Daphne Zohar is an Israeli-American entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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. She is the founder and managing partner of PureTech Ventures, a venture creation firm that develops discoveries from academic labs into treatments for human health.

In 2003, she was named to the MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 Technology Review

Technology Review

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 TR100

TR35

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 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2010 she was selected by BioWorld, a widely-read biotechnology

Biotechnology

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 industry publication, as one of 28 leaders predicted to be the "movers and shakers" of the biotechnology industry over the next twenty years.

PureTech and Zohar are also known for the creation of Enlight Biosciences, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between six major pharmaceutical companies

Pharmaceutical company

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 (Abbott

Abbott Laboratories

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, Merck

Merck

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, Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

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, Pfizer

Pfizer

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, Lilly

Lilly

- People :* Bob Lilly , American football player and photographer* Colonel Eli Lilly , pharmaceutical chemist, founder of Eli Lilly and Company* Evangeline Lilly , Canadian actress* Greg Lilly , American writer...

, and Novartis

Novartis

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).

Zohar has also been vocal in criticizing the venture industry for its treatment of entrepreneurs.

External links

• http://www.puretechventures.com/