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WTR’s Life Sciences Analyst Sally Yanchus was joined this week by Jaguar Health’s CEO Lisa Conte.  Conte began by explaining how when climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, she discovered a natural-based plant substance that relieved altitude sickness.  She then founded Jaguar Health, which pioneered plant-based therapies to treat severe diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients currently on antiretroviral therapy. Jaguar’s lead product, Mytesi, is currently on the market for this indication. Conte also discussed other pipeline opportunities that Jaguar is working on.