Business Summary

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pruritus by selectively targeting peripheral kappa opioid receptors (KORs). The Company is developing a class of product candidates KORSUVA (CR845/difelikefalin), which is a KOR agonist that targets the body’s peripheral nervous system, as well as certain immune cells. The Company is also conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials of CR845/difelikefalin-based product candidates. The Company also initiated a pharmacokinetic safety trial of multiple doses of Oral CR845 in hemodialysis patients to define bioequivalent tablet strengths to inform its ability to develop an oral tablet formulation for moderate-to-severe uremic pruritus. CR701 is a peripherally restricted, mixed-CB1/CB2 receptor agonist that selectively interacts with these cannabinoid receptor subtypes, with no off-target activities.