Drug Discovery Online | Guest Column | November 4, 2025
A conversation with Eric Brown, Ph.D., CEO and CSO, Kapoose Creek Bio
Nature has been used in drug discovery to make antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, cancer therapies, and more. But due to cost and time, there has been less focus placed on pursuing nature’s chemistry. Researchers at Kapoose Creek Bio are now looking to use nature, specifically fungi, to treat mental health and neurodegenerative disorders.
In this Q&A, Life Science Connect’s Morgan Kohler caught up with Eric Brown, Ph.D., chief executive officer and chief scientific officer of Kapoose Creek Bio, to discuss the company’s discovery of drugs from nature.
