Dr Cristina Freire (Development Manager)

Cristina studied Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Portugal. After graduating in 2004, she worked as a community pharmacist in Portugal and then started a PhD at the University of Sunderland under the supervision of Prof. F. Podczeck, Prof. De Sousa and Prof. Veiga. During her PhD she developed high amylose starch based film coatings for colon-specific drug delivery.

Cristina joined Reckitt & Benckiser as a Research Scientist working for the New Technologies Group and in April 2010, became post-doc research fellow with Professor Abdul Basit at the London School of Pharmcy researching the fundamental workings of the gastrointestinal tract with a particular focus in modulating the physiological parameters of the gut, by physiological and pharmaceutical means, in order to better deliver drugs and vaccines.

Cristina joined Kuecept in 2011 and is responsible for the management and development of the company's proprietary drug delivery technologies.