GBH News spoke to female leaders in the biotech sector from Massachusetts, one of the nation’s biotech hubs, and from across the country. This group of CEOs shared insights on empowering women in a growing industry, the unique challenges faced by women in biotech, how the industry could become more welcoming to women and which female scientists the CEOs admired the most.
According to the 2024 MassBio industry snapshot, biopharma accounted for nearly 17% of job growth in the state last year. We're hearing from women in leadership about the industry and their vision for the future.
Dominique Verhelle is co-founder and CEO of the Brighton-based company NextRNA Therapeutics, which uses long non-coding RNA to develop new medications.