Novo Nordisk has obtained worldwide rights to EpiDestiny’s sickle cell disease treatment EPI01. The disease-modifying therapy, consisting of decitabine…
Margarida Azevedo, MSc
Margarida graduated with a BS in Health Sciences from the University of Lisbon and a MSc in Biotechnology from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-UL). She worked as a molecular biologist research associate at a Cambridge UK-based biotech company that discovers and develops therapeutic, fully human monoclonal antibodies.
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