Amid IPO rumors, biotech CEO crowdfunds for African woman’s surgery

Amid IPO rumors, biotech CEO crowdfunds for African woman’s surgery

Violet Phiri with her family, including sister Zilose Lyons , brother-in-law Andy Lyons and sister Tamara Banda in Lusaka, Zambia, in 2008. Separated by 10,000 miles and a world of hurt, it seems unlikely that their paths would cross: the veteran biotech entrepreneur and the Zambian woman in need of a crucial hip implant surgery.