Richard Lim
Director
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Paratek Pharmaceuticals
United States of America
Biography
Richard J. Lim has served on our Board of Directors since October 2014. Mr. Lim has served as a General Partner at Omega Funds since 2008 and has over 20 years in principal investment and strategic consulting, all within life science and healthcare. From 2002 to 2008, he was a General Partner at MVM Life Science Partners, a life science focused venture capital firm. Mr. Lim founded MVM Life Science’s U.S. investment operations. He was previously a Vice President at Saunders, Karp & Megrue, a private equity firm (now known as Apax Partners Inc.), where he specialized in healthcare growth capital and leveraged transactions. Prior to Saunders, Karp & Megrue, Mr. Lim was a Manager at LEK Consulting, providing strategic advice to life science companies. He was also an associate with M&A investment bank BT Wolfensohn. He currently serves as a catalyst advisor of the Deshpande Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his A.B. from Harvard University and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School
Research Interest
Paratek solutions are provided that enable positive outcomes and lead to positive patient stories. Paratek Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company that develops transformative solutions for patients, both in and out of the hospital, with diseases that are not responsive to current treatments.