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  Patrick J. Fortune, Ph. D.
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Dr. Fortune has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare, life sciences and information technology sectors including R&D, business development, manufacturing, information technology and general management responsibilities. He has been a Partner at Boston Millennia Partners since 2002. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of New Era of Networks (Nasdaq: NEON); Vice President at Monsanto; Vice President at Bristol Myers Squibb; Group President at Baxter International; and VP R&D at Baxter International. Dr. Fortune, currently serves on the boards of directors of CombinatoRx, Inc. (NasdaqGM: CRXX) and PAREXEL International Corp. (NasdaqGS: PRXL) as well as several private life sciences companies. He has been responsible for nurturing start-up activities from idea to prototype to standalone business and has been involved in some 30 M&A transactions from sourcing the company to closing the deal and ensuring successful integration. Dr. Fortune has also served on the engineering and scientific advisory boards of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago, and currently serves on the Industrial Advisory Board of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and on the Commercial Advisory Board of the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center of the Cleveland Clinic. He holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.

 
 
 
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Arthrosurface
CardioMEMS
Collegium
CombinatoRx
EpiGenesis Pharmaceuticals
EPIX Pharmaceuticals
  Glycofi, Inc.
Histogenics
PAREXEL International
Sapphire
Yantra
 
 
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Cambridge, MA - May, 6, 2009
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Lexington, MA - April 7, 2009
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Lexington, MA - March 17, 2009
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Issued Composition of Matter Patent on Novel 5-HT4 Receptor Agonists

Lexington, MA - March 5, 2009
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Cambridge, MA - January 28, 2009
CombinatoRx Publishes Data on Selective Amplification of Synergistic Combination Drug Candidate

Atlanta, GA - January 12, 2009
GaBio Names Grace Powers, Emerging Leader of the Year

Cumberland, RI - January 8, 2009
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces FDA Approval of AllerNaze™, a Nasal Inhaled Steroid for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

Lexington, MA - December 22, 2008
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of Vasovist(R) (gadofosveset trisodium)

Cambridge, MA - December 9, 2008
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Cambridge, MA - October 6, 2008
CombinatoRx Announces Top-Line Results from Phase 2b Study of Synavive(TM) (CRx-102) for Knee Osteoarthritis

Lexington, MA - September 16, 2008
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Waltham, MA - September 2, 2008
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Lexington, MA - August 5, 2008
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Cambridge, MA - July 23, 2008
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Cumberland, RI - July 16, 2008
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces U.S. Patent Issued Covering its DETERx™ Abuse Deterrent Sustained Release Technology

Cumberland, RI - July 15, 2008
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces Completion of Series D Financing

Franklin, MA - June 23, 2008
Arthrosurface Receives CE Mark Approval for Uni Knee Resurfacing System

Lexington, MA - June 11, 2008
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second Trial in Phase 2b Program for Alzheimer's Disease

Lexington, MA - June 5, 2008
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Achieves Milestone For Third Discovery Program in Collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline

Chicago Tribute Web Edition - June 3, 2008
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Waltham, MA - May 30, 2008
Histogenics Appoints Ken Andrews President and CEO

Atlanta, GA - March 20, 2008
DCA Life Sciences Facilities Fund Program Completes $2M Loan to CardioMEMS

Cambridge, MA - March 12, 2008
CombinatoRx Drug Candidate CRx-191 Demonstrates Positive Phase 2 Results in Psoriasis

Cambridge, MA - February 26, 2008
CombinatoRx Granted Broad Patent Covering TCA-Glucocorticoid Combinations

Bridgewater, NJ - February 12, 2008
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Cambridge, MA - January 24, 2008
CombinatoRx Provides Goals and Guidance for 2008

Lexington, MA - January 23, 2008
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Achieves $1.25 Million Milestone in Collaboration with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics

Cumberland, RI - December 6, 2007
Onset Therapeutics Announces FDA Submission for Novel Product for Topical Treatment of Genital Warts

Atlanta, GA - December 4, 2007
CardioMEMS, Inc. Closes $33 Million Series E Financing and Appoints New CFO

Lexington, MA - November 12, 2007
EPIX to Raise $16.3 Million through Private Financing

