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- 24 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort
explore the biopharma world, so I joined L.E.K. Consulting after graduation and made my way to their Life Sciences practice. At L.E.K., I learned a tremendous amount about various pharma and biotech companies and their therapies. I worked... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech Harvard Business School Case 808-005 In 2001, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated acquired the San Diego-based biotech company, Aurora... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Health Care Initiative at HBS
research with over 100 cases, books, and articles about the topic. The school also offers several joint programs related to health care including an MD-MBA, DMD-MBA, MPP-MBA and two MS-MBAs, one with a focus on biotech and life sciences... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
approach to meeting them. This could produce as many as 100,000 high-paying jobs in biotech companies alone, Porter said. Harvard’s Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and an internationally recognized expert on strategy and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review
decision maker. Read More 4 Things to Know About the MS/MBA Biotech “I was initially attracted to Harvard’s MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences program because of the emphasis on ethical decision making, and ultimately chose the program... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
searching for new leads. In 2008, Benjy came across an article on halofuginone (HT-100), a drug compound derived from an ancient Chinese herb that had shown promising results in treating muscular dystrophy in mice. They tracked it down to an Israeli View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
characterized by three things. First, we work closely with academic institutions and with biotech companies. Secondly, we created a genomics institute at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. And the most important step... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program will build upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equip them with the latest business and scientific insights. The first cohort will start in August 2020. The joint... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
move to one of the big tech clusters like San Francisco,” Kerr says. “Likewise, if you are a biotech entrepreneur, there are enormous advantages to being in the Boston area. But there are also a lot of inventors who work in spaces that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Finalists | New Venture Competition
DoriVac (DNA Origami Vaccine) is a biotech startup for improving cancer treatment using a novel DNA nanoparticle platform. We develop treatments that teach patients' immune systems to recognize and fight cancer. Earthbond Chidalu Onyenso... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
science-based research is something the heads of top biotech and pharmas learned long ago: There are few instant payoffs to please investors. Just ask Raymond Gilmartin, former chairman, president, and CEO of Merck & Co., who now... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
by the firm's mission and saw that it had been self-sufficient for nearly seven years, Fisher's task became much easier: In three stages, over the course of 2000, she raised venture capital funds of $11 million, $48 million, and $75 million. That same year, she founded... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Class Profile | MBA
/ E-Commerce 9% Financial Services 10% Health Care / Biotech 8% Manufacturing / Industrial / Energy 9% Media / Entertainment / Travel 4% Military 5% Nonprofit / Government / Education 6% Services 2% Technology 12% Venture Capital /... View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Harvard Medical School through the Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology—to explore biotech careers in emerging markets, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region.... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
pillars of health care in terms of the sectors, so we had pharma and biotech as one group, digital and IT, Investment, and then care providers,” says HBSHAA copresident Nicki MacManus (MBA 2009). “And there’s more and more interest in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
Faculty Q&A LAKHANI: Crowdsourcing isn't just for software anymore—everyone from carmakers to biotechs are using it to solve seemingly intractable problems. Crowdsourcing—it's a relatively new word for the centuries-old approach of... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Neither an asset's cost nor its size specifies its riskiness. For example, consider two assets, $1 billion of a single-drug biotech stock and $1 billion of U.S. Treasury bonds: Each has the same cost and size but they have radically... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
personalize healthcare and benefits, and Carol Nacy of Sequella, Inc., a biotech firm focused on controlling global infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. Most of the companies were already up and running. Their funding to date has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
Kalundborg Refinery’s second generation bioethanol production from wheat straw. We closed the day with an inspiring view of how this biotech hub will continue leading innovation in sustainable energy infrastructure as Kalundborg Utility... View Details