VectorB2B Team
Highly qualified HR with the knowledge and experience in drug discovery and development

Teresa Almeida
Head of CRO
- Pharm.D. in Neurosciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Executive MBA, AESE/IESE
- Extensive experience in an international CRO setting with regulatory compliance requirements necessary to get a product into the market.
- Responsible for providing strategic clinical solutions to either biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or medical device companies along the clinical development process.

Silvana da Costa Araújo
Scientist in vivo assays

Alasdair Bell
Head of Antibodies

Sofia Côrte-Real
Head of Science
- PhD in Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Post-Doctoral in antiviral antibodies at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
- Extensive professional experience in biotech companies in science-based regulatory strategy and devising and implementing all non-clinical studies, as well as interacting with regulatory bodies

Teresa Duarte
Head of CMC
- PhD in Organic Chemistry, University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I), France
- Post-Doctoral at the Max Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany
- Extensive experience at BASF in bringing new products to the market from chemical concept to large scale production
- Responsible for all aspects of process development, contract manufacturing and analysis control in product development

Renata Marques da Frota
Legal Associate
- Master of Laws, Civil Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Member of the Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar Association)
- Qualified lawyer in Portugal and Brazil, with more than 10 years of legal experience in Portugal, Brazil and Ireland
- Responsible for providing specialized legal advice supporting the scientific areas and the administrative/executive board

Bebiana Sá Moura
Head of Discovery
- PhD in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA), University of Porto, Portugal
- Postdoctoral Fellow at the Heidelberg Biochemistry Center, Germany
- Skilled scientist with experience in Science and Technology management
- Responsible for a variety of projects within the discovery department with services spaning across multiple therapeutic areas and classes of molecules.

Joana Pires da Fonseca
Head of Technology
- PhD in Thermodynamics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
- Post-Doctoral in Ionic Liquids and Supercritical fluids at NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
- Extensive professional experience in engagement, project planning/implementation from sale to delivery, Marketing (digital) and Business Development strategy.

Alexandra Sanfins
Medical writer
- PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Master’s in Science Communication, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Broad scientific writing experience
- Executes medical writing activities within the CRO department and liaises with other departments aiming at a strategic communication approach