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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-16-014256
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161025
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161025
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161025

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RITTER PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001460702
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				263474527
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37428
		FILM NUMBER:		161951055

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1880 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 1000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-203-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1880 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 1000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067
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Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>October 25, 2016</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt"><B>RITTER
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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                                         Century Park East, Suite 1000</B></FONT></P>
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telephone number, including area code: <B>(310) 203-1000</B></FONT></P>

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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 (<I>see</I> General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>

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    2.02</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Results
    of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ritter
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is providing certain preliminary financial data with respect to the quarter
ended September 30, 2016. The Company estimates cash and cash equivalents and total liabilities of the Company to be approximately
$8.5 million and $3.8 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2016. Compared to the second quarter, cash and cash equivalents
decreased by approximately $2.3 million and total liabilities increased by approximately $1.1 million during the third quarter.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
financial data presented above are preliminary and subject to revision based upon the Company&rsquo;s financial closing procedures
and the completion of the review of the Company&rsquo;s financial statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or
supplement the information provided above until it releases its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2016. Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm, has not audited, reviewed,
compiled or performed any procedures with respect to this financial data.</FONT></P>

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    7.01</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Regulation
    FD Disclosure.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
information contained above in Item 2.02 is hereby incorporated by reference to this Item 7.01 in its entirety.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the United
State Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of Section 18. Furthermore, the information
shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or any other filing under the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific references in such filings.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Forward-Looking
Statements</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains &ldquo;forward-looking&rdquo; statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the Company&rsquo;s estimated
cash and cash equivalents and total liabilities as of September 30, 2016. The words &ldquo;may,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;could,&rdquo;
&ldquo;would,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo;
&ldquo;believe,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo; &ldquo;predict,&rdquo; &ldquo;project,&rdquo; &ldquo;potential,&rdquo; &ldquo;continue,&rdquo;
&ldquo;ongoing&rdquo; and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking
statements contain these identifying words. While the Company believes its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in those
forward-looking statements are reasonable, these plans, intentions or expectations may not be achieved. The Company&rsquo;s actual
results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. For information about the factors that could cause such differences, please refer to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, including the information discussed under the captions &ldquo;Part I, Item
1A - Risk Factors&rdquo; and &ldquo;Part II, Item 7 - Management&rsquo;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations,&rdquo; as well as the Company&rsquo;s various other filings with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, you should
not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement.</FONT></P>

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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.</FONT></P>

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    Michael D. Step</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael
    D. Step</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
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October 25, 2016</FONT></P>

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