Irina Babina, the CEO of Concr.

Opinion

March 31, 2026

‘Going into industry’ is still a dirty phrase for academia. We need to change this

An interaction with a dying patient was the moment I realised I couldn’t stay in the lab — I needed to do something that would help science reach people faster

Irina Babina

5 min read

Raised eyebrows. Strained smiles. Murmurs of reluctant congratulations. 

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Irina Babina

Irina Babina is the CEO of Concr, a techbio company developing technology to predict patient response to therapeutics pre-clinically and clinically. She was previously a life sciences venture partner at Verve Ventures, in London.

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