International Women’s Day: Why women’s health needs more attention
Published on March 7, 2025
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On International Women’s Day, let’s talk about a major gap: Women’s health has long been underfunded and overlooked in the healthcare industry. We must ask: how can we drive change, and how can healthcare and life sciences companies step up?
Only 4% of biopharma R&D spending is directed toward women-specific conditions. This is despite the fact that women have distinct health needs that go beyond e.g. reproductive health or menopausal/postmenopausal conditions. Women spend …