Daphne Zohar

Daphne Zohar is an American entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO[1] of Seaport Therapeutics,[2] co-founder of Karuna Therapeutics,[3] and Founding CEO of PureTech Health.[4] She sits on the board of BIO[5] and is a co-founder and host of Biotech Hangout.[6]

She was named one of the most influential people in Biopharma in 2023.[7] MIT Technology Review TR35 top innovators .[8] by BioWorld, as one of 28 leaders predicted to be the "movers and shakers" of the biotechnology industry over the next twenty years.[9] That same year, Zohar was also featured as one of “The Boston Area’s Top 15 Innovators” by The Boston Globe [10][11] and in 2013, Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe named Zohar one of the 10 most influential women in biotech.[12]

  1. ^ LeHucik, Kyle. "Steve Paul, Daphne Zohar reunite for another neuro startup after Karuna success". Endpoints News. Financial Times.
  2. ^ Joseph, Andrew. "Big biotech names roll out Seaport Therapeutics, as interest in neuropsychiatric drugs swells". STAT News. Boston Globe Med0a.
  3. ^ Sieffert, Don. "PureTech's founding CEO takes new role as head of Boston biotech". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
  4. ^ Ralph, Alex. "Puretech Health has the last laugh as its biotechnology innovation pays off". The Times of London. The Times.
  5. ^ Degroot, Lia. "Q&A: PureTech CEO Daphne Zohar talks biotech interests on Capitol Hill". Endpoints News. Financial Times.
  6. ^ Davies, Kevin. "How's the Biotechnology Business? A Conversation with Chris Garabedian, Brad Loncar, and Daphne Zohar". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Liebert Publishing.
  7. ^ Liu, Angus. "The most influential people in biopharma in 2023". Fierce Pharma. Fierce Media.
  8. ^ "2003 Innovators Under 35". MIT Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  9. ^ "The Future is Here: Who Will Shape Biotech Over the Next 20 Years? Bioworld Says..." (PDF). BioWorld 20th Anniversary Edition. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  10. ^ Kirsner, Scott (2010). "The Boston area's top 15 innovators". The Boston Globe.
  11. ^ Meghna Chakrabarti and Anthony Brooks (October 11, 2010). "Massachusetts Tech Innovators Recognized". WBUR Radio Boston.
  12. ^ Kirsner, Scott (September 15, 2013). "The 10 most influential women in biotech". The Boston Globe.