Rory Riggs
Founder
Description:
Rory Riggs is the Managing Member of Balfour, LLC a firm specializing in early-stage entrepreneurial activities in healthcare and biotechnology. He is also Chairman of Royalty Pharma AG. He recently served as the president and director of Biomatrix Corporation (NYSE Ticker: BXM) until it was sold to Genzyme Corporation in December, 2000. Mr. Riggs launched Biomatrix’s lead product, Synvisc, which is currently the third largest product for the treatment of osteoarthritis sold in the US. Prior to joining Biomatrix, Mr. Riggs was a director, president and CEO of the RF&P Corporation from 1991 to 1995. RF&P was sold in 1995 to the real estate arm of Lazard Freres. Prior to that Mr. Riggs was a managing director in Mergers and Acquisitions at Paine Webber and an associate with Strategic Planning Associates, the predecessor company to Mercer Management Consulting. Mr. Riggs has been involved in the start-up of many companies including: Genenews Limited, Cibus Genetics, Fibrogen, Inc., Royalty Pharma AG, Selectide Inc., Sugen Inc., eAppeals, LLC, Medrium, Inc., Pharmaceutical Partners, LLC and Pacific Media. Mr. Riggs received a BA from Middlebury College and MBA from Columbia University.
Summary:
Rory Riggs is the Managing Member of Balfour, LLC a firm specializing in early-stage entrepreneurial activities in healthcare and biotechnol...
Number of Registered Investments:2
Contact Details:
- Address: New York, New York, United States
- No email is provided
Location:New York, New York, United States
Email is Not Provided
Phone Number:New York, New York, United States
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