Health Distilled

Health Distilled with Eric Easom : Louisville to Lilly. And tackling infectious diseases.

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In this episode, Andy Steen talks to Kentucky native Eric Easom, Co-Founder and CEO of AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.

  

We cover:

  • Born in Louisville but grew up in Carrollton, KY.
  • How a UofL E.E. alum ended up at Eli Lilly and Company.
  • Various roles at Lilly then out to CA with InteKrin Therapeutics.
  • [He was on the board of the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a non-profit based in Seattle, which is how we met.]
  • Pfizer acquired Anacor in 2016.
  • AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. Anacor, too. Or two.
  • "A culinary gem nestled in Louisville's vibrant Germantown neighborhood- Hammerheads.”
  • Tyler Childers.
  • Chagas disease.
  • Louisville native and St. X alum John Lechleiter gets a mention.
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