Morrie Ruffin, MA

Executive Vice President, Capital Formation and Business Development, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Morrie Ruffin has been with BIO since 1994 and is responsible for building the organizations cutting edge business development and investor outreach programs focused on helping companies identify strategic partnering and licensing opportunities. This franchise is now the largest in the world with operations in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

In addition to his business development work, Mr. Ruffin leads the industry's capital formation advocacy efforts. He is a regular speaker at industry events and has participated in countless media interviews commenting on business topics and trends in the drug development industry. He was a founder and board member of the Interoperable Informatics Infrastructure Committee (I3C), a standards setting body for the bioinformatics industry.

Prior to joining BIO, Mr. Ruffin worked for U.S. Senator Arlen Specter for five years as his senior legislative assistant. He received his MA in International Studies (Economics) from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and his BA from the University of Virginia.

« Back to Advisory Board

Testimonials

Families often say to us, especially those with rare or genetic disorders, that they want to be able to talk to other families who walk the walk—they want to share that valuable connection. They can do this with Inspire's online community platform. - Kathy Russell, Executive Director, The Children's Inn at NIH

I am so encouraged by the upbeat fighting attitudes of the members here and with your loving concern for each other. - Member, Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors Support Community

I read the blogs and my heart goes out to each and everyone who has been or going through this as a patient or as a caregiver. I wish this site would have been here while my brother was alive. - Member, ALS Advocacy Support Community

More testimonials