{"id":2333,"date":"2017-04-03T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2017-04-03T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:45:00","slug":"nd-alum-saving-lives-with-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2017\/04\/03\/nd-alum-saving-lives-with-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"ND Alum “Saving Lives With Entrepreneurship”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an article about Notre Dame Law School Alum<\/a> John Crowley, who created Amicus Therapeutics and was applauded by President Donald Trump in an address to Congress<\/a>. A former attorney, Crowley created the biotech company to try and find a cure for Pompe disease, which his daughter and son survived.<\/p>\n

The article discusses how Crowley \u201ctransitioned from a career as a lawyer to a career in business consulting and how he became a biotech entrepreneur, despite not being a particularly strong student in math and science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discussing the legal field\u2019s role, the article states: \u201cJames Farrington, an adjunct professor at the Law School and a partner in the Corporate Practice Department and Life Sciences Practice Group at Wiggin & Dana LLP in Stamford, Conn\u2026said that it\u2019s important for lawyers to remember how their work can impact scientific advances.<\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019ll find in your career that you\u2019ll be working many late nights\u2026. One thing that motivated me \u2013 being fortunate to work in the life sciences industry \u2013 was to know that with most transactions I was working on, there was a Megan or a Patrick somewhere in the world that was affected by that,\u2019 Farrington said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Keep that in mind,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s a race against time. I\u2019m not a scientist, I\u2019m not discovering the drug, but I can get that contract out a day earlier, a week earlier, and get things advanced. That\u2019s what really motivates me and has been very gratifying for me in my career.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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