EtiraRx's Licensed ERX-41 Identified as a Potential New Oral Therapy for Multiple Cancers, Company Prepares for Clinical Trials
DALLAS, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A scientific team, led by the scientific founders of EtiraRx, has identified a small molecule, ERX-41, as a novel oral therapeutic agent that may have utility in treating multiple solid cancers, including triple negative breast cancer, glioblastoma, ovarian and pancreatic cancers. EtiraRx, headquartered in Biolabs Pegasus Park, plans to initiate clinical trials as early as the first quarter of 2023.
- EtiraRx, headquartered in Biolabs Pegasus Park, plans to initiate clinical trials as early as the first quarter of 2023.
- Jung-Mo Ahn, Ganesh Raj and Ratna Vadlamudi, identified that ERX-41 dramatically enhances endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in cancer cells.
- The study set the foundation for clinical trials with patients with therapy-resistant cancers that are vulnerable to enhanced ER stress.
- Russell Hayward, CEO EtiraRx, said, "ERX-41 has the potential to be a first-in-class oral therapy that kills aggressive therapy-resistant cancers.