Who are the women blaz­ing trails in bio­phar­ma R&D and lead­ing the fight against Covid-19? Nom­i­nate them for End­points' spe­cial re­port

One of the many in­equal­i­ties the pan­dem­ic has laid bare is the gen­der im­bal­ance in bio­med­ical re­search. A pa­per ex­am­in­ing Covid-19 re­search au­thor­ship won­dered out loud: Where are the women?

It’s a ques­tion that echoes be­yond our cur­rent times. In the bio­phar­ma world, not on­ly are women un­der-rep­re­sent­ed in R&D roles (par­tic­u­lar­ly at high­er lev­els), their achieve­ments and tal­ents could al­so be un­der­mined by stereo­types and norms of lead­er­ship styles. The prob­lem is even more dire for women of col­or.

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