Biotech boards bur­dened: Bridg­ing the suc­cess gap

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Based on our nu­mer­ous con­ver­sa­tions with board mem­bers and CEOs, we sur­mise that biotech boards are fac­ing busy meet­ing agen­das with a mul­ti­tude of top­ics rang­ing from gov­er­nance, fi­nan­cial au­dits, and bud­get re­views to com­pen­sa­tion and board nom­i­na­tion work. While it is the job of the CEO to out­line strat­e­gy and plans for the busi­ness, the board is tasked with pres­sure test­ing those pro­pos­als to en­sure that they are sound. Of­ten boards do not have am­ple time to re­view ma­te­ri­als in ad­vance, there is in­ad­e­quate time for dis­cus­sion or prop­er de­bate dur­ing the meet­ing, and mem­bers lend their sup­port with­out hav­ing all the in­for­ma­tion in re­al time to as­sess un­der­ly­ing as­sump­tions.

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