The Billion Dollar Blindspot

The Billion Dollar Blindspot

Why Women’s Health Became a Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Capital Markets

Why women’s health remained overlooked for decades, how incomplete data created market blind spots and why investors are finally paying attention.

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Maryann
May 24, 2026
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There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from realizing the system is functioning exactly as designed. Not malfunctioning or broken but just calibrated around assumptions so deeply embedded that most people no longer notice them.

A few years ago, a health diagnosis sent me into the healthcare system in a way I had never experienced before. The…

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