Sudbury Company Developing Medication to Combat Drug Addiction

A Sudbury company is among two businesses in Massachusetts working to develop a medication that can help treat the increasing problems associated with drug addiction.

The Boston Herald reported that Sudbury's Embera NeuroTherapeutics has developed a drug called EMB-001 that can help fight addiction to cocaine, nicotine and other drugs.

“There’s no approved treatment for cocaine dependence, so there’s a big, big need there,” said CEO Bob Linke, according to the Boston Herald. “When you’re addicted to a drug and trying to quit ... your stress-response system is activated, driving your craving for the drug. Our drug tries to modulate that stress response.”

According to the Boston Herald article, there are currently 22 drugs in development nationwide that are aimed at fighting addiction. The other company working on a similar drug in Massachusetts is Selecta Bioscience in Watertown.

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