Alfica Sehgal

Senior Vice President, Head of Discovery and Translation

Alfica is VP at CAMP4, heading the discovery, preclinical and translational research. Before CAMP4, she was at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, where she held multiple roles. Alfica was the program leader for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency related liver disease, driving the program from bench to Phase 1, as well as the program research lead for the fitusiran program for the treatment of haemophilia and rare bleeding disorders. She was also a member of the platform team and next wave team responsible for generating and triaging new pipeline programs.
Alfica received her post-doctoral training at Johns Hopkins University and Yale University, studying lipid uptake, cholesterol and oxygen homeostasis in parasites, mammalian cells and mice. She received her doctoral degree from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (India) in naturally acquired immunity against malarial parasites. She has published more than 30 articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and has authored 17 patents and PCT applications.

Talks About
#discovery #transitions

Preferred Locations
#Northamerica