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A year after ‘the Michaels,’ more women will take the JPM stage — but 90 percent of presenters are still male

A year after "the Michaels," more women will take the JPM stage — but 90 percent of presenters are still male.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Michaels are outnumbered.

A year after STAT found more men named Michael than female CEOs giving corporate presentations at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the tables have turned: At next week’s confab, there will be 33 female CEOs presenting corporate updates, compared to 19 men named Michael.

And yet women will still be massively outnumbered on one of biotech’s biggest stages: Men represent 90 percent

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