Cambridge and South Egremont, MA - November 8, 2007
CombinatoRx and Charley's Fund/Nash Avery Foundation Collaborate to Develop Novel Agents for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Lexington, MA - November 5, 2007
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Achieves Milestone For Second Discovery Program in Collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline

Cumberland, RI - October 31, 2007
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Proof of Concept Study for its Abuse Deterrent Sustained Release Opioid Product

Lexington, MA - October 29, 2007
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Reports Preliminary Findings from Phase 1b Clinical Trial of Novel 5-HT6 Drug Candidate

Lexington, MA - October 25, 2007
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment in Two Key Clinical Trials

Cambridge, MA - October 25, 2007
CombinatoRx Publishes Clinical Study Results of CRx-102 in Hand Osteoarthritis

Cambridge, MA - October 22, 2007
CombinatoRx Receives Huntington's Disease Society Leadership Award

Cambridge, MA - October 11, 2007
CombinatoRx Announces Registered Direct Common Stock Offering of $35 Million

Cambridge, MA - September 26, 2007
CombinatoRx Announces Initiation of Phase 2b Clinical Study of CRx-102 in Knee Osteoarthritis

Waltham, MA - September 26, 2007
Histogenics NeoCart Cartilage Therapy Found Promising in OHSU Study

Atlanta, GA – September 13, 2007
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Atlanta, GA - September 13, 2007
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Lexington, MA - August 28, 2007
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Cumberland, RI - August 15, 2007
Collegium Pharmaceutical Provides Update on Development of its Nasal Inhaled Steroid for Allergic Rhinitis

Cambridge, MA - August 14, 2007
CombinatoRx Announces Initiation of Phase 2a Proof-of-Concept Clinical Study with CRx-401 for Type 2 Diabetes

Lexington, MA - August 14, 2007
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Bridgewater, NJ - August 9, 2007
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Lexington, MA - August 7, 2007
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Cumberland, RI - July 12, 2007
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces FDA Acceptance of IND for its Abuse Deterrent Sustained Release Opioid Product

Cambridge, MA - June 4, 2007
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Waltham, MA - May 21, 2007
Histogenics Names Bernitz President and Chief Executive Officer

Cambridge, MA - May 16, 2007
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Lexington, MA - May 2, 2007
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Lexington, MA - April 18, 2007
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Cambridge, MA - April 17, 2007
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Lexington, MA - April 12, 2007
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Atlanta, GA - March 28, 2007
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Bridgewater, NJ - March 27, 2007
Sapphire Therapeutics Promotes William Polvino to CEO, Herb Conrad Elected Chairman of the Board

Cambridge, MA - March 26, 2007
CombinatoRx Provides Topline Results from Phase 2 RA Study with CRx-139 and Very Low Dose Prednisolone

Atlanta, GA - March 22, 2007
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Cumberland, RI - March 5, 2007
Collegium Announces Successful Completion of Allergic Rhinitis Product Trial

Atlanta, GA - January 24, 2007
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Atlanta, GA - January 23, 2007
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Lexington, MA - January 3, 2007
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London, Philadelphia & Lexington, MA - December 12, 2006
GlaxoSmithKline and EPIX Pharmaceuticals Enter Drug Discovery and Development Alliance

Lexington, MA - December 7, 2006
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Lexington, MA - December 5, 2006
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Portland, OR - November 28, 2006
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Franklin, MA - November 27, 2006
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Atlanta, GA - November 1, 2006
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Bridgewater, NJ - October 26, 2006
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Lexington, MA - October 24, 2006
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Clinical Trial of PRX-07034 in Obesity

Lexington, MA - October 17, 2006
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Cumberland, RI - October 4, 2006
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Franklin, MA - October 3, 2006
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EPIX Announces Australian Approval of Vasovist(TM)

Bridgewater, NJ - September 19, 2006
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Bridgewater, NJ - August 25, 2006
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Boston, MA - August 22, 2006
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Lexington, MA - August 16, 2006
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Franklin, MA - August 14, 2006
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Cambridge, MA - June 29, 2006
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Cambridge, MA - June 22, 2006
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Boston, MA - June 9, 2006
Merck & Co., Inc. Acquires GlycoFi, Inc. for $400 Million

Cumberland, RI - June 6, 2006
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces the Achievement of Development Milestone Under the Agreement with Cypress Bioscience

Cambridge, MA - June 5, 2006
CombinatoRx Appoints Michael Kauffman, MD, PhD to Its Board of Directors

Atlanta – June 1, 2006
CardioMEMS, Inc. Announces First Human Use of Wireless Pressure Sensors in the Left Atrium of the Heart.

