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.

Articles by Margarida Azevedo

Advantages, Unanswered Questions About PEGylated Products for Hemophilia A Reviewed by Researchers

Researchers reviewed the current hemophilia research that focuses on the development of improved longer-acting factor replacement therapies, particularly PEGylated products. The new clinical research advances lead the scientific community to look at such developments with optimism, but also some caution. The study, “Potential role of a new PEGylated recombinant…

Early Prevention for Hemophilia Bleeds may Prevent Antibody Development Later

A new study from Finland demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies (inhibitors) can develop in people with untreated hemophilia, and that early intensive prevention might prevent bleeding and inhibitor development. The research report, titled “Inhibitor development in previously untreated patients with severe haemophilia A: a nationwide multicentre study in Finland,” was published in…

Researchers Study Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth with Hereditary Bleeding Disorders

Researchers investigated self-reported health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in children and adolescents with hereditary bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia A, and found no differences between patients and their healthy siblings and peers. The research paper, titled “Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Hereditary Bleeding Disorders…

PharmedOut Study Calls Out Marketing Strategies Directed to Hemophilia Patients

Researchers from the PharmedOut project at Georgetown University Medical Center analyzed how pharmaceuticals market directly to people with hemophilia and found that, while strategies are effective, further regulation and studies are necessary. The study, “Direct-to-consumer Marketing to People with Hemophilia,” was published in the PLOS Medicine Policy Forum.  PharmedOut involves doctors,…

Hemophilia Study Points to Benefits, Strategies to Encourage Physical Activity in Patients

Researchers at the University of Tokyo reviewed the status of physical activity among hemophilia patients to discuss strategies to encourage activity through a behavioral change approach by focusing on hemophilia-relevant factors such as benefits and bleeding risk, risk management of bleeding, physical activity characteristics, and difficulty in exercise adherence. The study,…