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Chemist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Andrey Sarafanov; PhD.
Current employment: Chemist / Principal Investigator at U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (Maryland, USA). Research interests: structure-function of blood coagulation factor VIII, mechanisms of FVIII clearance from the circulation, blood coagulation. Regulatory duties at U.S. FDA: review of drug products (blood coagulation proteins etc.) information (INDs, BLAs, supplements) to restore hemostasis.
Education: BS/MS in Biochemistry - 1982, Moscow State University, USSR. PhD in Molecular Biology - 1998, Engelhard Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Previous employment: J. H. Holland Laboratory of the American Red Cross (Rockville, MD), University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD) and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, DC).