Cara Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics to treat pain. Its products include intravenous CR845 that has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of acute postoperative pain in adult patients; Oral CR845, which is in Phase I clinical trials to treat acute and chronic pain; and CR701 that is in preclinical trials for treating neuropathic and inflammatory pain. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.