COMPANY
Alessa Therapeutics, Inc.
Alessa Therapeutics is developing a proprietary drug-delivery platform for sustained and localized release of clinically proven therapies to effectively treat early-stage prostate cancer. From company website Source · Oct 12, 2026
Raises and deals from press releases
- Raise Seed · $15M · announced Dec 12, 2024 Company release ↗
Source quote
- Dec 12, 2024 · Company release ↗
“Alessa Therapeutics Announces Closing $15M Seed Financing”
- Dec 12, 2024 · Company release ↗
Timeline
- Raise Seed · $15M source ↗
- Trial start Phase 1: Enzalutamide Implants (Enolen) in Patients With Prostate Cancer source ↗
- Trial start Phase 1: Bicalutamide Implants (Biolen) With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer source ↗
- Trial start Phase 1: A Study to Establish the Feasibility of Biolen for the Local Delivery of Bicalutamide in Patients With Prostate Cancer source ↗
Upcoming milestones
- Apr 24, 2027 (ESTIMATED) · Phase 1 · Bicalutamide Implants (Biolen) With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer · NCT04943536
- Dec 30, 2028 (ESTIMATED) · Phase 1 · Enzalutamide Implants (Enolen) in Patients With Prostate Cancer · NCT06257693
Clinical trials (lead sponsor) 3
| Record | Title | Phase | Status | Start | Primary completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT06257693 | Enzalutamide Implants (Enolen) in Patients With Prostate Cancer | Phase 1 | Recruiting | Jun 21, 2024 | Dec 30, 2028 (estimated) |
| NCT04943536 | Bicalutamide Implants (Biolen) With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer | Phase 1 | Active, not recruiting | Dec 7, 2021 | Apr 24, 2027 (estimated) |
| NCT04284761 | A Study to Establish the Feasibility of Biolen for the Local Delivery of Bicalutamide in Patients With Prostate Cancer | Phase 1 | Completed | Oct 11, 2020 | May 3, 2023 (actual) |
NIH awards 2
- NIH award 1R43CA281493-01A1 FY2023: $405,681 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R43 (SBIR); PI RAIRKAR, MAITHILI; recipient as written: ALESSA THERAPEUTICS, INC., SAN CARLOS, CA. Prostate Specific Anti-androgen T source ↗
- NIH award 1R43CA257773-01A1 FY2021: $393,713 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R43 (SBIR); PI RAIRKAR, MAITHILI; recipient as written: ALESSA THERAPEUTICS, INC., SAN CARLOS, CA. A novel implantable drug-eluting source ↗