Current Role(s): Head of the Genzyme R&D Center

Joined Genzyme: 1989

Rich Gregory oversees the newly formed Genzyme R&D Center within Sanofi’s R&D organization. He is responsible for Genzyme’s discovery and early development of new product candidates for rare diseases and MS.

Past Genzyme role(s):

• Senior Vice President; Head of Research, responsible for Discovery and Pre-Clinical Research across all technology platforms and medical areas

Prior experience:

• Scientist, molecular biology department, Integrated Genetics
• Director of Molecular Biology, Canji Incorporated
• Co-inventor of 23 issued U.S. patents

Education:

• Post-doctoral research, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
• B.Sc., Virginia Tech