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Longitude Capital

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Longitude Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in biotechnology and medical technology companies.

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01.01.2006

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The firm invests in both privately held and publicly traded life science companies through a variety of investment approaches, seeking to build a balanced portfolio of clinical-stage and commercial-stage companies with clinically de-risked assets, favorable valuations relative to risk profile, and attractive expected returns within three to five years from the initial investment. Longitude Capital has raised over $1.2 billion across three funds since 2006 and identifies new investment opportunities by tapping into their broad network of industry relationships or through intensive thematic research into emerging therapeutic areas or industry sub-sectors.
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David Hirsch
David Hirsch

David Hirsch

David Hirsch is a founder and Managing Director of Longitude Capital. He focuses on investments in biotechnology. From 2005 to 2006, David Hirsch was a Vice President of Pequot Ventures where he worked in the life sciences practice. Prior to Pequot, David Hirsch was an Engagement Manager in the pharmaceutical practice of McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, he worked with many large pharmaceutical companies across a range of projects including clinical and commercial strategies, M&A evaluations, portfolio prioritization and managed care strategy. He currently serves on the boards of Civitas Therapeutics and Precision Therapeutics and is a board observer at InfaCare Pharmaceuticals and Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals. He is also actively involved with Longitude’s investments in Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN) and Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CORT), as well as prior investments in Horizon Therapeutics and Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM).

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Marc Galletti
Marc Galletti

Marc Galletti

Mr. Galletti is a Managing Director and Founder of Longitude Capital. Prior to Longitude Capital, Mr. Galletti was a Senior Vice President of Pequot Ventures, where he worked in the life sciences practice. Prior to Pequot Ventures, Mr. Galletti worked at Amerindo Investment Advisors, Vector Fund Management and the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan & Co. Mr. Galletti began his career in the life sciences industry at APM, a management consultancy dedicated to improving operations performance within the patient care and procedural units of large acute-care hospitals. Mr. Galletti currently serves on the boards of Amphora Medical and Murj. He has previously served on the boards of Aptus Endosystems (acquired by Medtronic) and Twelve (acquired by Medtronic) and has also been involved with prior investments in Ablation Frontiers (acquired by Medtronic), MAP Pharmaceuticals (MAPP, acquired by Allergan), Prestwick Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Ovation), Sadra Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific), and Threshold Pharmaceuticals (THLD). Mr. Galletti sits or has sat on advisory boards for the Innovation and New Ventures Office at Northwestern University, the Program for Biomedical Engineering at Brown University, the Venture Capital Advisory Board of AdvaMed and the Life Sciences Advisory Board of Silicon Valley Bank. Mr. Galletti holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Health Services Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an A.B. from Princeton University.

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Patrick Enright
Patrick Enright

Patrick Enright

Patrick Enright is the Board Member at Esperion Therapeutics.He has served as a Member Of Board Of Directors since April 2013.He is also the Managing Director, Longitude Capital Management Co., LLC. Patrick is a founder of Longitude Capital Management Co., LLC, a venture capital firm focused on investments in biotechnology, and has served as its Managing Director since 2007. From 2002 through 2006, Patrick was a Managing Director of Pequot Ventures where he co-led the life sciences investment practice. Prior to Pequot, Patrick was a Managing Member responsible for the Delta Opportunity Fund, where he invested in privately held and publicly traded biotechnology companies. Patrick is a director of a number of companies including,Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORT),Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ).Patrick earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.

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Matthew Young

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Brian Liu

Brian Liu

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Irvin Akinseye

Irvin Akinseye

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Josh Richardson

Josh Richardson

Managing Director

Teresa Cabreros

Teresa Cabreros

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Reinaldo M. Diaz

Reinaldo M. Diaz

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Karen Lok

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