Richard Glynne
Private Equity Investor at Versant Venture Management LLC
Profile
Richard is a venture partner at Versant as well as president and CSO of Versant's Inception Sciences Discovery Engine.
He brings significant expertise in the development and translation of novel therapies.
HISTORY
Richard joined Inception as CSO in 2018.
Previously, he led search and evaluation for immune oncology, immunology and digital therapeutics in the business development group at Novartis.
Prior to the BD role, Richard served as an Executive Director, leading a research group at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, that focused on infectious disease and immunology and contributed to multiple pre-clinical and clinical development programs.
Richard trained in immunology and genetics during his PhD (ICRF, London) and post-doc (HHMI, Stanford), after which he held leadership positions in Eos Biotechnology and Phenomix Corporation, before joining Novartis in 2004.
Richard Glynne active positions
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Versant Venture Management LLC
Versant Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Inception Sciences, Inc.
Inception Sciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Inception Sciences, Inc. provides small molecule pharmaceutical incubator services. Its focus is on creating therapies with transformative potential to address diseases and disorders. The company creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies, which provide funding and a path to liquidity through pre-negotiated acquisitions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/11/2018 |
Former positions of Richard Glynne
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NewCo /Ca/ | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/11/2018 |
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2018 |
NOVARTIS AG | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2015 |
Phenomix Corp.
Phenomix Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Phenomix Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small-molecule product candidates directed toward clinically validated targets in significant therapeutic markets. It's internally discovered product candidates are designed to have improved efficacy, safety or convenience relative to existing therapies and other product candidates in clinical development. Its lead product candidate, dutogliptin tartrate, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4, or DPP-4, inhibitor that it is developing as an oral, once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Its Phase 2b clinical trial of dutogliptin demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c when administered in combination with existing drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The company commenced its Phase 3 clinical program in the third quarter of 2008. Its second product candidate, PHX1766, is a protease inhibitor currently in Phase 1 of clinical development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus, or HCV, infection. The company intends to maximize the value of its product candidates through independent development, licensing and other partnership opportunities. These may include co-development or co-marketing agreements, licensing agreements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that possess established development and commercialization capabilities or direct commercialization by building its own sales and marketing force. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2004 |
EOS Biotechnology, Inc.
EOS Biotechnology, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology EOS Biotechnology, Inc. develops therapeutic and diagnostic drugs. The company was founded by Herbert L. Heyneker, John Lowe, David H. Mack, David W. Martin, Richard Murray, and Stephen W. Weiss and is headquartered in Fermont, California. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/2002 |
Training of Richard Glynne
Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Trading Ltd. | Doctorate Degree |
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NOVARTIS AG | Health Technology |
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Phenomix Corp.
Phenomix Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Phenomix Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small-molecule product candidates directed toward clinically validated targets in significant therapeutic markets. It's internally discovered product candidates are designed to have improved efficacy, safety or convenience relative to existing therapies and other product candidates in clinical development. Its lead product candidate, dutogliptin tartrate, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4, or DPP-4, inhibitor that it is developing as an oral, once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Its Phase 2b clinical trial of dutogliptin demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c when administered in combination with existing drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The company commenced its Phase 3 clinical program in the third quarter of 2008. Its second product candidate, PHX1766, is a protease inhibitor currently in Phase 1 of clinical development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus, or HCV, infection. The company intends to maximize the value of its product candidates through independent development, licensing and other partnership opportunities. These may include co-development or co-marketing agreements, licensing agreements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that possess established development and commercialization capabilities or direct commercialization by building its own sales and marketing force. | Health Technology |
EOS Biotechnology, Inc.
EOS Biotechnology, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology EOS Biotechnology, Inc. develops therapeutic and diagnostic drugs. The company was founded by Herbert L. Heyneker, John Lowe, David H. Mack, David W. Martin, Richard Murray, and Stephen W. Weiss and is headquartered in Fermont, California. | Health Technology |
Versant Venture Management LLC
Versant Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver. | Finance |
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Commercial Services |
Inception Sciences, Inc.
Inception Sciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Inception Sciences, Inc. provides small molecule pharmaceutical incubator services. Its focus is on creating therapies with transformative potential to address diseases and disorders. The company creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies, which provide funding and a path to liquidity through pre-negotiated acquisitions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Technology |
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