Inclusion and Diversity News

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive.

India’s pharmaceutical industry has emerged as a significant player in the global market, valued at USD 50 billion in FY 2023-2024, according to Frost & Sullivan’s analysis. This sector encompasses a diverse portfolio, including drugs, vacc...

Discover the latest innovations in technologies and therapeutics that are revolutionising women's health in our latest CPHI Online Women in Pharma infographic.

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive.

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and ...

In our Day in the Life of series we love getting to know the people at the heart of pharma. In this latest interview we speak to Sanobar Syed, Senior Director at Boehringer Ingelheim, about her career and what she feels is most important for the f...

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive.

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive.

In the latest episode Lucy Chard engages in a compelling conversation with Dr Lengwe Sinkala, a seasoned clinician and Human Factors and User Experience Consultant at ClariMed. 

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a substantial US$2.5 billion commitment to accelerate research and development focused exclusively on women's health through 2030.

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and work of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive.

Since the inception of the CPHI Online Women in Pharma series, we have had the privilege of meeting and learning from women leaders across the pharmaceutical value chain. Many of these conversations have sparked similar themes around authenticity, cour...

This year’s CPHI Women event was held on 10 April 2025 inside the CPHI Japan venue adjacent to Tokyo Big Sight. Now in its 9th edition, CPHI Women aims to foster networking opportunities for women working in the pharmaceutical industry in Japan.

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Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and works of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive...

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and works of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive...

This Women's month we are highlighting stories of women in the pharma industry (building on what we do every month to support women), so for the Day in the Life of we are speaking to Sharon Cunningham who is the Co-founder and CEO of Shorla On...

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and works of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive...

Throughout our Women in Pharma series, we aim to highlight how CPHI events encourage discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the pharmaceutical industry. 

Our monthly Women in Pharma series highlights the influential lives and works of impactful women working across the pharmaceutical industry, and how the industry can work towards making the healthcare industry and workplace more equitable and inclusive...

Our last instalment for 2024 of the Women in Pharma series brings you messages direct from the Informa Markets CPHI team as they discuss the advice and insights they have carried throughout their roles working at CPHI, and what they hope to see for the...

Coming to the end of 2024 and it’s certainly been a busy year, for CPHI and for the rest of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. Topics of conversation throughout the last 12 months have been varied, touching on the technical, to the polit...

Our latest look into the daily lives of the people behind the pharma community brings us to meet Juan Jose Piedra Galan, Global Financial Planning & Analysis Manager for Galderma, otherwise known as 'The Green CFO'.  

In this instalment of our monthly series, the team that brings you the Women in Pharma series each month sits down for a heart-to-heart on what the series means to them, and how they hope to continue their work in the future. 

At CPHI we work to support Start-Up companies in the pharmaceutical industry and recognise the expertise and innovative angles they bring to the field. Through our Start-Up Programme we have gotten to know some of these leaders, and in this Day in the ...

In this second CPHI Milan special of our monthly series, we cover the key takeaways from the Diversity & Wellbeing track held on October 10, 2024.  

This year we had a lot to celebrate, the 35th Anniversary of CPHI, and our esteemed award winners, of which we included two additional categories this year, the Future Leader award, and Woman of the Year award. 

Milan and CPHI welcome you to 2024 CPHI Milan! As we celebrate the 35th edition of our flagship CPHI show, editors Vivian Xie and Lucy Chard bring you the latest from the show floor, conference sessions, and innovative solutions from all exhibitors, at...

In this CPHI Milan special of our monthly series, we sit down with our panel of C-suite executives speaking on the ‘Leading with Diversity: The CEO Journey’ panel at this year’s show.  

In our monthly series on women in the pharmaceutical industry, we interview leading experts in the pharmaceutical supply and value chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

CPHI has a reputation for bringing the pharma industry together, creating a space where partnerships can be formed and nurtured, and relationships can be developed and cultivated between all industry actors. These collaborations encourage growth in the...

The latest episode of the CPHI Podcast Series with Lucy Chard covers women's health, specifically women's representation in clinical trials, the associated bias, and the impacts on health for this population. 

Global pharmaceutical companies Novartis and Viatris are the latest hit with a lawsuit claim pertaining to alleged misuse of the ‘HeLa’ cell line from the estate of woman whose cancerous tissue cells were taken without consent. 

In our monthly series on women in the pharmaceutical industry, we interview leading experts in the pharmaceutical supply and value chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

This episode of the CPHI Podcast Series, hosted by Digital Editor Lucy Chard, goes through the results from the recent audits from the PSCI conducted on suppliers across the pharmaceutical industry, looking into ESG outcomes. 

In our monthly series focusing on women in the pharmaceutical industry, we interview leading experts in the pharmaceutical supply and value chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

Our Women in Pharma interview series is approaching its 1-year anniversary this month, and to celebrate, we are highlighting the Heroines of Pharma that our very own Women in Pharma admire.

In our monthly series focusing on women in the pharmaceutical industry, we interview leading experts in the pharmaceutical supply and value chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

A study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics has revealed the existence of racial disparities in the US for the diagnosis of dementia and the use of drug treatments for symptoms. 

