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Diversity Annually, PharmaBoardroom conducts hundreds of interviews with global CEO’s, country managers and industry leaders in the pharma industry. While we have crossed paths with many inspiring females in these positions, out of the top 50 pharma companies, only 3 are headed by women. That is a mere 6% — this…

Opinion On International Women’s Day 2019, David H. Crean, managing director for Objective Capital Partners, highlights the progress that has been made to close the gender investment gap, touching on key trends and biases in venture capital funding and outlining why investing in women matters.   When women business owners pitch their…

Opinion Technology and social media has given women and oppressed minorities a platform in which to vent their frustrations regarding the prevalent inequalities that exist in our world today, and it is having an impact. However, the needle is moving slowly and the gender gap continues to cost economies billions of dollars…

Opinion On International Women’s Day 2019, EFPIA Director General Nathalie Moll outlines how far women in life sciences have come in terms of both representation and perception and highlights four actions that industry professionals can take today to drive further change. Equality is giving everyone the same thing, equity is giving…

HIV Hopes have been raised of a cure for AIDS after a patient in London became free of the HIV virus following a bone marrow transplant.   Although it is not a viable large-scale strategy for a cure … these new findings reaffirm our belief that there exists a proof of…

Opinion Brendan Shaw is principal at Shawview Consulting, a specialised consulting and advisory firm for public and private sector leaders in the areas of government-business relations, policy and strategic change, with a focus on the health and pharmaceutical sectors. He is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Medicine, School of Medical Sciences…

Opinion Despite the disproportionately high numbers of females in the healthcare and life-sciences industries, and the fact that women are the main decision makers when it comes to family health, there is still inequality in pay and career progression. Carla Smith gives us the stats and explains why equality in the…

Opinion Robin Toft is the Author of WE CAN™, the Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement and founder and CEO of Toft Group Executive Search, where she combines a deep inside knowledge of the life science industry with a passion for building game-changing management teams. In this article, she discusses the…

Diversity For international women’s day 2019, PharmaBoardroom looks back on conversations we have had with inspiring female pharma leaders to bring you their words of wisdom on the value of diversity, tackling gender inequalities and closing the gap.   Big Pharma & Gender Equality Cristina Campos, vice-president at APIFARMA A key player…

Korea * This interview was conducted before GE’s announcement of its divestment of the GE Biopharma business Francis Van Parys, president & CEO of GE Healthcare Korea discusses their ambitions to roll out further AI-powered solutions to within the Korean market and their manufacturing footprint locally. Mr Van Parys also comments…

Spain Angeles Delgado, president of Spain and Portugal for Fujitsu, a globally leading Japanese ICT company, discusses the long history of the company’s presence in Spain and within its healthcare system. Delgado goes on to shed light on the affiliate’s ongoing projects in Spain and how Fujitsu is positioning itself as…

France Dr Marc-Alexander Burmeister, president of B. Braun in France, shares the exciting changes to come for B. Braun globally and in France, and discusses the shifting environment of healthcare in the country for medtech players following the launch of the “My Health 2022” initiative by French Minister of Health &…