Entries by Ilona Margolis

ERX-315-001 SITE INITIATION VISIT @TKCC

Sydney, Australia – September 4, 2024:  The Etira team, led by Founder Dr. Ganesh Raj, and the clinical Contract Research Organization Novotech successfully performed the site initiation visit at the Kinghorn Cancer Center (TKCC) in Sydney Australia for the ERX-315-001 Phase 1 clinical trial. The study related protocol, procedures, processes, monitoring plan and study logistics […]

ERX-315 CLINICAL TRIAL APPROVED BY HREC

Dallas, TX – August 1, 2024: Etira is pleased to announce the approval of the ERX-315 Phase 1 clinical trial by the Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). This HREC approval enables the start of the clinical trial titled “A Phase 1 Trial of ERX-315 in Participants with Advanced Solid Tumors” The trial will begin […]

Etira’s Australian partner MMIC expands

Melbourne, Australia – July 10, 2024:  The expansion of Etira partner Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) to the Monash Technology Precinct in Clayton was highlighted in the press. This expansion will enable further opportunities for innovation across medicine formulation, resolving manufacturing process challenges and building supply of highly-skilled, industry ready candidates for the workforce. MMIC […]

DECRYPTING THE OLIGO-BENZAMIDE PLATFORM

Dallas, TX – June 15, 2024: The laboratory of Etira founder Dr Jung-Mo Ahn presents a comprehensive overview of the oligo-benzamide platform that emulates a-helical peptide segments in proteins and disrupts protein-protein interactions.  Herein, the design of oligo-benzamides, efficient synthetic routes and preclinical studies showing their activity are detailed. Etira’s therapeutic compounds are based on […]

ERX-315 SUBMITTED FOR HREC APPROVAL

Dallas, TX – May 14th, 2024: Etira is pleased to announce the submission of the regulatory documents for approval of administration of its breakthrough oncology drug ERX-315 to the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in Australia. This submission marks a significant milestone for EtiraRx and approval by HREC will enable the start of phase 1 […]

ERX-208 potency in Ovarian Cancer

San Diego, CA. April 10, 2024: Etira founder Dr Ratna Vadlamudi’s laboratory presents comprehensive data on the activity of ERX-208 in ovarian cancer. ERX-208 is active against all four molecular subtypes of ovarian cancer and its activity is dependent on LIPA expression. The data support the advancement of ERX-208 towards clinical trials in ovarian cancer.

Targeting LIPA in ovarian cancer

Dallas, TX. January 24, 2024: We are pleased to present a manuscript in Cancers from the laboratory of Etira founder Dr. Ratna Vadlamudi. The data presented show that ERX-41 targets LIPA in ovarian cancer and is effective against all 4 subtypes of ovarian cancer- serous carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, endometrioid adenocarcinoma and clear cell carcinoma. These […]

ERX-315 introduced at SABCS 2023

San Antonio, TX. December 7, 2023: Etira is pleased to present the data with its lead compound ERX-315 that cause catastrophic levels of ER stress, resulting in breast cancer cell death, and that can successfully function against multiple forms of endocrine therapy resistant breast cancer, including those driven by mutant estrogen receptor. Preclinical research, GMP […]

Independent validation of LIPA as a molecular target in TNBC

Dallas, TX. October 2, 2023: Etira is pleased to note the independent validation of LIPA as a molecular target in TNBC in a preprint in biorxiv from Dr. Esser’s group in Dusseldorf, Germany. The authors conclude that LIPA-activity is a novel pharmacological target in TNBC therapy and argue for the implementation of LIPA inhibitors into personalized treatment […]