400 Atlantic Street
Suite 500
Stamford, CT 06901
United States
203 406 3700
https://www.caratherapeutics.com
Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full-time employees: 55
Name | Title | Pay | Exercised | Year born |
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Mr. Christopher A. Posner | President, CEO & Director | 1.2M | N/A | 1970 |
Mr. Ryan D. Maynard | Chief Financial Officer | 511.7k | N/A | 1969 |
Dr. Joana Goncalves M.D. | Chief Medical Officer | 747.25k | N/A | 1974 |
Dr. Derek T. Chalmers D.Sc., Ph.D. | Co-Founder & Senior Advisor | 580.93k | N/A | 1964 |
Dr. Iris Francesconi Ph.D. | Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Investor Relations | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mr. Scott M. Terrillion | Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 689.63k | N/A | 1963 |
Ms. Beth Weinberg R.Ph. | Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & QA | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mr. Matthew Murphy | Manager of Investor Relations | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cara Therapeutics, Inc., a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing therapeutics treatment of chronic pruritus in the United States. The company's lead product is KORSUVA (difelikefalin) injection for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults undergoing hemodialysis. It also develops Oral difelikefalin, which is in Phase II/III clinical trial to treat chronic pruritus with notalgia paresthetica. The company has license agreements with Maruishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd to develop, manufacture, and commercialize drug products containing difelikefalin for acute pain and uremic pruritus in Japan; Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd. development and commercialization of KORSUVA injection for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus in adult patients undergoing hemodialysis; and Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corporation to develop, manufacture, and commercialize drug products containing difelikefalin in South Korea. Cara Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Cara Therapeutics, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 March 2024 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 4; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 7; Compensation: 9.