The Scene: Week of May 6

The Society for Women’s Health Research hosted its annual gala at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to celebrate and highlight technological advances in women’s health. Nearly 600 people attended, including Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, veteran journalist Meryl Comer and Sandra Cohen Kalter, vice president and chief regulatory counsel at Medtronic. The group raised $800,000 to support its programming. Major corporate sponsors included Verizon, Pfizer and Bayer Healthcare.

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