ARCA biopharma, Inc. announced that Richard B. Brewer, Chairman of its Board of Directors, has died after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Brewer spent nearly 35 years in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries guiding development and commercialization of such breakthrough drugs as human growth hormone for children's growth disorders; the first new drug in 30 years for cystic fibrosis; the first new drug in over a decade for heart failure; pioneering clot-busting drugs for heart attacks and strokes; and other first-in-class drugs and devices for cancer and heart disease.