Primary Job Title Partner and Head of Drug Discovery Primary Organization Related Sciences
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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Brian Albrecht is the Partner and Head of Drug Discovery at Related Sciences. He was the former Principal at Third Rock Ventures.
Brian Albrecht joined Third Rock Ventures in 2015 and brings more than 12 years of biopharmaceutical drug discovery experience to the firm. As a principal, Brian focuses on new company formation and drug discovery due
diligence.
Prior to joining Third Rock, Brian built and led the medicinal chemistry department at Constellation Pharmaceuticals – pioneering epigenetic drug discovery research. As one of the first four Constellation employees, he was instrumental in building the foundation of the drug discovery product engine and was given increasing amounts of responsibility throughout his tenure. Under his leadership, Constellation’s medicinal chemistry group delivered two clinical assets. Prior to Constellation, Brian was a member of the medicinal chemistry department at Amgen. Brian is listed as a co-inventor on over 20 issued patents and a co-author on more than 30 publications. Brian earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Colorado State University and his B.S. in chemistry from Lafayette College.
Brian has found that despite living in Boston, it is easy to hide the fact that he is an avid Yankees fan…until now of course.
