Cara Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Thomas Reilly as Chief Financial Officer
October 01, 2020 at 07:00 am EDT
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Cara Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas Reilly as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2020. Mr. Reilly will be responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial strategy and activities related to accounting, capital markets, and business operations. He joins Cara from Allergan, now part of AbbVie, where he served as Finance Head for the U.S. General Medicine Commercial Business. Mr. Reilly has over 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical financial operations, including significant management experience in accounting and commercial finance. As Finance Head for the U.S. General Medicine Commercial Business at Allergan, he was instrumental in growing sales, managing capital allocations, and serving as a member of the commercial leadership team. Prior to Allergan, he held numerous financial management positions of increasing responsibility within Novartis, most notably Head of Finance of Global Oncology Development. Previously, he served as the Finance Manager, US Consumer Healthcare Division of Pharmacia Corporation, now Pfizer Inc.
Cara Therapeutics, Inc. is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on treatment paradigm to improve the lives of patients suffering from chronic pruritus. It is developing an oral formulation of difelikefalin, a selective, predominantly peripherally acting, non-scheduled Kappa opioid receptor agonist, for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pruritus associated with Notalgia Paresthetica (NP), a common, underdiagnosed neuropathy affecting the upper back. It is conducting Phase II/III Clinical Program in NP. The program is comprised of two studies - KOURAGE 1 and KOURAGE 2, which are double-blind, placebo-controlled, eight-week studies with patients allowed to roll-over into open-label 52-week extensions. It has developed an IV formulation of difelikefalin, for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus associated with advanced chronic kidney disease in adults undergoing hemodialysis. The IV formulation is out-licensed worldwide.
CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