Cambridge, MA & Bethesda, MD - June 1, 2006
CombinatoRx & Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Enter into a Collaboration to Develop Novel Therapeutics

Cambridge, MA - May 22, 2006
CombinatoRx Reports Second Positive Phase 2 Study with CRx-102

Cambridge, MA - April 24, 2006
CombinatoRx Appoints Lynn Baird, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, QA/QC

Cambridge, MA & Singapore - April 21, 2006
CombinatoRx Receives Infectious Disease Research Grant Approval from Singapore's Economic Development Board

Lexington, MA - April 19, 2006
Predix Announces Preliminary Results from Phase Ib Trial of PRX-08066 in Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

Cambridge, MA - April 18, 2006
CombinatoRx Reports Positive Results for CRx-170 in Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Asthma Clinical Trial

Cambridge and Lexington, MA - April 3, 2006
Epix and Predix Announce Merger Agreement

Cambridge, MA - April 3, 2006
CombinatoRx Announces Discovery of Novel Synergistic Combination Leads for Glioblastoma

Atlanta, GA - March 31, 2006
CardioMEMS, Inc. Wins Frost & Sullivan 2006 Product Innovation of the Year Award

Boston, MA - March 23, 2006
CombinatoRx Announces $48.0 Million Private Placement

Atlanta – February 20, 2006
CardioMEMS, Inc. Announces First Human Use of Wireless Pressure Sensor for Congestive Heart Failure Monitoring

Boston, MA - January 30, 2006
CombinatoRx Drug Candidate CRx-102 Demonstrates Positive Phase 2 Study Results in Hand Osteoarthritis

Bridgewater, NJ - January 17, 2006
Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints New Director and Creation of a Scientific Advisory Board

Atlanta, GA - January 9, 2006
CardioMEMS Names Matt Borenzweig Vice President of Sales

Bridgewater, NJ - January 6, 2006
Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc. Builds Drug Development Team through New Hires and Promotion

Atlanta, GA - December 14, 2005
CardioMEMS Closes Series C Financing

Lebanon, NH - December 12, 2005
GlycoFi and Merck & Co., Inc. Enter into Broad Strategic Alliance for Research and Development

Forbes.com - December 12, 2005
Pharma's Little Helper

Tampa, FL. - December 6, 2005
Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License for an Additional Late-Stage Respiratory Product

Boston, MA - November 14, 2005
CombinatoRx Completes IPO

Boston, MA - November 9, 2005
CombinatoRx, Incorporated Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

Atlanta - November 1, 2005
CardioMEMS, Inc. Announces 510(k) Clearance and U.S. Launch of the EndoSure™ Wireless AAA Pressure Measurement System

Lebanon, NH - October 10, 2005
Glycofi Closes Oversubscribed $11 Million Venture Round

Bridgewater, NJ - October 5, 2005
Rejuvenon Corporation Changes Name to Sapphire Therapeutics

BOSTON, MA – October 3, 2005
CombinatoRx and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Sign Agreement

Cumberland, RI - August 25, 2005
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Cumberland, RI - July 26, 2005
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc., Announces the Launch of Exactacain™

Boston, MA and Taipei, Taiwan - July 18, 2005
CombinatoRx Licenses CRx-026 Territory Rights to HenKan Pharmaceutical

Woburn, MA - May 3, 2005
Predix Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial of 5-HT2B Receptor Antagonist for Pulmonary Hypertension

Cumberland, RI - (BUSINESS WIRE) - April 20, 2005
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. and United Research Laboratories/Mutual Pharmaceutical Company Announce Product Development Agreement

Boston, MA - April 13, 2005
CombinatoRX Receives $4.4 Million Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Mass High Tech - April 11, 2005
Biomed Rounds: PHT makes its mark in drug-trial patient diaries

