“You need courageous people, who pursue their goals believing it is all extremely worthwhile and who surround themselves with highly skilled and equally passionate people”
Henri Termeer
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1946
Henri Termeer is born on February 28th, 1946, to Mary and Jacques Termeer in the Netherlands
1966
1971
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1973
1974-1983
1981
1983
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October 1983
Henri Termeer joins Genzyme Corporation Boston, MA as the company’s President & Director
1984
Ceredase clinical trials initiated, Brian Berman becomes the first Gaucher disease patient treated with enzyme replacement therapy and is dosed with human placental glucocerebrosidase.
March 1985
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1985
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June 1986
1988
1989
1991
Ceredase is approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of Gaucher disease, a disorder estimated to affect only 5,000 patients worldwide
1999
2003 & 2006
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2006
2010
2011
2011-2017
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2012
Made possible through a generous gift, the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies is dedicated and opened at Massachusetts General Hospital
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2017
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2018
The Termeer Fellows program is inaugurated, to honor Henri’s dedication to mentoring the next generation of leaders
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2019
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2020
Henri A. Termeer Square is dedicated and open to the public in the heart of Cambridge’s Kendall Square
Timeline adapted from Conscience and Courage by John Hawkins