Patrick Girondi

Biography

    Pat Girondi has long been involved in activities related to rare diseases. In 1983 he was instrumental in the start-up of Robin Hood Association, a non-profit organization providing financial aid for medical services to patients with rare diseases. In 1992, he later focused his efforts to the life-threatening blood disorder, thalassemia. A partnership was later formed with Emerging Pharmaceutical Technology (EPT) to advance the development of treatments for thalassemia. In 1995 EPT became the foundation for the start-up of Beacon Pharmaceuticals and its successor, Beacon Laboratories. Beacon focused on the discovery and development of small molecules regulating gene expression in cancer from 1995 through 1998. In 1998, Beacon’s discovery focus was extended to HDACI and its subsidiary, CircaGen Pharmaceuticals was formed. Mr. Girondi was a member of the Board of Directors of Beacon and remained in this position until EGT acquired the company’s intellectual property in 2004.  

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