Quartet Medicine Inc.
Improving neuropathic pain management without opioids
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Quartet Medicine Inc.'s pipeline of novel small-molecule drugs to address chronic pain and inflammation target the tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) synthesis pathway, a target with genetic and pharmacological links to regulating human disease at the intersection of the peripheral nervous system and the immune system. The start-up thinks its approach has the potential to provide improved efficacy without the side effects associated with existing centrally acting analgesics.
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