San Diego – August 22, 2016 – Cooley advised the underwriters on Gemphire Therapeutics Inc.'s $30 million initial public offering. The company's common stock now trades on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "GEMP."

Jefferies and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Canaccord Genuity acted as co-lead manager and Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. and LifeSci Capital acted as co-managers.

Gemphire is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of dyslipidemia, a serious medical condition that increases the risk of life threatening cardiovascular disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

The Cooley corporate and securities team advising the underwriters included Div Gupta, Charlie Kim, Nicole Brookshire, Siana Lowrey, Kristin VanderPas, Jonie Kondracki, Susan Walker and Adrienne Directo.

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