Data analysis

- Representation of women and minorities in the life sciences. - The importance of sustainability

How well represented do you think women are in
your organization up to the most senior positions?

44% of respondents believe that women are under represented in their organization up to the most senior positions, versus just 16% that think they are over represented. 15% of respondents based in North America judge women in their company to be 'hugely under represented', and only 39% think they are 'about equally' represented.

Industry areas women are most underrepresented

% of respondents that said women are 'Hugely' or 'Slightly' under represented in their organization

When looking across different areas of the life sciences industry, 44% of those working in cell therapies rated women as under represented in their organization - higher than any other area. At the other end of the spectrum, just 29% of those working in microbiome therapeutics saw women as under represented.

Types of Organization where women are most under represented

% of respondents that said women are 'Hugely' or 'Slightly' under represented in their organization

Respondents working at medical device companies (58%) and service and technology providers (56%) thought women were most under represented in their organization, versus just 27% of respondents at CROs, CDMOs or CMOs.

How well represented do you think cultural/ethnic minorities
are in your organization up to the most senior positions?

Overall, respondents are pretty pessimistic about cultural/ ethnic minority representation in their company, with half believing them to be under represented, and just 9% over represented.

Respondents based in Asia stand out from the global average, with almost as many (27%) believing that minorities are over represented, as those who think they are under represented (29%).

Types of Organization where cultural/ethnic minorities are most under represented

% of respondents that said cultural/ethnic minorities are 'Hugely' or 'Slightly' under represented in their organization

When comparing types of company, it is a similar story to representation of women. Medical device companies again come bottom, with 63% of employees believing that cultural/ ethnic minorities are 'hugely' or 'slightly' under represented. That's compared to 'just' 37% of respondents working for CROs, CDMOs or CMOs.

Importance of Sustainability

Q1) How important do you think sustainability should be when making decisions on the future direction of your company?
Q2) What importance does your organization currently place on sustainability when making decisions?

We asked two questions around sustainability to compare how important respondents think the issue is when making business decisions, and how much importance they think their organization places on it. Whilst it is clear that it is an important factor to both respondents and their companies, it is also clear that respondents believe their organizations should place more emphasis on it.

Importance of sustainability - By Region

When taking an average rating of the responses (where 1= 'Not at all important' and 5= 'Most Important'), respondents rated the importance of sustainability as 3.83/5, but thought their organizations rated it lower at 3.3/5.

Respondents based in North America had the lowest rating for both questions, and Asia the highest.