid to the underwriters underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $1.6 million in connection with the offering. In addition, the Company incurred expenses of approximately $1 million in connection with the offering. Thus, the net offering proceeds to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $17.4 million.