Drug companies have been a huge moneymaker at a time when other healthcare businesses suffered. Fast-tracking coronavirus vaccines could also uncover new ways to conduct research and reveal how much the industry can accomplish when it becomes hyper-focused and resourced.
While those struggles may be obscured by the shadow of the pandemic, they haven't gone away. In fact, they're still going to be problems in the long term. For that reason, our list also showcases leaders who pressed on in their work even as the virus capsized daily life. Some leaders were discovering new ways to deliver care while coming up with solutions to the coronavirus pandemic. As president of health platforms at Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily, Vivian Lee is working with engineers to build products that help people manage type 2 diabetes. She's also overseeing tools that help hospitals give patients coronavirus information and a back-to-work program for employers and colleges.