Ep. 3: Drug Development Incentives and Personalized Medicine with Rick Barkley and Casey McPherson (Everlum Bio co-founders)
In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Everlum Bio Founders Rick Barkley and Casey McPherson, about Rare Disease Drug Development, Incentives, and Personalized Medicine.
Casey McPherson has spent the last 25 years as a singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate. His bands, Alpha Rev and Flying Colors, have toured the world and had songs hit the Top 10 charts. However, in 2019, his world changed forever when his daughter, Rose, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease with no cure: HNRNPH2. Two years later, after hundreds of meetings with researchers, scientists, and biotech companies, he started To Cure a Rose Foundation to develop a therapeutic for Rose, and children like her. Thanks to the hope offered by recent scientific breakthroughs, Casey is on a mission to save his daughter and change the way we treat children across the rare disease spectrum. Marrying his two passions, Casey uses music to spread awareness and raise money for rare disease treatments. In 2022, he co-founded Everlum Bio – the first ever rare disease drug development lab for family foundations. He lives in Austin, Texas with his two beautiful children.
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