The ella fund supports EspeRare’s new programme in cancer

The ella fund will support the development of EspoiR-005 (ER-005) in cancers affecting children.
This initial endowment will fund a series of proof-of-concept screening studies to better characterize ER-005 effects in childhood cancers. To this end EspeRare is collaborating with the Centre Léon Bérard in Lyon, France, a cancer referral and treatment centre and research institute specialised in rare tumours, comprising a paediatric hemato-oncology unit.

Our new therapeutic candidate is a first-in-class candidate for the treatment of rare paediatric cancers. EspeRare obtained the rights to that molecule from a pharmaceutical partner and gained access to the results of previous studies on that compound, including safety and efficacy in humans.

Vast progress has been done in cancer treatments over the last years, however cancers affecting children have not received the same attention from the industry. In view of the severe unmet needs for these underserved young patients, should this initial research phase supported by the ella fund produce promising results, EspeRare intends to rapidly progress the development of this therapy into patients.

About The ella fund

The ella fund is a philanthropy fund sheltered by the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation that seeks to empower girls and women through education, healthcare and entrepreneurship. With this goal in mind they have recognised EspeRare as a promising venture philanthropic drug development organisation led by women.