{{lowercase title}} {{About|a medical technology company|music genres|Electronicore}} {{Short description|Medical technology company in New Jersey}} '''electroCore, Inc.''' (Nasdaq: ECOR) is a medical technology company based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. electroCore was co-founded in 2005 by JP Errico, Thomas J. Errico, MD, Charles Theofilos, MD, and Peter Staats, MD.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=electroCore Inc. Company & People {{!}} ECOR |url=https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/ecor/company-people |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Barron's |language=en}}</ref> The current chief executive officer is Daniel S. Goldberger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/nerve-stimulation-devicemaker-electrocore-goes-public-78m-ipo|title=Nerve stimulation device maker electroCore goes public with $78M IPO {{!}} FierceBiotech|website=www.fiercebiotech.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> electroCore<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-vagus-nerve-stimulator-treat-cluster-headaches-n748036|title=This hand-held device is approved to treat cluster headaches|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> has one product called gammaCore,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.massdevice.com/electrocore-wins-cluster-headache-fda-510k-indication-for-gammacore/|title=ElectroCore wins cluster headache FDA 510(k) indication for GammaCore|date=2018-11-28|website=MassDevice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/12/24/nerve-stimulator-approved-for-cluster-headache|title=Nerve Stimulator Approved for Cluster Headache|website=Pain News Network|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> a non-invasive, commercially available product that uses vagus nerve stimulation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2018/06/22/term-sheet-friday-june-22/|title=Term Sheet -- Friday, June 22|website=Fortune|language=en|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref>
== History == The company was co-founded by JP Errico, Thomas J. Errico, MD, Charles Theofilos, MD, and Peter Staats, MD, in 2005.<ref name=":1" />
In 2018, electroCore, Inc. went public with a $78 million IPO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Conor |date=2018-06-22 |title=Nerve stimulation device maker electroCore goes public with $78M IPO {{!}} Fierce Biotech |url=https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/nerve-stimulation-devicemaker-electrocore-goes-public-78m-ipo |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.fiercebiotech.com |language=en}}</ref>
On March 27, 2020, electroCore announced a common stock purchase agreement of up to $25 million with Chicago-based institutional investor Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-electrocore-announces-common-stock-idUSFWN2BK1LH|title=BRIEF-electroCore Announces Common Stock Purchase Agreement For Up To $25 Mln With Lincoln Park Capital|date=2020-03-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-03-31|language=en}}</ref>
== Products ==
=== gammaCore Sapphire CV === In July 2020, the FDA gave an emergency COVID-19 authorization for gammaCore Sapphire CV, a vagus nerve stimulation device, aimed at reducing exacerbations in people potentially affected by the novel coronavirus and have difficulty breathing due to asthma.<ref>{{Cite web|last=electroCore|date=2020-07-13|title=electroCore Announces FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use of gammaCore Sapphire™ CV for the Acute Treatment of Asthma Exacerbations in Known or Suspected COVID-19 Patients|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/07/13/2061109/0/en/electroCore-Announces-FDA-Emergency-Use-Authorization-for-use-of-gammaCore-Sapphire-CV-for-the-Acute-Treatment-of-Asthma-Exacerbations-in-Known-or-Suspected-COVID-19-Patients.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}</ref>
===Truvaga=== A VNS product owned by Electrocore.<ref>https://www.truvaga.com/vagus-nerve-science/</ref>
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Category:Medical technology companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Somerset County, New Jersey Category:American companies established in 2005 Category:2005 establishments in New Jersey
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