The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for the GALGT2 gene therapy…
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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Articles by Margarida Azevedo, MSc
The nonprofit CureDuchenne launched a new resource for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) community called the CureDuchenne Cares…
Casey’s General Stores customers contributed $1.35 million in August to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association‘s 2017 Summer Camp, where…
Two non-profits that work on standards that can facilitate drug development have created a guide to help those doing Duchenne’s…
Resolaris Improved Muscle Strength of Nearly Two-thirds of FSHD Patients, Phase 1/2 Trial Shows
Resolaris (ATYR1940) improved the muscle strength of nearly two-thirds of adolescents and young adults with early-onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy…
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy to Continue Supporting Certified Duchenne Care Center Program
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the U.S. working to find a cure for …
The newly founded Collaborative Trajectory Analysis Project (cTAP) coalition of stakeholders has invited Summit Therapeutics, a company specialized…
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has launched its 2017 “Live Unlimited” awareness and fundraising campaign. Running until Oct.
The nonprofit group CureDuchenne won $50,000 at a recent Shark Tank-like competition in Irvine, California, to pitch scientific projects. The “RARE…
Phrixus, DMD Groups Plan First Clinical Trial of Potential Duchenne Therapy Already Used in Europe
Phrixus Pharmaceuticals and several Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) organizations will jointly conduct the first open-label trial of Poloxamer-188 NF, the…