|Articles|October 15, 2020

Episode 67: Succeeding Through Adversity

Sanjeev Luther, president and CEO of Rafael Pharmaceuticals, discusses how he managed to turn around a company on the brink of bankruptcy and advance clinical trials for its lead cancer drug through COVID-19.

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