John Francis Crowley

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John Franics Crowley (2009)

John Francis Crowley (born April 7, 1967 in Englewood , Bergen County , New Jersey ) is an American lawyer, officer, biotech manager and entrepreneur. He is the founder of several biotech companies that deal with the cure of hereditary diseases .

Career

John Francis Crowley graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in 1985 . Then he attended the US Naval Academy in Annapolis ( Maryland ) between 1986 and 1987 . He then did a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) from Georgetown University . Crowley went from 1989 to the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1992 . During this time he married Aileen Holleran in 1990. Upon graduation, he joined the Health Care Practice Group of the Indianapolis- based law firm of Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman as a litigator. He graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA in 1997 and then worked for a management consultancy in San Francisco .

The two youngest of his children, Megan and Patrick, were diagnosed with a severe hereditary neuromuscular disease, glycogen storage disease type II, also called Pompe disease , in 1998 . Due to the deteriorating health of the children, the family moved to Princeton, New Jersey to be close to doctors who specialize in the hereditary condition. Crowley worked there for Bristol-Myers Squibb , where he held several management positions over time. Crowley left Bristol-Myers Squibb in March 2000, frustrated with the slow progress of research into Pompe disease. He took a position as CEO at Novazyme, a start-up companies in the biotech sector in Oklahoma City , on which was a leader in the exploration of a new experimental treatment for this genetic disease.

In 2001, following an article on Crowley, Novazyme was acquired by Genzyme Corporation , the world's third largest biotechnology company. Under the direction of Genzyme, Megan and Patrick Crowley began enzyme replacement therapy in January 2003 . John Crowley believed that this would save his children's lives. Children today still rely on ventilators. Genzyme's acquisition of Novazyme and Crowley's battle with Pompe disease were documented in the Harvard Business School case study, Novazyme: A Father's Love .

Crowley joined Orexigen Therapeutics, where he became President and CEO in 2003. He then worked for Amicus Therapeutics, founded in Cranbury, New Jersey, where he was also named President and CEO in January 2005. He also served in the United States Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer. In 2007 he went on a six-month business trip to the Center for Naval Intelligence in Virginia . Crowley is currently assigned to a United States Special Operations Command Navy Reserve unit .

John Francis Crowley is the bearer of an honorary doctorate from the Neumann University in Aston ( Pennsylvania ), where he also gave the closing speech. He is also a member of the Henry Crown Program at the Aspen Institute .

Books and film

The Pulitzer Prize winner Geeta Anand wrote in the Wall Street Journal an article on Crowley. Afterwards she deepened her work and finally brought out a book in 2006.

Inspired by Anand's book and Crowley's family, Harrison Ford and Double Feature Films acquired the film rights to the work. CBS Films began filming in April 2009 . The film, exceptional situation , came into cinemas nationwide on January 22, 2010. It was directed by Tom Vaughan and the cast included Brendan Fraser ( John Crowley ), Keri Russell ( Aileen Crowley ) and executive producer Harrison Ford, who played the fictionalized "Dr. Robert Stonehill." Dr. Stonehill grew out of a wide variety of scientists and researchers with whom Crowley had worked over the years. John Crowley wrote a book together with his wife and Ken Kurson . It was published by the New Market Press in January 2010, at the same time as the film was released.

Political activity

In the spring of 2008, Crowley was often named in New Jersey as a potential candidate for the Republican nomination for the US Senate , where he was supposed to compete against incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg after successful primaries . Although Crowley initially declined, reports dated April 4, 2008 indicated that if he entered by the April 7 deadline, he would win the race. Speculation about his nomination finally ended on April 6th when Crowley announced once again that he would not run for the US Senate.

Crowley served as honorary chairman of Building the New Majority , a continuing political committee . He was also involved in numerous cases of public policy , particularly less common hereditary diseases and health care deficiencies. On July 22, he gave a speech on "Biotechnology Medicine and Ensuring Patient Safety" to several hundred congressional employees in the Cannon House Caucus Room .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Crowley, John. "To Save the Children" (PDF; 177 kB). Notre Dame Lawyer , Spring 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. ^ Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. Executive Profile , BusinessWeek . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  3. ^ "John Crowley On The Today Show 2001" . Youtube.com, September 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "Journey of the Heart" . PharmaVoice.com, January 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
  5. ^ "A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc." . Harvard.edu, October 2002. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
  6. Senior Management Team ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Amicus Therapeutics. Retrieved April 4, 2008.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ir.amicustherapeutics.com
  7. "Crusading dad John Crowley may run for US Senate" . The Star-Ledger March 28, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  8. Anand, Geeta. "For His Sick Kids, a Father Struggled to Develop a Cure" . The Wall Street Journal , August 26, 2003. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  9. The Cure: How a Father Raised $ 100 Million - And Bucked the Medical Establishment - In a Quest to Save His Children , ISBN 978-0060734398
  10. ^ "Taking Matters Into His Own Hands" . Notre Dame Magazine , Spring 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  11. ^ "Crowley Lures Harrison Ford To CBS" . Variety.com, June 9, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  12. ^ Extraordinary Measures . IMDb.com, Inc .. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  13. News and Culture: Brenden Fraser's Untitled Crowley Project Now Has (Another) Terrible Title . In: Willamette Week , September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved September 29, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.wweek.com 
  14. Chasing Miracles: The Crowley Family Journey of Strength, Hope and Joy , ISBN 978-1557049100 .
  15. To 'Extraordinary' welcome - Fans crowd aisles for 'Chasing Miracles' author . In: The Times (Trenton) , January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  16. ^ "Sources say Crowley is in" . PolitickerNJ.com, April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  17. ^ "It's official: Crowley will not run ... again" . PolitickerNJ.com, April 6, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  18. "Building the New Majority" website ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2008 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 28, 2008.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buildingthenewmajority.com