Richard Aldrich

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Richard Aldrich is a co-founder of Concert Pharmaceuticals and has served as our Chairman of the Board since May 2006. Richard Aldrich co-founded Longwood Founders Fund in 2010, a fund that starts and invests in biotechnology companies, and currently serves as a Partner in the firm. Prior to Longwood, he was General Partner of RA Capital, a biotech investment fund he founded in 2001. Richard Aldrich was a co-founding employee of Vertex Pharmaceuticals where he held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer and managed all commercial and operating functions from 1989 to 2001. Prior to joining Vertex, Richard Aldrich held several management positions at Biogen Inc. In addition to Concert, Richard Aldrich has co-founded and helped build several successful biotech companies including Sirtris Pharmaceuticals and Alnara Pharmaceuticals. Richard Aldrich received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth Col

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