Robert J. Desnick
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He was the co-founder of Amicus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing pharmacologic chaperone therapies (Galafold approved 2018), and served as the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committees (SAC) of Synageva BioPharma and Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. The enzyme therapy developed in his laboratory and licensed to Genzyme as Fabrazyme, along with Cerazyme for Gaucher disease, helped build the rare disease company Genzyme, which has spawned more CEOs than any other company in history following its 2011 sale to Sanofi for $20.1 billion.
Desnick is the Dean for Genetics and Genomic Medicine, and Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Additionally, he is Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Oncological Sciences, and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Desnick is the author of more than 590 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, 250 book chapters and is the editor of 10 books. He holds 26 US issued and licensed patents and is included in Castle Connelly's lists of Best Doctors in America and Best Doctors in New York and New York Magazine’s list of the Best Doctors every year since the inception of the rating. He was elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in 2004.
Part of his genetics laboratory at Mount Sinai was spun out into Sema4 (NASDAQ: SMFR), which IPO’d in 2021 for $3 billion. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Adina H. Wise, Amy Yang, Hetanshi Naik, Chanan Stauffer, Natasha Zeid, Christopher Liong, Manisha Balwani, Robert J. Desnick, Roy N. AlcalayGet full text
Published 2018-03-01
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5by Janelle Applequist, Cristina Burroughs, Artemio Ramirez, Peter A. Merkel, Marc E. Rothenberg, Bruce Trapnell, Robert J. Desnick, Mustafa Sahin, Jeffrey P. KrischerGet full text
Published 2020-03-01
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6by Suzanna Katz, Peter Backeris, Christopher Merck, Maria Suprun, Sunita D'Souza, David F Bishop, Robert J Desnick, Kateri Moore, Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia, Ihor R LemischkaGet full text
Published 2018-01-01
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7by Hetanshi Naik, Jessica R. Overbey, Robert J. Desnick, Karl E. Anderson, D. Montgomery Bissell, Joseph Bloomer, Herbert L. Bonkovsky, John D. Phillips, Bruce Wang, Ashwani Singal, Manisha BalwaniGet full text
Published 2019-11-01
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8by Stefanie Berger, Miranda Stattmann, Ana Cicvaric, Francisco J. Monje, Pierluca Coiro, Matej Hotka, Gerda Ricken, Johannes Hainfellner, Susanne Greber-Platzer, Makiko Yasuda, Robert J. Desnick, Daniela D. PollakGet full text
Published 2020-03-01
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9by Colin P Farrell, Jessica R Overbey, Hetanshi Naik, Danielle Nance, Gordon D McLaren, Christine E McLaren, Luming Zhou, Robert J Desnick, Charles J Parker, John D PhillipsGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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10by John Marshall, Karen M Ashe, Dinesh Bangari, KerryAnne McEachern, Wei-Lien Chuang, Joshua Pacheco, Diane P Copeland, Robert J Desnick, James A Shayman, Ronald K Scheule, Seng H ChengGet full text
Published 2010-11-01
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11by Befekadu Asfaw, Jana Ledvinová, Robert Dobrovolńy, Henk D. Bakker, Robert J. Desnick, Otto P. van Diggelen, Jan G.N. de Jong, Tamotsu Kanzaki, Amparo Chabas, Irene Maire, Ernst Conzelmann, Detlev SchindlerGet full text
Published 2002-07-01
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12by Henry J. Bailey, Gustavo A. Bezerra, Jason R. Marcero, Siladitya Padhi, William R. Foster, Elzbieta Rembeza, Arijit Roy, David F. Bishop, Robert J. Desnick, Gopalakrishnan Bulusu, Harry A. Dailey, Wyatt W. YueGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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13by Amy Chan, Abigail Liebow, Makiko Yasuda, Lin Gan, Tim Racie, Martin Maier, Satya Kuchimanchi, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Klaus Charisse, Alfica Sehgal, Muthiah Manoharan, Rachel Meyers, Kevin Fitzgerald, Amy Simon, Robert J Desnick, William QuerbesGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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14by Makiko Yasuda, Marshall W. Huston, Silvere Pagant, Lin Gan, Susan St. Martin, Scott Sproul, Daniel Richards, Stephen Ballaron, Khaled Hettini, Annemarie Ledeboer, Lillian Falese, Liching Cao, Yanmei Lu, Michael C. Holmes, Kathleen Meyer, Robert J. Desnick, Thomas WechslerGet full text
Published 2020-09-01
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15by Eimear E Kenny, Itsik Pe'er, Amir Karban, Laurie Ozelius, Adele A Mitchell, Sok Meng Ng, Monica Erazo, Harry Ostrer, Clara Abraham, Maria T Abreu, Gil Atzmon, Nir Barzilai, Steven R Brant, Susan Bressman, Edward R Burns, Yehuda Chowers, Lorraine N Clark, Ariel Darvasi, Dana Doheny, Richard H Duerr, Rami Eliakim, Nir Giladi, Peter K Gregersen, Hakon Hakonarson, Michelle R Jones, Karen Marder, Dermot P B McGovern, Jennifer Mulle, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Deborah D Proctor, Ann Pulver, Jerome I Rotter, Mark S Silverberg, Thomas Ullman, Stephen T Warren, Matti Waterman, Wei Zhang, Aviv Bergman, Lloyd Mayer, Seymour Katz, Robert J Desnick, Judy H Cho, Inga PeterGet full text
Published 2012-01-01
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