Patrick O'Brien

National Advisory Board member , General Counsel, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Patrick O'Brien is the general counsel for Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in Pasadena, California. Before that he was the group vice president and chief legal officer of Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global company headquartered in Ireland. Patrick received both a BS Pharmacy and a PharmD from UA and completed a residency at the University of Michigan. In 1993, he earned a JD degree from UA. Before joining Shire in 2012, O'Brien was a partner in several law firms and, among other positions, counsel for Johnson & Johnson, ALZA Corporation and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Patrick joined the NAB in 2014.