Report: Women Eschew Life Science Companies That Lack Female Leadership

MassBio and Liftstream partnered on a report about women's, men's and companies' views on gender diversity in the life science industry and identified several opportunities for employers to improve, including the need to employ more women in leadership roles to attract female job-seekers.

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It's a Catch 22: 46% of women surveyed about gender diversity in the life science industry said they would not accept a job at a company that had an all-male management teams and boards and where they were interviewed only by men. But how does an employer hire more female executives for leadership roles if those job offers are rejected due to a lack of women leaders?

The finding came from a report called "Opening the Path to a Diverse Future" released by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council...

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