Charting the executive gender mix across 384 companies from mid-2014 to mid-2019 demonstrates that C-suite gender balance in pharma is moving towards a point that more closely reflects its total workforce, but that progress has been slow and that there is a long road to travel before the transformation is complete. 

In an exclusive interview, Alexion R&D head John Orloff takes In Vivo on a tour around the company’s rejuvenated pipeline and explains how the business is innovating to pre-empt the Soliris-shaped hole in its balance sheet.

Founder-CEOs do not typically remain at the helm as biotechs mature. Exceptions to that rule are multiplying, though, especially in Europe as companies aim directly for Nasdaq.