TOLREMO is an ETH Spin-off founded in March 2017. The company engages in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs that target novel drug resistance pathways in cancer therapy. Despite medical advances, resistance to cancer therapies continues to limit the long-term survival of many cancer patients. The company’s innovative therapeutic approach specifically eradicates those cancer cells that ultimately cause drug resistance. Its science-based drug discovery and development pipeline is fueled by a unique screening platform for which a patent has been filed. TOLREMO’s vision is to use its personalized anti-drug resistance therapies to meaningfully prolong the lives of cancer patients.
Stefanie Flückiger-Mangual, Chief Executive Officer, is one of TOLREMO’s scientific founders and expert in the field of drug resistance in cancer therapy. She is a biomedical scientist and biochemist by training (University of Fribourg and ETH Zurich) and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Translational Biomedicine from ETH Zurich. She led the team of scientist who discovered novel molecular mechanisms that can be exploited to prevent the development of resistance to cancer therapies.