Feb 03 2022 32 mins
This week's episode is a very exciting interview with Chris Peetz, CEO of Mirum Pharmaceuticals! Mirum helps create drugs and treatments for rare liver conditions, including Alagille Syndrome, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) and biliary atresia. Mirum just had an exciting breakthrough with the approval of their drug LIVMARLI, which treats the chronic itch that many ALGS patients suffer from. Chris and I talked a lot about LIVMARLI and where Mirum is taking this success, the logistics of drug approval overseas, how Chris started at Mirum, and much much more! ------- A little bit more about Chris Peetz: Chris Peetz is a co-founder of Mirum and serves as president and chief executive officer. Chris has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Frazier Healthcare Partners since May 2017. Prior to joining Mirum, Chris served as the chief executive officer of Flashlight Therapeutics, Inc. From May 2014 to December 2016, he served as chief financial officer and head of corporate development at Tobira, which was acquired by Allergan plc, in November 2016. Prior to joining Tobira, Chris served as vice president, finance and corporate development of Jennerex Biotherapeutics. Prior to Jennerex, Chris held various positions at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Amgen Inc.), including corporate strategy, marketing, product lifecycle management, and financial planning. Prior to Onyx, Chris provided merger and acquisition advisory services at LaSalle Corporate Finance, a part of ABN AMRO, and held positions at Abgenix Inc. and Solazyme Inc. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., a public immunotherapy company, since April 2018. Chris received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S.B.A. in Finance, International Business and French from Washington University in St. Louis. ------- Be sure to subscribe to R is for Rare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow me on Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/risforrarepodcast/?hl=en Questions? Want to be a guest on the podcast? Email me: [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/annie-watson/message