Ayana is a pharmaceutical company focused in the field of Liposomal Therapeutics, for the treatment of Cancer.
- The company leverages the benefits of the anticancer drug, Doxil – an FDA approved liposomal nanodrug.
- Cancer Indications:
Ovarian Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma and AIDS-related Kaposi’s Sarcoma. - Based on Prof. Barenholz’ invention, Doxil® was first developed and marketed by J&J, reaching peak sales of $900M.
Co-founded by one of Doxil’s co-inventors, Professor Yechezkel Barenholz from the Hebrew University, the company is working to expand its treatment uses and efficacy while making it more readily available to address a range of conditions.
Milestones:
- Completed clinical studies, demonstrating in vitro equivalence and clinical bioequivalence to the marketed Doxil.
- The drug is currently under FDA review for premarketing approval, expected 2020.
- Shown commercial manufacturing capability in a
GMP facility, in over 20 batches. - GMP manufacturing facility passed FDA inspection
The Production process