Marta Figueiredo, PhD, managing science editor —

Marta holds a biology degree, a master’s in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded a research scholarship and a PhD scholarship, and her research focused on the role of several signaling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development. She also previously worked as an assistant professor of an annual one-week embryology course at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.

Articles by Marta Figueiredo

Hemlibra Safely Prevents Bleeds in Hemophilia A Patients Over Long Term, Trial Data Show

Hemlibra (emicizumab) continues to safely and effectively prevent bleedings in children and adults with hemophilia A, regardless of developing neutralizing inhibitors (antibodies) against synthetic factor VIII (FVIII), according to nearly three years of data from four Phase 3 clinical trials. These and preliminary real-world safety findings from a European…

Adynovate Prophylaxis Continues to Show Promise in Severe Hemophilia A, Trials’ Data Show

Prophylactic (preventive) treatment with Adynovate safely and effectively lowers the number of bleedings, including those in target joints, in children and adults with severe hemophilia A, according to data from two Phase 3 clinical trials. Notably, personalized Adynovate treatment targeting higher minimum blood levels of factor VIII (FVIII) —…

Hemlibra Safely Treats Children With Severe Hemophilia A, Real-Life Study Finds

Prophylactic (preventive) treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab) safely and effectively lowers bleeding rates in children and adolescents with severe hemophilia A, according to a real-life study from Israel. The therapy’s effectiveness was independent of the presence of inhibitors (antibodies) against synthetic formulations of factor VIII (FVIII) — the missing…

BioMarin’s Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A Continues to Prevent Bleeds After Four Years, Trial Shows

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals’ investigational gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec continues to safely and effectively prevent bleeding episodes and the need for prophylactic clotting factor VIII in adults with severe hemophilia A, four-year data from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial show. The results were submitted for presentation at the World Federation…

BioMarin’s Gene Therapy, Found to Reduce Bleeding Events in Hemophilia A, Submitted for U.S. Approval

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals’ investigational gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec safely and significantly reduced bleeding events — including in target joints — and the use of prophylactic clotting factor VIII in adults with severe hemophilia A, data from a Phase 1/2 study show. These results, along with an interim analysis of…