Woburn, MA - March 30, 2005
Predix Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase Ib Clinical Trials Of 5-HT4 Agonist For Alzheimer’s Disease And Other Cognitive Disorders

Woburn, MA and Bethesda, MD - March 16, 2005
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics and Predix Pharmaceuticals Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration to Treat Cystic Fibrosis

Woburn, MA - March 8, 2005
Predix Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase II Clinical Trial of its Serotonin 1A Agonist for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Milpitas, CA and Charlestown, MA - February 23, 2005
palmOne and PHT Declare Record Year with 20,000 Handheld eDiaries Deployed for Use in Clinical Trials

Atlanta, GA - February 21, 2005 - The Whistle
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Charlestown, MA - February 15, 2005
PHT Corporation Strengthens ePRO Market Dominance with Record Year in 2004

FRANKLIN, MA - February 10, 2005
Boston Millennia Partners Leads $10.5 million Fourth Round of Preferred Equity Financing in Arthrosurface.

Palo Alto, Ca - February 7, 2005
Coapt Systems Launches ENDOTINE® Triple™

Boston, MA - January 25, 2005
Boston Millennia Partners Announces the Sale of Portfolio Company Yantra Corporation

Boston, MA – January 25, 2005
Boston Millennia Partners Co-Leads a $43 million Series C in Predix Pharmaceuticals

Charlestown, MA - January 13, 2005
Greer Selects PHT’s LogPad System for Phase I Sublingual-Oral Immunotherapy Trials

Cumberland, RI - (BUSINESS WIRE) - January 4, 2005
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc., HEALTHPOINT, Ltd Announce Licensing Agreement for Two Late Stage Products

Charlestown, MA - November 17, 2004
Orphan Medical Relies on PHT LogPad® for Phase II Fibromyalgia Trial

Boston, MA and Burlingame, CA - Sept. 27, 2004
CombinatoRx and ABC2 Initiate Brain Cancer Collaboration

September 17, 2004 - New York, NY - The Journal News
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Boston, MA and New York, NY - VENTURE WIRE - September 13, 2004
CombinatoRx Signs Discovery Deal With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation

Charlestown, MA –- July 13, 2004
PHT LogPad® Chosen by Rinat Neuroscience for First In-human Trial

Cumberland, RI - (BUSINESS WIRE) - June 17, 2004
Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Novel Anti-Histamine Combination

Tewksbury, MA - June 16, 2004
Inbound Logistics Recognizes Yantra as a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider

Redmond, WA - June 14, 2004
AT&T Wireless Helps Open Up World To PHT

Atlanta, GA - April 2, 2004
CardioMEMS, Inc. Announces First Human Use of its Implantable Sensor Technology

Boston, MA – March 25, 2004
Boston Millennia Partners Leads $6M Round in ArthroSurface

Boston, MA – March 10, 2004
Boston Millennia Partners Leads $30 Million Venture Capital Investment in CombinatoRx, Incorporated

Charlestown, MA, USA –- March 9, 2004
Dynavax to Use PHT LogPad in Three Allergy Trials

Forbes Magazine - March 01, 2004
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Boston, Massachusetts - December 3, 2003
Boston Millennia Partners Invests in Protein Forest, Inc.

Cumberland, RI - (BUSINESS WIRE) - December 3, 2003
Collegium Pharmaceutical Signs Agreement with Endo Pharmaceuticals to Develop Abuse Deterrent Pain Products

BOSTON, MA - November 25, 2003
Boston Millennia Partners Invests in CardioMEMS, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts - (Business Wire) – October 29, 2003
Boston Millennia Partners Invests in ArthroSurface

Cumberland, RI - October 28, 2003
Collegium Pharmaceutical raises Series A funding from Boston Millennia Partners

Charlestown, MA - October 22, 2003
PHT Technology Program Enables Clinical Trial Sponsors to Reduce Costs by 50% or More

CHARLESTOWN, MA - May 14, 2003
PHT Corporation Signals New Stage Of Growth Appointing Philip Lee As President And Chief Executive Officer

Charlestown, MA - July 9, 2001
PHT Corporation Announces Over $18 Million in Private Financing

Wayland, MA - April 2, 2001
Knowledge Impact Secures $24 Million Mezzanine Financing

 
 
 
   


 
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