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Eris Biotech

Our drugs engage the immune system to fight tumors

Y CombinatorWinter 2024ActiveHealthcareTherapeuticsBiotechTherapeuticsDrug discoveryOncology

What they do

Problem

Cancer patients with solid tumors face treatments that fail when tumors suppress the immune system.

Solution

The company develops small-molecule cancer therapeutics that inhibit immune suppression to activate the immune system against tumors.

Who it's for

Oncologists and healthcare providers treating patients with solid tumors such as mesothelioma.

Founders

Rachel Garlick
Founder

PhD in Immunology from Dartmouth College. Engineered many novel cancer immunotherapies. We build cancer drugs that reawaken the immune system to fight cancer for you. No tox, no side effects, and most importantly -- no cancer.

Evita Weagel
Founder

PhD in microbiology and molecular biology with an emphasis in cancer immunology, working on developing drugs that reawaken the immune system to fight cancer. First-generation immigrant from Peru. Mom of two boys.

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