As participants swarm the Westin St. Francis on the first day of the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) in San Francisco, few are likely thinking back to the after-party at the close of JPM 2016 that, shall we say, did not portray women in the most favorable light. Admonitions flew, then mea culpas, followed by a commitment from prominent investor relations consulting firm Lifesci Advisors, which co-sponsored the event, and others in biopharma to close the industry's gender gap.