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JPM 2026: Why This Feels Like a Turning Point for Biotech and Pharma Leadership 

Heading into JPM this year, the difference was immediately noticeable. After several years defined by caution and constraint, JPM 2026 felt like a turning point. The conversations our team had with CEOs, CMOs, Board Members and investors reflected a level of optimism and urgency we have not experienced since 2021.  While no one is calling this a boom, there is genuine conviction ...
January 21, 2026
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Building Long-Term Talent Partnerships in Private Equity

Summary: Since 2019, Klein Hersh has partnered with a leading healthcare-focused private equity firm to build executive leadership teams across its portfolio. Over five years, this relationship has evolved from an initial talent-sharing introduction into a trusted, strategic partnership spanning nine portfolio companies and more than 20 executive placements, including CEOs, commercial officers, operating partners, and advisors. Klein Hersh’s deep ...
January 12, 2026
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Scaling Leadership to Drive Pharmacy Benefit Innovation

Summary A fast-growing, mission-driven Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) partnered with Klein Hersh to scale its leadership team during a critical phase of expansion. Operating in a complex and traditionally closed-off market, the company needed values-aligned executives who could lead through rapid growth. Through our extensive experience building healthcare and life sciences leadership teams, Klein Hersh understands there is no one-size-fits-all ...
July 14, 2025
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Powering a CDMO Turnaround through a CEO Search

Summary A prominent Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) facing significant operational and reputational challenges partnered with Klein Hersh to conduct a confidential search for a new CEO. In just 71 days, Klein Hersh placed an experienced executive in this role to successfully lead the organization’s turnaround, stabilizing operations and positioning the company for future growth and a successful transaction. ...
April 22, 2025
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Klein Hersh Taps Healthcare Industry Veteran to Elevate Growing Healthcare Recruitment Practice 

March 26, 2025 – Horsham, PA. Klein Hersh, a precision executive search firm specializing in life sciences and healthcare, is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteran Neil Ravitz as Vice President, Healthcare.   Neil brings 17+ years of executive healthcare leadership experience to Klein Hersh, having driven operational and financial success in some of the nation’s leading healthcare institutions. ...
March 25, 2025
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From Crisis Response to Strategic Growth: Rethinking Healthcare Succession Planning

Whether it’s the aftereffects of the Great Resignation spurred by the pandemic, a new wave of baby boomer retirements creating leadership vacuums, or an increased cultural awareness of the topic sparked by HBO’s wildly successful Succession, succession planning has become a hot topic in boardrooms throughout the healthcare industry. In healthcare, we often think of succession planning as a safeguard, ...
March 14, 2025