Patrícia Silva, PhD, director of science content —

Patrícia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites. Patrícia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.

Articles by Patrícia Silva

Progress for Cystic Fibrosis [INFOGRAPHIC]

These figures were taken from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s (CFF) 2017 Patient Registry Annual Data Report. Share this infographic on your site! </p><br /> <p><strong>Please include attribution to https://cysticfibrosisnewstoday.com with…

Vertex Employees Donate $1M to CF and Other Communities via Matching Gift Program

Vertex Pharmaceuticals employees have raised more million $1 million  using  the Vertex Foundation‘s matching gift program in a show of commitment to causes that include the cystic fibrosis (CF) community, a company press release states. The dollar-for-dollar matching gift program is being run through the nonprofit Vertex Foundation, established by the company…

Vast Therapeutics’ Therapy Candidate BIOC51 Fares Well in Mouse Studies

Vast Therapeutics, formerly known as Novoclem Therapeutics, recently announced that the company’s first controlled nitric oxide (NO) release powder-based therapy candidate, BIOC51, can substantially reduce the bacterial load of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the lungs of animal models of cystic fibrosis. Vast Therapeutics is a preclinical stage pharmaceutical…

Symdeko Now Available at AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, Pharmacy Announces

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime announced that it has access to a series of limited-distribution drugs (LDDs) for its specialty patients, including the recently approved Symdeko (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for cystic fibrosis (CF). Other medications available include Austedo (deutetrabenazine) for Huntington’s disease, Fasenra (benralizumab) for severe asthma, and Hemlibra…