A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics for autoimmune-driven inflammatory diseases
Eliem Therapeutics, following the close of the acquisition of Tenet Medicines, will be focused on developing therapeutics for autoimmune-driven inflammatory diseases, including advancing budoprutug, an anti-CD19 antibody designed for a broad range of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, immune thrombocytopenia, and membranous nephropathy.
Our Pipeline
Budoprutug, an anti-CD19 mAb, is designed to deplete CD19-positive B cells, including antibody-secreting cells, in order to directly reduce pathogenic autoantibodies. This reduction of autoantibodies has the potential to be disease-modifying in autoantibody-driven diseases, such as SLE, ITP and MN. In a Phase 1b clinical trial of budoprutug in MN, 3 out of 5 (or 60%) of patients that received four doses of budoprutug achieved a complete remission of proteinuria, a primary symptom of MN.
In SLE, one of budoprutug’s lead indications, the underlying pathology involves production of autoantibodies by autoreactive B cells that contribute to inflammation and tissue damage. Because budoprutug is designed to target and deplete CD19-expressing B cells known to produce autoantibodies, the Company believes budoprutug has the potential to treat SLE.
In ITP, the Company believes targeting plasmablasts and plasma cells is likely to decrease the production of autoantibodies, increase platelet count and ameliorate disease. B cell depletion with anti-CD20 targeting mAbs, has demonstrated efficacy in some patients with ITP based on in clinical trials conducted by third parties. For those patients who do not respond to anti-CD20 therapy, the Company believes an anti-CD19 approach, such as budoprutug, may have the ability to further deplete pathogenic CD20-/CD19+ cells.
Our Experienced Team
Aoife brings to Eliem over 20 years of experience leading drug development organizations across a range of stages and therapeutic areas having most recently served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Synlogic, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing treatments for rare metabolic diseases based on synthetic biology. In that role, she led the organization from early-stage private company to a late-phase public company with internal GMP manufacturing capabilities, pioneering new regulatory pathways for bacterial therapeutics. She joined Synlogic as Chief Medical Officer in 2016 and was promoted to CEO in October 2018. Prior to Synlogic, Dr. Brennan served as Vice President and Head of the Rare Disease Innovation Unit at Biogen, Inc., where she led the global marketing approvals of ALPROLIX®, ELOCTATE® and SPINRAZA® as well as other early-stage programs. She served as a director of Synlogic from October 2018 to March 2024, as a director of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from Sept 2018 through its acquisition in April 2020 and currently serves as a director of Fibrogen Inc., Cerevance, LLC and Xilio Therapeutics. Dr. Brennan holds a medical degree from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and completed her post-graduate training in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. She also completed post-doctoral training in clinical research and metabolism at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School Scholars in Clinical Science Program.
Jan is a rheumatologist and clinical immunologist with 20 years of experience in academic research, patient care and teaching, and more than 15 years of experience in the biotech industry spanning translational, preclinical, early and late clinical development. Prior to Eliem, Dr. Hillson was a Partner at Cascadia Drug Development Group providing strategic advisory support, including indication prioritization, investment opportunity diligence, and planning and oversight of therapeutic development with a focus in immunology. Dr. Hillson’s experience in the biotechnology industry includes senior clinical development and leadership roles at ZymoGenetics (acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb), Momenta (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), Chemocentryx (acquired by Amgen), Alpine Immune Sciences, and Provention Bio (acquired by Sanofi), where she was responsible for the design and execution of clinical development plans and trials for multiple therapeutic candidates in autoimmune diseases and immunovirology. Dr. Hillson is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Eledon Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Hillson received her M.D. from Stanford School of Medicine, an M.S. from the California Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Marine Chemistry from Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and a B.S. from Michigan State University.
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