Rich Aldrich

Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Rich Aldrich

Rich Aldrich

Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Overview

Career Highlights

Longwood Fund Management LLC
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

1570

Number of Boards

30

Birthday

1955

Age

66

Relationships

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Christoph H. Westphal

Co-Founder & General Partner at Longwood Fund Management LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Roger Tung

Co-Founder at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Michelle Dipp

Managing Director at General Atlantic Service Co. LP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Peter Barton Hutt

Professor at Harvard University

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Wilfred Jaeger

Co-Founder at Three Arch Partners

Relationship likelihood: Strong

T. Andrew Crockett

Co-Founder at KalVista Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Doug Cole

Managing Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Richard Pops

Chief Executive Officer at Alkermes Plc

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Thomas G. Auchincloss, Jr.

Treasurer & Trustee at Kieve Affective Education, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Steve Kraus

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

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In The News

Business Wire

August 5, 2020

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Longwood Fund Launch CF Incubator; Nonprofit commits $20 million to fund projects and accelerate genetic therapies for CF

Business Wire

July 23, 2020

Longwood Fund Announces $170 Million in Fund V-Related Commitments; Longwood Fund builds on decades of creating leading biotechs with multiple approved drugs

RelSci

July 4, 2019

Rich Aldrich is no longer serving in their board position at KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Business Wire

July 1, 2019

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces Changes to Board of Directors

RelSci

December 22, 2018

Rich Aldrich is no longer serving in their board position at Millendo Therapeutics, Inc.

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Rich Aldrich

Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Education

BS in Management

Boston College

Boston College is one of the nation's best and most selective universities, with U.S. News & World Report ranking Boston College 31st among national universities, and Forbes ranking it 26th in its 2012 America's Best Colleges listing. Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through eight schools and colleges. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research having earned nearly $60 million in research grants in the last year alone. The University has made a major commitment to academic excellence. As part of its Strategic Plan, Boston College is in the process of adding 100 new faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid to more than $128 million annually, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as international study, internships and student formation. Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 75 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade, to more than 34,000 for the 2,250 seats in its freshman class. During the same period, an increase in voluntary giving from alumni has helped to move the University's endowment to approximately $1.9 billion. Boston College students have also earned more than 200 prestigious academic scholarships over the past decade, including 2 Rhodes Scholarships, 4 Marshalls, 9 Goldwaters and 162 Fulbright grants.

MBA

Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. Tuck is one of six Ivy league business schools. Founded in 1900, Tuck was the first institution to offer a master's degree in the field of business administration

Career History

Partner

2019 - Current

RA Capital Management LP /Private equity

Ra Capital Management LP seeks investment opportunities in private companies located in the US. The firm targets healthcare and life science companies. They provides financing for seed stage capital requirements. They acts as a lead investor and also makes follow-on investments.

Other Executive Officer

2015 - Current

Longwood Management LLC

Co-Founder & General Partner

2010 - Current

Longwood Fund Management LLC

Longwood Fund Management invests in companies located in the US. The firm targets companies operating in the fields healthcare and science companies. They provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Boards & Committees

Chairman

2014 - Prior

Flex Pharma, Inc.

Flex Pharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It operates through the Consumer Operations and Drug Development segments. The Consumer Operations segment includes HOTSHOT product and consumer operations. The Drug Development segment engages in the development of innovative and proprietary drug products to treat muscle cramps and spasms associated with severe neurological conditions. The company was founded by Rod MacKinnon, Bruce Bean, Christoph Westphal, Rich Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, and Jennifer M. Cermak in February 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Director

2004 - Prior

Altus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Altus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops therapeutic products for gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Its principal activity is protein crystallization which is used to develop therapeutic products for gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. The company was founded in October 1992 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Director

2004 - 2008

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a GSK company, is developing small molecule drugs that target the sirtuins, a family of seven enzymes associated with diseases of aging. Modulation of these enzymes offers the promise of drug discovery in multiple therapeutic areas.Sirtris was one of the pharmaceutical companies focused on the sirtuin platform and remains the innovative drug discovery. Preclinical research indicates that the sirtuins play important roles in pathways for multiple diseases of aging, including Type 2 Diabetes, as well as neurodegenerative, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.Sirtris researchers are working to translate this research into a potential new class of pharmaceuticals to treat diseases of aging, offering the ability for people to live longer, healthier lives. Sirtris has focused on developing many novel small molecule activators of SIRT1, the most studied member of the sirtuin family. These new chemical entities or NCEs are novel compounds that are chemically unrelated to resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound that was used as an early proof-of-concept for SIRT1 activation. Besides being structurally differentiated from resveratrol, the NCEs are more specific for the target SIRT1 and have improved drug-like properties. The company has completed several early stage translational clinical studies with the first generation NCEs and has several active clinical trials under way. Sirtris operates as an independent Discovery Performance Unit (DPU) within GSK and is located in Technology Square, Cambridge, Mass.Sirtris' culture mixes scientific curiosity with a dynamic, fast-paced environment, resembling its biotech roots while harnessing all of GSK's broad discovery, development, and commercialization capabilities. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

