PAGE Therapeutics

Blocking Metastasis, Prolonging Life

PAGE Therapeutics is a platform-based oncology drug development company. Our mission is to discover and commercialize anti-metastatic compounds to improve and prolong the lives of cancer patients.

Cancer is a leading cause of death

Metastasis has always accounted for most cancer-related deaths. This needs to change.

Metastasis origin

Circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC clusters) are responsible for the formation of metastases.

CTC clusters

CTC clusters are multicellular groupings of cancer cells held together through adhesion molecules.

CTC clusters are highly efficient pioneers of the metastatic process. Their presence highlights patients with a poor prognosis.

Currently, no drugs exist to target CTC clusters or prevent their formation.

Dissolving CTC Clusters to Block Metastases

We have identified compounds that target CTC clusters and block the spread of cancer.

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Dissolution of CTC clusters shuts down metastasis in a preclinical model

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Survival benefit has been proven in mouse models

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Proof of concept clinical trial to demonstrate CTC cluster dissolution in patients with breast cancer — selected by Nature Medicine as one of the top 11 studies to shape medicine in 2023

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New chemistry with highest cluster-dissolution activity identified

Latest updates

24 October 2024

Meret Gaugler, PhD, joins Page Therapeutics as independent member of the Board of Directors

Experienced founders,
world-renowned advisors

Executive Director
Daniele Scarinci

Daniele Scarinci serves as the Chief Executive Officer at PAGE Therapeutics and is a co-founder and Managing Partner at XGen Venture, a venture capital fund management company specializing in the life science sector.

With over 15 years of experience in the life science sector, Daniele has held executive positions at Genextra, where he served as Investment Director, and as CEO at Tethis for a period of two years.

Prior to his roles in the life science industry, he held several strategic and financial planning collaborations in different industries (retail, tlc, media, tech, etc.), and business planning and investor relations in e.Biscom/Fastweb. 

Daniele’s academic background includes a cum laude degree in Economics of Financial Markets from Rome University of Tor Vergata.

CSO
Prof. Dr. Nicola Aceto

Nicola Aceto is co-founder, Chief Science Officer at PAGE Therapeutics and Professor of Molecular Oncology at ETH Zurich.

He contributed to key discoveries in the metastasis field, namely identifying circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters as critical pioneers of the metastatic process. These scientific discoveries represent the foundational scientific framework of PAGE Therapeutics.

Nicola has received numerous awards for his work on CTC clusters, including the Swiss Science Prize Latsis for Groundbreaking Cancer Research, the EACR Translational Cancer Research Award and the Friedrich Miescher Award for Outstanding Achievements in Biochemistry.

Before joining ETH Zurich and PAGE Therapeutics, he has been SNSF Professor at the University of Basel.

He has completed his training at the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School.

CMO
Prof. Dr. Med. Christoph Rochlitz

Christoph Rochlitz is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of PAGE Therapeutics and Professor Emeritus of Medical Oncology at the University of Basel.

He studied medicine at the universities of Heidelberg (D), Berlin (D), Montpellier (F) and Cambridge (UK).

His training in medical oncology included internships and positions as a senior physician in medical oncology at the University Hospitals of Heidelberg, Berlin and Basel (CH), as well as postdoctoral laboratory research at the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and the Institut Pasteur in Paris (F).

During his career, Christoph was involved in numerous phase I, II and III clinical trials in solid tumors, focusing on breast cancer.

Until his retirement in 2022, he was Head of Oncology and President of the Cancer Centre at the University Hospital Basel.

Christoph was also Head of the Breast Centre at the University Hospital Basel and President of the Breast Cancer Project Group of the SAKK (Swiss Association for Clinical Cancer Research, SGCCR).

COO
Katharina Venturi

Katharina Venturi is the Chief Operating Officer of PAGE Therapeutics.

She studied Biology in Germany and earned a PhD in Molecular Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Katharina began her pharmaceutical career at Hoffmann-La Roche as a Project Leader in Oncology, where she supported the development of several early-portfolio oncology products.

She then moved to Actelion (now Idorsia) to drive the development of pre-clinical and clinical small molecule assets in several disease indications.

Katharina’s expertise combines basic drug discovery with a deep understanding of translational aspects of pre-clinical and clinical development, a key differentiating factor when developing new molecules and therapeutic concepts at PAGE Therapeutics.

Beyond work, Katharina enjoys sports, nature, and literature. She lives in Lugano, Switzerland, with her husband and two daughters.

Director
Ciro Spedaliere

Ciro Spedaliere is a Board Director at PAGE Therapeutics and co-founder and Managing Partner of Claris Ventures, an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage biotech investments. He is also the CEO of Iama Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company in the CNS field, and serves on the board of several other biotech companies.

With 14 years of experience in venture capital, Ciro has been involved in multiple funds investing across various sectors of innovation including life science and deep tech. Before his venture capital career, he worked in corporate strategy for a major media company, where he focused on strategic business development.

Ciro holds a degree in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and has completed an executive program in Venture Capital at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Independent Director
Meret Gaugler

Meret Gaugler is a public- and private-equity investor with broad expertise across the healthcare sector.

She is currently acting as a Partner-at-Large in Growth Investments for Novo Holdings, a senior advisor on Life Sciences strategy for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and an independent advisor and board member.

Before that, Meret spent nearly a decade managing sizeable public equity portfolios for Lombard Odier Investment Managers and several years as a partner at Endeavour Vision, a Swiss-based, healthcare-focused venture fund.

Meret holds a degree in natural sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and a PhD in neuroscience from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

Prof. Dr. Med. Johann De Bono

London, Institute of Cancer Research & The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Prof. Dr. Med. Reinhard Dummer

Zürich, Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCZ)

Prof. Dr. Med. Florian Lordick

Leipzig, University Cancer Centre (UCLL)

Prof. Dr. Med. Beat Thürlimann

St. Gallen, Kantonsspital

Prof. Dr. Med. Andrew Tutt

London, King’s College & ICR

Prof. Dr. Med. Michael Zelefsky

New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)