Evestra’s R&D Targets:

  • Fertility Control
  • Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Overactive Bladder
  • Certain Cancer Indications

About Us

Caring for
Women's Health

Evestra, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative products in women’s healthcare and first-in-class oncology asset based on innovative steroid medicinal chemistry and vaginal drug delivery technology. Evestra’s product pipeline includes pre-clinical and clinical-stage products.

Based in San Antonio and Schertz, Texas, Evestra has more than ten years of experience in biopharmaceutical research and development.

At Evestra, we aim to contribute to the health and well-being of women throughout the world through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative, next-generation women’s healthcare technologies and products that address unmet needs.

What We Do

The Possibilities Are Endless

Intelligent solutions are at the core of what we do. Evestra’s goal is to build a better tomorrow for women, everywhere. Through purpose-driven methods, the latest medical research, and transformative technology, we strive to improve the lives of hundreds of millions of women.

  • Womens Health
  • Urology
  • Oncology

Evestra’s proprietary products are based on two enabling technologies, these are medicinal chemistry and vaginal ring technology. Both technologies are supported by GMP manufacturing of APIs and Drug Products. Evestra’s product pipeline includes pre-clinical products and clinical-stage products, and all Evestra products are protected by broad US and international issued patents.

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Fertility Control

Contraceptive Status of Women in the US: 47 million women aged 15-49 in the U.S. are currently using contraception; clinicians have seen a rise in patients seeking consultation for conception over recent years.
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Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are estimated to be the most common benign pelvic tumors in women, impacting approximately 20-30% of women by the time they reach menopause.
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Endometriosis

Overview: ~7.3 million, or about 10%, of women of reproductive age in the U.S., have endometriosis and ~5.5 million or ~75%, are symptomatic.
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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Vulvovaginal Atrophy (VVA) Overview: VVA is associated with decreased estrogen that affects ~50% of post-menopausal women (~31.1M women in the U.S.), but only half consult their physician for VVA symptoms.
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1. Overactive Bladder

  • Overactive Bladder affects ~21 million women in the U.S., but only 45% seek treatment.
  • OAB is a syndrome defined by frequent and sudden urges to urinate that is difficult to control.
  • OAB is caused by involuntary movement of the bladder muscles even when urine volume is low, which causes the urgent need to urinate.

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1- LIF/LIFR

  • Inhibition of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) can serve as a potential future anti-tumor treatments for Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer. LIF is a pleiotropic protein that belongs to the interleukin – 6 family cytokines and is necessary for maintaining the pluripotency state of embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells.

About Evestra Onkologia

The Onkologia Story

We are proud of our partnership with Evestra Onkologia and the European Regional Development Fund grant.

Evestra Onkologia is a Polish biopharmaceutical start-up company located in Lodz, launched by Evestra, Inc. A distinguished team leads them with an impressive record in developing and commercializing innovative oncology and other proliferative diseases products.

To accomplish its core mission, Evestra Onkologia will continue to establish various fruitful collaborations with leading Polish research institutions and for-profit CRO companies to enhance the development and commercialization of its innovative assets.

Recent News

What’s Happening at Evestra

Read selected news articles about Evestra, our ongoing work, and our future projects.

Careers

Why You Should Work For Us

Evestra is a biopharmaceutical company with an innovative product pipeline and mission to improve women’s health. Become a part of a world-class team that specializes in drug development here at Evestra.