INVEST IN MULTI-TARGET CELL & GENE THERAPIES

CHRONIC WOUNDS, CANCER, INFLAMMATION AND BEYOND

We are committed to developing curative therapies for chronic wounds, cancer, and inflammatory diseases through our innovative multi-target cell and gene therapy platform.

Our goal is to provide life-changing treatments for millions of patients worldwide by building a strong foundation of clinical safety and efficacy in treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers, chronic wounds, and deadly cancers. Through strategic partnerships, we aim to bring our platform to market, transforming healthcare and improving lives.

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EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY

Massive unmet need and market opportunity

  • Chronic Wounds: $100Bn cost to society and $15Bn global market.
    • Diabetic Foot Ulcer
    • Venous Leg Ulcer
    • Pressure Ulcer
  • Ovarian Cancer: 207,252 deaths/year and over $5Bn global market.
  • Bladder Cancer: 212,536 deaths/year and over $8Bn global market.
  • Inflammation: Global anti-inflammatory market to grow 4% and reach $146Bn in 2032.
  • Curing complex diseases requires multi-targeting – current treatments do not enable that.
  • Cell and gene therapies have therapeutic potential but cannot be scaled and COGS is unacceptable. 

Aurealis Therapeutics 4-in-1 platform.

Aurealis’ technology enables multi- targeting with superior scalability and low COGS.

Illustration of the Aurealis Therapeutics Technology Platform

 

OUR PRODUCT PIPELINE

Modality | Product Discovery In vivo POC GLP, S&T, CMC IND/CTA Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 NDA/MAA
Chronic wounds | AUP-16
Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)
Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU)
Pressure Ulcer (PU)
Oncology | AUP-55
Ovarian Cancer
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Bladder Cancer
Inflammation | AUP-18
Dermatology (undisclosed)
Inflammation | AUP-20
Metabolic (undisclosed)

CLINICAL TRIALS IN DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS

AUP-16 phase 2 currently ongoing

PHASE 1 CLINICAL STUDY IN DFU (COMPLETED)

83% of the patients achieved complete healing. No healed ulcer recurred after 12 months follow-up.

In June 2022, we successfully completed the Phase 1 study (NCT04281992 and EudraCT 2018-003415-22) in non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcer patients with our lead product AUP-16. The last patient last visit (LPLV) was on 20th March 2023. Results were presented during EWMA 2023 conference in Milan and will be published in 2024.

Aurealis Therapeutics technology platform works in real life: non-healing diabetic wounds heal. Clinical results: 83% of patients reached complete healing, no healed ulcer recurred after 12 months follow-up.

More details about our Phase 1 Clinical Study:
NIH National Library of Medicine record

More details about our Phase 1 Clinical Study:
EU Clinical Trials Register

PHASE 2 CLINICAL STUDY IN DFU (ONGOING)

AUP-16 DIAMEND Phase 2 RCT in Diabetic Foot Ulcer ongoing in Germany, Italy and Poland.

AUP-16 Phase 2 study (NCT06111183 and EudraCT 2022-502048-10-00) in DFU received CTA approval in May 2023; the first DFU patient was dosed in August 2023; patient recruitment was successfully completed in August 2024. The DIAMEND study is a multi-center, single-blinded, randomized, standard-of-care plus placebo-controlled study in patients with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers, conducted in Germany, Italy and Poland.

More details about our DIAMEND Phase 2 Clinical Study:
NIH National Library of Medicine record

More details about our DIAMEND Phase 2 Clinical Study:
EU Clinical Trials Register

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Juha Yrjänheikki

Juha Yrjänheikki

CEO

Juha has an MSc in biotechnology and a PhD in neurobiology. He is a serial life-science entrepreneur, seed investor, and board professional with extensive experience in growing biotech start-ups.

CEO and co-founder of Aurealis Therapeutics AG. Previously, CEO and co-founder of Aurealis Pharma AG 2013-2020. Prior to that, CEO of Charles River Discovery Services Finland 2009-2012; CEO and co-founder of Cerebricon Ltd 2001-2009, which was acquired by Charles River Laboratories in 2009. Co-founder and former Chairman of the Board of Nostetta Ltd, a pre-seed and seed stage technology investment company. Co-founder, partner, and Board Director of Nostetta Ventures, a venture capital company investing in growth companies mainly in the North Savo region. Juha was also a Professor-of-Practice at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Eastern Finland 2018-2021. A former Board Director at Pharmatest Ltd, Fennogate Finland Ltd, and KPY Novapolis Ltd, and current Chair of the Board of KPY Cooperative and Board Director of Nostetta Ventures VC Fund.

Juha got his MSc. in biotechnology (molecular biology) from the University of Kuopio in 1997 and his PhD in neuroinflammation of stoke and ischemia from the University of Kuopio in 2000. He was a research scientist at the AIV Institute of the University of Kuopio in 1999-2001 and a visiting researcher at Stanford University, School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurosurgery in 1997-1998.

Laurent Décory

Laurent Décory

COO

Laurent has an MSc and PhD in Neurosciences and Pharmacology from the University of Bordeaux and holds an MBA from the ESSEC Business School, Paris.

Laurent joined Aurealis Therapeutics as Chief Operating Officer on the 1st of March 2022 after having been a Board Member for 2 years. Laurent is in charge of business development, health economics, marketing and communications, and scientific advisory activities. He brings to the company substantial expertise and commercial leadership both in the Advanced Wound Care (AWC, Medtech) and pharmaceutical industries. Laurent was the founder and Managing Director of the company BlueJet Consulting, and recently served as Head, Global Commercial Excellence of Essity Health and Medical. Before that, Laurent was five years Senior Vice-President, Global Commercial Excellence at BSN Medical in Hamburg, driving both business transformation, product launches, and commercial due diligence. Previously, he held a variety of senior management and director roles at Takeda and Nycomed in Zurich, and Sanofi-Aventis and predecessor companies in Paris, in multiple therapy areas such as diabetes and oncology.

Haritha Samaranayake

Haritha Samaranayake

CMO

Haritha is an MD, PhD with wide experience in clinical oncology and biopharmaceutical research and development. He possess an MSc in Biotechnology from the University of Kuopio and a Molecular Medicine Doctorate from the University of Eastern Finland based on Cancer Gene Therapy.

Before joining Aurealis Therapeutics, Haritha held positions as Senior Scientist and Specialist Researcher at Ark Therapeutics Group PLC.

MAIJA RUSI

Maija Rusi

Financial & Administrative
Director

Maija has an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Turku School of Economics. She is specialized in financial accounting and reporting.

Before joining Aurealis Therapeutics, Maija worked as a Finance Manager in the software-as-a-service industry. She also has experience from a Big4 company where she focused on auditing and financial consultancy.