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$1,000 +

2017

Boston College

Boston College is one of the nation's best and most selective universities, with U.S. News & World Report ranking Boston College 31st among national universities, and Forbes ranking it 26th in its 2012 America's Best Colleges listing. Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through eight schools and colleges. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research having earned nearly $60 million in research grants in the last year alone. The University has made a major commitment to academic excellence. As part of its Strategic Plan, Boston College is in the process of adding 100 new faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid to more than $128 million annually, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as international study, internships and student formation. Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 75 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade, to more than 34,000 for the 2,250 seats in its freshman class. During the same period, an increase in voluntary giving from alumni has helped to move the University's endowment to approximately $1.9 billion. Boston College students have also earned more than 200 prestigious academic scholarships over the past decade, including 2 Rhodes Scholarships, 4 Marshalls, 9 Goldwaters and 162 Fulbright grants.

$1,000 +

2016

Boston College

Boston College is one of the nation's best and most selective universities, with U.S. News & World Report ranking Boston College 31st among national universities, and Forbes ranking it 26th in its 2012 America's Best Colleges listing. Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through eight schools and colleges. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research having earned nearly $60 million in research grants in the last year alone. The University has made a major commitment to academic excellence. As part of its Strategic Plan, Boston College is in the process of adding 100 new faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid to more than $128 million annually, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as international study, internships and student formation. Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 75 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade, to more than 34,000 for the 2,250 seats in its freshman class. During the same period, an increase in voluntary giving from alumni has helped to move the University's endowment to approximately $1.9 billion. Boston College students have also earned more than 200 prestigious academic scholarships over the past decade, including 2 Rhodes Scholarships, 4 Marshalls, 9 Goldwaters and 162 Fulbright grants.

$1,000 +

2015

Boston College

Boston College is one of the nation's best and most selective universities, with U.S. News & World Report ranking Boston College 31st among national universities, and Forbes ranking it 26th in its 2012 America's Best Colleges listing. Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through eight schools and colleges. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research having earned nearly $60 million in research grants in the last year alone. The University has made a major commitment to academic excellence. As part of its Strategic Plan, Boston College is in the process of adding 100 new faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid to more than $128 million annually, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as international study, internships and student formation. Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 75 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade, to more than 34,000 for the 2,250 seats in its freshman class. During the same period, an increase in voluntary giving from alumni has helped to move the University's endowment to approximately $1.9 billion. Boston College students have also earned more than 200 prestigious academic scholarships over the past decade, including 2 Rhodes Scholarships, 4 Marshalls, 9 Goldwaters and 162 Fulbright grants.

Political Donations

$5,000

2013

Massachusetts Republican Party

$300

2013

John Cornyn III

Senator from Texas

$2,500

2012

Mitt Romney

Senator at Office of the Senator from Utah, Mitt Romney

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Longwood Fund LP raised money in a private placement transaction

Investments

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Flex Pharma, Inc.

Flex Pharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It operates through the Consumer Operations and Drug Development segments. The Consumer Operations segment includes HOTSHOT product and consumer operations. The Drug Development segment engages in the development of innovative and proprietary drug products to treat muscle cramps and spasms associated with severe neurological conditions. The company was founded by Rod MacKinnon, Bruce Bean, Christoph Westphal, Rich Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, and Jennifer M. Cermak in February 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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OvaScience, Inc.

OvaScience, Inc. engages in the research and development of female infertility treatments. Its portfolio includes AUGMENT, OvaPrime, OvaTure, and OvaXon which intends to improve the female's egg health and reserve. The company was founded by Rich H. Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, Jonathan L. Tilly, and Christoph H. Westphal on April 5, 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

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Verastem, Inc.

Verastem, Inc., operating as Verastem Oncology, is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing and commercializing medicines to improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients. It markets COPIKTRA™ (duvelisib), an oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and dual inhibitor of PI3K-delta and PI3K-gamma, which is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma after at least two prior therapies and relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after at least two prior systemic therapies. The indication in FL is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate. In addition, it is developing the focal adhesion kinase inhibitor defactinib, which is being evaluated in three separate clinical collaborations in combination with immunotherapeutic agents for the treatment of various different cancer types, including pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and mesothelioma. Verastem, Inc. has collaboration agreements with Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., CSPS Pharmaceutical Group Limited and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The company was founded by Richard H. Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, Piyush Gupta, Satish Jindal, Eric S. Lander, Robert F. Weinberg, and Christoph H. Westphal on August 4, 2010 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

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Other Affiliations

Rich Aldrich is affiliated with RA Capital Management LP /Private equity, Longwood Management LLC, Longwood Fund Management LLC, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Inc., R. A. Capital Associates, Inc., B*Capital SA, Flex Pharma, Inc., OvaScience, Inc., Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., RA Capital Management LLC, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biogen, Inc., The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., Biogen MA, Inc., Integrated Genetics, Inc., Flex Pharma, Inc., Altus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CombinatoRx, Inc., RA Capital Management LLC, Ingenium Pharmaceuticals GmbH

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