Verrica Pharmaceuticals

Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a dermatology therapeutics company, which 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 76 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-06-15. The firm's product portfolio consists of one approved product with several potential follow-on indications, as well as an additional pipeline product. Its commercial product, YCANTH (VP-102), is a proprietary drug-device combination that contains a GMP-controlled formulation of cantharidin. YCANTH (VP-102) is being developed for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum in adult and pediatric patients two years of age and older. The company is also engaged in developing YCANTH (VP-102) for a potential follow-on indication for the treatment of common warts. Its second development candidate, VP-315, is an oncolytic peptide-based injectable therapy for the potential treatment of dermatology oncologic conditions, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC).