Drug Treatment - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

Innovation in health care treatment seems to far outpace innovation in health care business management. Just ask President Obama—two weeks ago he delayed enactment of a key provision of the new health care law for fear its requirements... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only slightly moves tax and transfer policy preferences. An exception is the estate tax-informing respondents of the small share of decedents who... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2012 (Revised August 2014)
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McKesson

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie Kindred

McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray into... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Organizational Transformations; Health Services; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Service Operations; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Policy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; United States

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in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a... View Details

07 Feb 2024
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The Sound of Success

appropriate cells is a solution, but precision inner-ear drug delivery has been a historical stumbling block. An early breakthrough for us was figuring out a way to pair gene therapy with a one-time surgical administration to deliver... View Details

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Cybersecurity Features of Digital Medical Devices: An Analysis of FDA Product Summaries

By: Ariel Dora Stern, William J. Gordon, Adam B. Landman and Daniel B. Kramer

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To more clearly define the landscape of digital medical devices subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight, this analysis leverages publicly available regulatory documents to characterise the prevalence and trends of software and... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Medicine; FDA; Health Care and Treatment; Applications and Software; Safety; Cybersecurity; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

integration into receiving countries. In this study, 23,800 citizens were randomly assigned to receive visits from political activists during the lead-up to the 2010 French regional elections. Treatment increased the turnout of immigrants... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2024
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The Making of a Medical Milestone

On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

differences in response to different types of customers,” Stern says. “To the extent those exist, that means you’re not serving a certain group of customers, and you’re potentially leaving money on the table.” You Might Also Like: The FDA’s Speedy View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

13 Jul 2023
News

The Network Effect

deal included $1.8 billion in cash, plus a potential future $200 million milestone payment for a clinical-stage drug to treat brain cancer and a 5 percent royalty on the US sales of Tibsovo, a drug used to... View Details

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

industries, including: a novel enzymatic RNA synthesis platform, an immune system-driven dendritic cell therapy to combat cancer, new molecular technologies for the delivery of transdermal formulations, a lipid-targeting drug to treat... View Details

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sector, highlighting key areas where it can bring about significant improvements, including but not limited to: -Patient-Centric care -Personalized On-Demand Health Advice -Enhanced precision and personalized physician care -Tailored View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

and will call myself an engineer forever. But I recognized that my strengths and experiences are well suited for the business side of drug development.” Guardian Bio’s cell therapy uses dendritic cells, an essential component in the human... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

for it. The Promise of Personalized Medicine Rich Horgan (MBA 2018) is on an urgent mission to save his brother—and he might just revolutionize drug development along the way Bridging the Gap Global Citizen Year founder Abby Falik (MBA... View Details

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

programs of treatment providers like Hazelden Betty Ford and Caron Treatment Centers. His ultimate message is one of hope. That’s what he didn’t know in the beginning: “I wish I had known that there was... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

technology to improve decision-making in dental practices. Keywords: AI ; Adoption ; Diagnostics ; Organization Design ; Change Management ; Disruption ; Transformation ; Health Care and Treatment ; AI and Machine Learning ; Technology... View Details

31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself

messenger RNA (mRNA) Therapeutics. The data that Bancel saw that evening were shocking. The numbers suggested Moderna had found an entirely new way to treat diseases—one that promised to change the medical world, resulting in cures for rare diseases and View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

genetic insights. Sanso Narek Dshkhunyan (MBA 2024) Daniel Erdosy Business Track Runner-Up We help drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to... View Details

22 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

You are the marketing director of Propecia, a new drug for hair restoration that's about to hit the market. But the drug can only be purchased via a physician's prescription. So do you advertise directly to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Profiles - MBA

a drug passes through the hands of the C-suite, scientists, CROs, business development, and VC to efficiently place cures into the hands that need them. These bridges between science and business struck me as a requisite for advancements... View Details

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