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- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
said. The potential influence on drug development in particular, and medicine in general, is enormous, panelists agreed. Today's drugs can reach some 400 to 500 potential... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
into ALS research, and removed some critical barriers to the development of treatments. “Our focus, from the start, was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS,” says Kremer, who was diagnosed with the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Henry McCance
a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had spent 40 years as eyewitness to advances in technology that changed the world at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise are many, including the high... View Details
John W. Culligan
Culligan capped off a 49-year career with American Home Products as its CEO from 1981 to 1986. During his tenure he doubled AHP’s research & development budget, building a pipeline of 24 new drugs and 48... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
pharmaceutical companies focused their R&D on treatments for common illnesses — such as diabetes and high cholesterol — an approach that resulted in the development of blockbuster drugs. We now recognize that diseases are far more complex... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
she adds, with the development of a vaccine against cervical cancer (Gardasil) and the launch of successful new drugs to combat diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Sato acknowledges that different situations will require... View Details
- Fast Answer
Pharmaceuticals: Pipeline
Profiles cover detailed information such as alternative names, therapeutic uses, FDA actions and licensing changes, companies associated with development of the drug, etc. To begin a search, use the function BI PHRM DEX, select... View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
pharmaceuticals, it concentrated on enlarging its OTC business by, as before, exploiting its advertising skills. By 1979 it had developed a broader line of new prescription drugs, beginning in 1968 with Inderal, a beta-blocker View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
graduation from Harvard Business School and which successfully developed and commercialized a market-leading drug to treat cardiovascular disease. But in addition to drawing on technical degrees and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
pharma," said HBS professor Regina Herzlinger, moderating a panel discussion titled "Pharma and Biotech—Where does Europe Stand in the World?" The discussion was held at the conference on November 22. At the start of the 1990s, the U.S. and European... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
investment in math and physical sciences. Moving on to challenges Merck has faced, Gilmartin explained that new drug discovery tools have increased the speed at which its competitors can introduce new products to the marketplace, even as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
"blockbusters" will disappear. Recent developments suggest that doctors will eventually be able to treat patients more effectively with medicine tailored to their genetic makeup, including, in some cases, gene replacement therapies. "The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
visitors in their tracks. “I wonder if I should turn him down a little,” Hustead muses. As president of Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota, Hustead ponders this and many other details of a 76,000-square-foot roadside attraction, not far from... View Details
William B. Bell
Bell diversified American Cyanamid, developing the company into the 5th largest producer of chemicals in the U.S., manufacturing over 5,000 products. Bell developed new processes for the commercial... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
product and service development is changing; creating the potential for higher R&D performance, innovation, and value creation for customers. The choice is simple: Organizations can either ignore these changes or take action and tap... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
manage a worldwide team to develop a virtual product—diving to the bottom of all five oceans, and doing a lot of science along the way.” The Five Deeps Expedition, Vescovo said, has “proven to be as challenging as any business thing I’ve... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Kathryn E. Giusti, MBA 1985
aided in the development of drugs for this and other cancers. A successful marketing executive who had worked at Merck, Gillette, and Searle, Giusti was diagnosed with myeloma in 1996. As she faced a grim... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
delivery systems of both developing and advanced countries: fragmentation, inefficiency, and organization around discrete interventions (such as delivering drugs or screening) rather than integrated care.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
the hospital, which we can then use to price our drug appropriately,” Kimble says. Kimble and Triola also stress the importance of developing antibiotics that can be used both in a hospital setting and at... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov