Daphne Zohar (born sometime after 1968) is an American

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. She is the founder and CEO of

PureTech Health PureTech Health is a biotechnology company which develops medicines to combat serious diseases. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded by Daphne Zohar, an American ent ...

, a

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firm. PureTech went public in June 2015 and is a FTSE250 company. She was named to the

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as one of the top innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2010 she was selected by ''BioWorld'', a widely read

industry publication, as one of 28 leaders predicted to be the "movers and shakers" of the biotechnology industry over the next twenty years. That same year, Zohar was also featured as one of “The Boston Area’s Top 15 Innovators” by The Boston Globe. In 2011, Zohar was named one of Boston Business Journal’s “Women to Watch,” in 2012, she was named one of the most powerful female voices in healthcare innovation and on Twitter by MedCity News, and in 2013, Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe named Zohar one of the 10 most influential women in biotech. Zohar has also been vocal in criticizing the venture industry for its treatment of entrepreneurs.

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* http://puretechhealth.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Zohar, Daphne Living people American health care businesspeople American venture capitalists American women investors Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American businesswomen 21st-century American businesspeople