Relmada Therapeutics' Michael Becker Interviewed by The Life Sciences Report

Relmada Therapeutics' Michael Becker Interviewed by The Life Sciences Report

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - April 21, 2016) -  To treat chronic pain without risk of addiction is to straddle a knife's edge. But Relmada Therapeutics Inc. (OTCQB: RLMD) has a small fleet of compounds in development that address both sides of an issue that has become a newsmaker, given the recent upsurge in heroin addiction and the ever-present conundrum of alleviating severe pain in chronic disease and after surgery. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Relmada's Michael Becker describes the company's programs, which are advancing steadily toward the marketplace.

The Life Sciences Report: Relmada Therapeutics Inc. started out as a privately held company, but then completed a reverse merger and went public. Can you provide a bit of background on that process, and tell us the meaning behind the company's name?

Michael Becker: In May 2014, Relmada completed a reverse merger and listed on the OTCQB at $7.50 per share. In connection with the going-public transaction and subsequent warrant exercises, Relmada raised approximately $51 million in aggregate. With regard to the background behind the company's name, Relmada is an amalgamation of the phrase "relief armada," as the company is developing a pipeline of drug candidates to treat chronic pain.

TLSR: Let's talk about your new chemical entity, d-Methadone (dextromethadone; REL-1017), which is being developed for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Readers are familiar with traditional racemic methadone that is used in the treatment of various pain states and as a substitution therapy in heroin and other opioid addiction. How is your d-Methadone different?

MB: It is important to note that d-Methadone acts completely different from racemic methadone. As a single isomer of racemic methadone, d-Methadone has been shown to possess NMDA antagonist properties with virtually no opioid activity associated with the racemic molecule, or the l-Methadone isomer, at the expected therapeutic doses. The activation of NMDA receptors has been associated with…

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