Project description
Proprietary dressings for the treatment of chronic wounds
Treatment of non-healing chronic wounds represents an unmet clinical need with conventional wound dressings failing to protect against recurrent infections, leading to increased mortality. The rising incidence of diabetes and obesity alongside antibiotic resistance exacerbate the situation. The EU-funded WHILYAS-2 project proposes to address the insufficient treatment of chronic wounds through a proprietary technology that utilises chemokines as therapeutic agents through local administration from genetically modified lactic acid bacteria. For clinical proof of concept, partners will conduct a phase II clinical trial of their drug candidate ILP100 Topical in patients with diabetes.
Objective
ILYA PHARMA AB is a Swedish spin-out biotech company from Uppsala that develops next-generation biologics to treat wounds in skin and mucosa.
In the previous SME Instrument project, the Company reached the First in Human (FiH) Phase I clinical trial in the development of their technology platform (ILP) that utilizes chemokines as therapeutic agents through local administration from genetically modified lactic acid bacteria.
The WHILYAS-2 project addresses several critical problems and unmet medical needs related to the treatment of chronic wounds, both from patients and healthcare perspectives, namely the pandemic of obesity and diabetes (463 million people in 2019), an alarming pace of antibiotic resistance spreading (due to overuse of antibiotics), limited and insufficient treatment options (less than 25% of chronic wounds heal within 12 weeks), and vast and growing socio-economic burden (20 billion EUR per year in the US and Europe alone).
The technical, industrial, legal, and commercial feasibility of ILP100 Topical have all been confirmed over the course of our previous activities and developments.
In this project, Ilya Pharma intends to conduct exploratory clinical trials (Phase IIa) of their drug candidate, ILP100 Topical, in treatment of non-healing (chronic) wounds in populations with diabetes to achieve clinical Proof of Concept (PoC) in the relevant patient group. WHILYAS-2 will allow the Company to scale up and position it to be further investable for VCs and MedTech/Biopharma Companies or license ILP100 Topical to a partner capable of bringing it to the market through large-scale Phase IIb or pivotal (Phase III) clinical studies.
If these efforts are successful, ILP100 Topical is expected to be superior and best in class treatment for chronic wounds, offering ease of use, comparable to traditional wound dressings, >50% reduction of wound infections, significantly reduced 5-year mortality, as well as >50% decrease in treatment cost per wound.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences sociology demography mortality
- medical and health sciences health sciences public health epidemiology pandemics
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine endocrinology diabetes
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs antibiotics
- medical and health sciences health sciences nutrition obesity
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
-
H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
MAIN PROGRAMME
See all projects funded under this programme -
H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
See all projects funded under this programme -
H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
See all projects funded under this programme
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2
See all projects funded under this funding scheme
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
See all projects funded under this callCoordinator
Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
752 37 UPPSALA
Sweden
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.