<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?><link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:labelLink xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/link" xlink:title="labelLink" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="cvkd-20251231.xsd#cvkd_JamesJFergusonMember" xlink:label="cvkd_JamesJFergusonMember" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="cvkd_JamesJFergusonMember" xlink:to="cvkd_JamesJFergusonMember_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="cvkd_JamesJFergusonMember_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">James J. Ferguson [Member]</link:label>
  </link:labelLink>
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