Institute Report
Assessing Sex and Gender Parity in Life Sciences
Progress, Opportunities and Challenges
Nov 18, 2025

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Assessing sex and gender parity in life sciences is critically important as findings can help to influence the fairness, effectiveness, and inclusivity of the medicines being developed, participation in clinical trials, and the use of medicines available commercially. Women tend to live longer than men but often experience more chronic conditions and disability, while men face higher rates of early mortality from acute causes.

The purpose of this report is to highlight different frameworks for assessing and benchmarking which diseases are studied in clinical trials, and whether trial participation, numbers of new drug launches, and use of medicines reflect sex and/or gender epidemiology and burden of disease.

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