Cristalia, Brazil

Senior Biotechnology R&D Scientist

Monique Samaan is a Senior Biotechnology R&D Scientist at Cristália Prod. Químicos Farmacêuticos in Brazil. She has a cross-functional experience from API to drug product, focusing on development, optimization and scale-up for both early and late-stage biologics. She has been part of Cristalia’s team for 10 years and participated intensively in preparing CMC Module 3 and Comparability Exercise for Criscy® register in ANVISA, the first biosimilar growth hormone 100% developed and manufactured in Brazil.