Samira Farboodmanesh, PhD, serves as Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs at Hemab, with over 18 years of expertise in product development and regulatory affairs. She began her career in R&D at the medical device startup Intrinsic Therapeutics and later joined EMD Millipore. Her path then led to leadership positions in both R&D and regulatory affairs across the pharmaceutical industry, including positions at AstraZeneca, Shire, Takeda, and Lyra Therapeutics. Her expertise spans various therapeutics areas –i.e., rare disease, respiratory, infectious, and endocrine disorders. Samira holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.