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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
century. It focuses especially on Beiersdorf, a pharmaceutical and skin care company in Germany. During World War I, the expropriation of its brands and trademarks revealed its vulnerability to political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
William Steere, Jr.
Steere was strongly devoted to making Pfizer the number one pharmaceutical company in the United States. His first task at the pharmaceutical View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
ask them whether a drug will “work in people like me.” Beyond the health and financial ramifications of overlooking large population segments, the research offers a call to action for drugmakers at a time when companies face pressure to... View Details
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Heimbold focused on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s growth and created a scientific-based, world-leading pharmaceutical company with very strong consumer franchises. Sixty-two percent of its sales come from View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Profile
Janet Simpson Benvenuti
Caring for her aging parents led Janet Simpson Benvenuti (MBA 1985) to launch a company that helps other families find resources that are right for their own parents’ needs. View Details
Henry Wendt
strategy did not provide a rapid growth spurt for SmithKline, it did lead to the successful merger of SmithKline with UK-based Beecham Company. The creation of SmithKline Beecham (SKB), engineered by Wendt and Beecham’s chief, created the world’s second largest View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Richard L. Gelb
Gelb orchestrated Bristol-Myers' successful acquisition of Squibb creating the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world. In diversifying Bristol-Myers from a personal care View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Josiah K. Lilly
Lilly, a trained pharmacist and the founder of the family drug manufacturer, set up the first scientific division in the company and focused on standards of manufacturing and scientific development. Among other products, the View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
Known for understanding opportunities ahead of the curve, Ajay Piramal (AMP 110, 1992) led his family’s business away from textiles to pharmaceuticals in the 1980s. “Our guiding principle has been to build businesses that deliver... View Details
E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn played an instrumental role in supporting legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove a drug’s effectiveness in clinical trials prior to its general release. A physician by training,... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Ray T. Parfet, Jr.
During Parfet’s career at Upjohn Company, the company expanded from pharmaceuticals to veterinary, agricultural and health care fields. Under his leadership Upjohn developed the first oral anti-diabetes... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Francis C. Brown
Schering, a German company, was one of the first to be seized by the United States during World War II under the Alien Property Custodian Act. Accepting what he thought was a temporary post, Brown built Schering into a formidable player in the View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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Roshan Tathed
note to Roshan Employment Experience: Duolingo (Internship), Amazon (PM Tech for Amazon Fresh), Strategy& (Strategy consulting); Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (Project Management); The Walt Disney View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company... View Details
- 18 Sep 2014
- News
Room to grow: global expansion in the middle ground
consulting firm Shaldor, documents the specific strategies various companies pursued. As examples, by focusing on a neglected market segment, Netafim became the world leader in drip irrigation technology, while Teva View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A passion for the sea doubles the percent of ocean set aside for conservation
Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), an America’s Cup–winning sailor and avid scuba diver, understands the importance of protecting marine ecosystems. The former owner and CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
pharmacy: a pharmaceutical company selling prescription drugs, and a consumer products company selling personal care products such as shampoo and beauty aids. A consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund
Four HBS professors whose international research efforts range from biotechnology in Taiwan to foreign investments in Costa Rica have been named the first Novartis Faculty Fellows. The two-year fellowships, funded by a $2 million gift from the worldwide View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
Until the close of the last decade, health consumers received much of their knowledge and advice about prescription drugs from their physicians or other health care professionals. Today, pharmaceutical View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
these drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, amounts to so much more than media buzz. In just a few years, they have ignited a wave of change that has transformed Novo Nordisk into Europe’s most valuable public company. The seismic shift is on track to continue reshaping the... View Details