This article is one in a series seeking to give a face to some of the folks at RA Capital Management toiling away tirelessly and passionately to bring the next generation of medicines to patients. 

RA Capital is incredibly proud to have a number of women in senior positions and a deep bench of female biotech and investment leaders. In this piece, Sarah Reed, RA Capital’s general counsel, spoke with just three of the many phenomenal women here who have been involved in some of our recent high-profile exits.

The many fees and expenses associated with running any company are more than just a headache. Particularly for R&D-intensive biotech companies, failing to stay on top of them can significantly saddle a company with unnecessary cash burn. A new video resource at RA Capital's free Gateway platform for boards and biotech leadership features industry leaders sharing their experiences navigating these pesky financial challenges.

“Remember how in love we were in those early days when we first met?” Sarah Reed, RA Capital’s General Counsel (and RApport’s most popular satirist), waxes poetic about her rocky relationship with our collective ex: the office.

As the Omicron variant looms over this holiday season, an increasing number of companies are pushing back return-to-office plans (again). What does this mean for all of us? Another year of Zoom. And, Zoom, after spending almost two years “working” on your platform, I have some notes.

RA Capital teams swept first and second place in Inner City Weightlifting’s “2021 Fittest Company Challenge.” How’d we do it? Because our teams embodied so many of the values that make RA Capital great.

To be sure, none of these can ensure death with dignity, but most will speed your start-up’s demise – especially when taken as combination therapy.