Pro Pharma Talks

Gender Bias in Medicine and Drug Research 1. Women 51% of population, but few women in clinical research 2. Sex is based on reproductive organs and functions assigned by chromosomes      - Gender is self-representation in response to socials institutions shaped by       environment and experience      - Action: Education, research, workforce development 3. Medical Biases against women      - Heart failure – Australia: women < men to receive recommended treatment for heart       failure      - Alzheimer’s Disease – women perform better than men in early stages      - Medical trials – women excluded           - 8 Rx in US withdrawn between 1997-2001 for less safe and effective           - Until early 1990’s women excluded from b