Raquel joined Hovione in 2018 as part of the R&D Drug Product Development – Analytical Development group, where she worked on analytical method development for new drug products and drug product intermediates. In 2019, Raquel became an analytical chemist in Hovione R&D Analytical Development, focusing on performance and physical characterization methodologies to support several development programs.
Prior to Hovione, Raquel worked as a Research fellow at Cenimat | i3N in Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL), integrated into several projects focused on the design and build of microfluidic systems and materials characterization.
Raquel holds a BSc and a MSc in Biochemestry from FCT-UNL. Her master thesis focused on impregnation development techniques of low-cost zinc oxide nanoparticles with antibacterial properties in fabrics performed in Cenimat | i3N in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology of Biomass.
João Pereira joined Hovione in 2015 as part of the R&D Drug Product Development - Analytical Development group, where he worked on analytical method development for new drug products and drug product intermediates.
In 2017, João became lead analytical chemist supporting several development programs of drug product and intermediate drug product. Since 2019 he is a manager in R&D Analytical Development where analytical method development in the fields of physical and performance characterization are performed.
João Pereira holds a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FFUL). He has previously worked in the pharmaceutical chemistry field in the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) and in a quality control unit in Laboratórios Vitória.