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Burt Adelman, MD is Chairman and a co-founder of Clear Creek Bio. Burt was born in New York City and graduated Cornell University Medical College in 1976. He served as House Officer and Medical Resident at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from where he completed his hematology fellowship. Burt was a full time faculty member for 10 years - first at Harvard Medical School and then the Medical College of Virginia. In 1991, he joined Biogen, including as Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Executive Vice President for Portfolio Strategy and led development efforts for Angiomax (bivalarudin) for anticoagulation during angioplasty, Avonex (interferon beta) for multiple sclerosis, Amevive (alefecept) for psoriasis, and Tysabri (natalizumab) for multiple sclerosis. Burt retired from Biogen in 2007 and was most recently Executive Vice President Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer at Dyax Corp where he led the successful development of lanadelumab, a breakthrough drug for the prevention of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema. Dyax was sold to Shire in 2016 for $6.5 billion.

Burt is a board member for Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Sirona-med (a private cardiac device company) and Syntimmune (aquired by Alexion), and a senior advisor to Novo Ventures. He serves on the Board of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and is a member of the investment committee of the Partners Innovation Fund (Mass General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals). Burt is a generous mentor to select physician-scientists and students in the Harvard - MIT ecosystem where he regularly lectures on life sciences innovation and drug development.