Next-level medicine with ease – powered by moss.

Eleva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies and unlocking previously inaccessible biologics based on a transformative technology platform.

The company’s drug development activities currently focus on new treatment options for severe kidney disorders, dry AMD and other complement-driven diseases, as well as enzyme replacement therapies. Together with partners, Eleva aims to explore, the wider potential of its technology platform across a range of disease areas.

Leadership team

Eleva’s management is driven by making unprecedented and much-needed therapies happen. We harness the outstanding capabilities of our moss-based platform to create candidates no one else can and advance them into clinical development.

  • Danielle Püschel
    Chief Accounting Officer
  • Donato Spota, M.Sc.
    Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director
  • Dr. Erich Rajkovic, MBA
    Chief Business Officer
  • Björn Cochlovius, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
    Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
  • Dr. Martin Bauer, MD, FNWC
    Chief Medical Officer (external)
  • Dr. Andreas Schaaf, Ph.D.
    Chief Scientific Officer & Managing Director

Next-level biologics are increasingly based on large molecules with intricate glycosylation patterns and several post-translational modifications. As the complexity of these medicines increases, so does the challenge of finding enabling technologies capable of managing this complexity from idea to product.

Eleva generates value by unlocking and developing unique therapies. The company is uniquely positioned to address molecular challenges with its proprietary moss-based technology and expertise.

We substantiate this claim by developing a portfolio of therapeutic candidates independently into clinical development and attract partners for de novo projects. Factor H (CPV-104), our recombinant version of human complement Factor H, is progressing through clinical studies in severe, complement-driven kidney diseases including C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G). Our recombinant version of a-galactosidase aGal (RPV-001) has already delivered promising initial clinical data in Fabry disease.

Portrait Björn Cochlovius

PD Dr. Björn Cochlovius,
Chief Executive Officer

“Innovation is moving at a rapid pace in terms of molecular designs. Our ability to cope with the growing demands in forging and scaling innovative biologics could give rise to a portfolio of differentiated drug candidates.”

All programs are sourced from Eleva’s transformative moss-based technology, which provides access to challenging proteins and therapeutic modalities with refined and optimized product characteristics. We believe, there are many opportunities in our industry across a range of indications, that would benefit from Eleva’s capabilities right from the start and throughout their entire product development journey.

Eleva’s
Supervisory Board
Portrait Martin Blüggel
Martin Blüggel

Chair of Board

Günter Steffen

Vice Chair of Board

Prof. Joachim Cyran

Member of the Board

Dr. Martin Griot

Member of the Board

Dr. Elisabeth Lackner

Member of the Board

Tom Villinger

Member of the Board

Dr. Gerhard Ries

Member of the Board

Prof. Ralf Reski

Observer & Scientific Advisor

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