Bernardita Méndez Velasco

Director/Board Member at Fundación Chile

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Bernardita Méndez Velasco is currently the Director at Fundación Chile and the Head of Regulatory Affairs & Intellectual Property at Andes Biotechnologies SA. She previously worked as the Vice President of Regulatory & Quality Affairs at Chiron Corp.
She holds a doctorate degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chile.

Bernardita Méndez Velasco active positions

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Andes Biotechnologies SA Andes Biotechnologies SA BiotechnologyHealth Technology Andes Biotechnologies SA researches and develops effective treatments against cancer. It has developed a new proprietary technology based on the discovery of a novel family of RNA targets of mitochondrial origin that when disrupted by anti-sense technology they selectively destroy cancer cells. The company was founded by Luis O. Burzio, Arturo Yudelevich and Pablo D.T. Valenzuela in 2008 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.	General Counsel	-
Fundación Chile Fundación Chile Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Fundación Chile is a non profit corporation. The company provides business incubation services to start-up companies in the biotechnology, aquaculture, and food industries. It engages in consultancy, training, and advisory programs, as well as research, technical support, and software design. The company was founded in 1976, and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Bernardita Méndez Velasco

Companies	Position	End
Chiron Corp. Chiron Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Chiron Corp. provides nucleic acid test for blood screening. Its products include tigris system, target capture system, reagent preparation incubator, and many more. The company was founded in 1981 by William J. Rutter, Edward E. Penhoet & Pablo Valenzuela and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.	General Counsel	-

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Training of Bernardita Méndez Velasco

University of Chile	Graduate Degree
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Doctorate Degree

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Andes Biotechnologies SA Andes Biotechnologies SA BiotechnologyHealth Technology Andes Biotechnologies SA researches and develops effective treatments against cancer. It has developed a new proprietary technology based on the discovery of a novel family of RNA targets of mitochondrial origin that when disrupted by anti-sense technology they selectively destroy cancer cells. The company was founded by Luis O. Burzio, Arturo Yudelevich and Pablo D.T. Valenzuela in 2008 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.	Health Technology
Chiron Corp. Chiron Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Chiron Corp. provides nucleic acid test for blood screening. Its products include tigris system, target capture system, reagent preparation incubator, and many more. The company was founded in 1981 by William J. Rutter, Edward E. Penhoet & Pablo Valenzuela and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.	Health Technology
Fundación Chile Fundación Chile Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Fundación Chile is a non profit corporation. The company provides business incubation services to start-up companies in the biotechnology, aquaculture, and food industries. It engages in consultancy, training, and advisory programs, as well as research, technical support, and software design. The company was founded in 1976, and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.	Commercial Services

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