pain. They know that their goal of developing a pain drug may take some time and be fraught with great uncertainty. However, they believe that the science that supports their mission is sound and their cause is important. As the famous French writer, Andre Gide, once wrote “man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Aquilus Pharmaceuticals is on a voyage of discovery and hopes that it will return from that voyage with the reward of a new drug for treating chronic pain.