Galapagos dosed the first cystic fibrosis (CF) patient with GLPG2222, its novel CF corrector, in a Phase 2a…
PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
PatrĂcia 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. PatrĂcia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.
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Articles by PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated Concert Pharmaceuticals‘ next-generation therapy, CTP-656, an Orphan Drug to treat…
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has announced the recipients of its first Impact Grants, which support individuals or organizations that positively…
The first patients have been dosed in the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating NovaBiotics‘ Lynovex (NM001, cysteamine) as…
First Allied Securities has given the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation a $73,487 donation for research and programs dealing with the disease. Archie…
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT), the drug discovery arm of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), has awarded Aridis…
Hubrecht Organoid Technology (HUB) and the Dutch health insurance companies CZ, Zilveren Kruis and Menzis plan to launch a €3…
Researchers at the University of Limerick, in Ireland, have developed a disposable percussion device, called SoloPEP, that works to…
A research team at Northwestern University has developed a flexible and wearable electronic device, which adheres to the skin, to measure…
Scientists at the University of Queensland, Australia, are focusing their efforts on what is one of world’s leading sources of antibiotic…