Welcome to Philly! CPHI North America once again graces the Philadelphia Convention Center, 7–9 May 2024. 

CPHI North America will unite the pharmaceutical supply chain in Philadelphia from May 7–9, 2024 for 3 days of innovation and connections. As part of the content Agenda, our Diversity Track will bring the industry together to discuss the imperati...

The CPHI Milan Pharma Awards, which are now open for nominations until 18 May 2024, celebrate the innovators making a difference. This year, two new categories have been added to further honour the contributions of a diverse range of pharma professiona...

International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of women around the world every March 8. March also marks Women’s History Month. This March, our Women in Pharma series takes a look at how women’s healthcare has developed, and the r...

On March 7, 2024, the Informa Markets Amsterdam office hosted an International Women’s Day Breakfast and Panel Discussion to celebrate the women who drive the B2B events industry forward, including members of the CPHI team. 

In recognition of February as Black History Month in the United States, we cover the lives and works of five pioneering African American pharmaceutical professionals who have contributed significantly to the world of pharmaceuticals and drug devel...

A new genome study undertaken in the US, accounting for a diverse range of people, has led to the discovery of nearly 300 million new genetic variants, which could inform markers of disease. 

In this monthly series, we bring insightful content, events, and communities dedicated to sharing best practices for DE&I strategies and showcasing underrepresented voices in the pharmaceutical community. 

2024 marks the first year Pharmapack will host a Diversity track dedicated to bridging the gap within the pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery sector. The track includes a panel discussion on 'Enabling Diversity in the Workplace,' focused...

Paris once again welcomes Europe’s leading trade show in pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery innovation. Join our content team as Pharmapack 2024 opens its doors to leading experts and innovators in pharmaceutical packaging and drug delive...

To get to know the people working day to day behind our pharma companies, the ones who keep the wheels turning and ultimately bring better healthcare to the population, we would like to present a new interview series introducing pharma's talen...

In this monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

Welcome to the last episode of 2023! Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by her teammates in a special retrospective episode to close out the year. Guests Vivian Xie, Editor for CPHI Online and Tara Dougal, Content Director for Pharma, discuss their hi...

In our new monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

This year at CPHI Barcelona (24–26 October, 2023) we sat down with C-suite executives and HR professionals to discuss the looming talent crisis in the pharmaceutical industry. With hybrid working persisting post-pandemic and a growing skills gap,...

This year at CPHI Barcelona (24–26 October, 2023) we sat down with C-suite executives and HR professionals to discuss the looming talent crisis in the pharmaceutical industry. With hybrid working persisting post-pandemic and a growing skills gap,...

It's that time of year again - the biggest pharma event of the year comes to Spain this October for CPHI Barcelona 2023. Follow our Editors Vivian Xie and Lucy Chard as they worked their way through the conference, bringing highlights from content ...

In our monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

In our new monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

The next episode of the CPHI Podcast Series delves into the science and background behind some recent developments in the field of Alzheimer's disease and neurological disorders. 

In our new monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. This instalment highlights not only the importance of ma...

Pharmaceutical companies are starting to acknowledge their responsibility to making access to medicine equitable to all, and Gilead Sciences are working towards their biggest commitment in this aspect, via a new initiative to enable health equity for A...

In our new monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond. 

In the USA, President Joe Biden will be signing an executive order to expand access to contraception. 

In our new monthly series, we interview women from across the pharmaceutical industry and supply chain to discuss the importance of gender diversity in healthcare, the workplace, and beyond.  

Provision of healthcare is an important aspect of people's lives, especially those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Pharmaceutical companies are working to improve this access to medicine and representation for the population. 

The March episode of the CPHI Podcast Series is dedicated to celebrating International Women's Day, followng the theme #EmbraceEquity in the context of women's health. 

This year at Pharmapack 2023 in Paris, France, the CPHI Online team interviewed several leading women in the pharmaceutical industry about what it means to be a woman working in this field.

At Pharmapack 2023, the CPHI team interviewed several leading women in the pharmaceutical industry about what it means to be a woman working in this field. Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, we are proud to provide a p...

The US FDA are hoping to lead the way in addressing the lack of diversity and representation in clinical trials when developing medicines through new legislation. 

This year at Pharmapack 2023, we interviewed several leading women in the pharmaceutical industry about what it means to be a woman working in pharma. In the lead-up to International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, CPHI Online is proud to highlight...

As we continue to celebrate the contributions of women in the pharmaceutical field following International Day of Women and Girls in Science and in the lead up to International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, we take a look at some of the historic ...

Three reasons why advancing gender equity in healthcare should be a priority for pharma 

How is the pharmaceutical industry tackling the issue of ensuring minority populations are properly represented in clinical trials?

Female life sciences leaders share their experiences and discuss the skills and attributes needed these days to become a successful leader and empower teams

The Women in Leadership Forum is a networking and knowledge-sharing event for pharma executives to share experiences and strategies for bringing diversity and equal opportunities to the industry.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has been named one of the Top 10 companies for diversity in a new survey conducted by Calvert Group.