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13 Jul 2023
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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

February 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin

Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details

Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa

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Use of Connected Digital Products in Clinical Research Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Analysis of Clinical Trials

By: Caroline Marra, William J. Gordon and Ariel Dora Stern

Objectives: In an effort to mitigate COVID-19 related challenges for clinical research, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidance for the conduct of ‘virtual’ clinical trials in late March 2020. This study documents trends in the use of... View Details

Keywords: Connected Digital Products; Telehealth; Remote Monitoring; Health Testing and Trials; Research; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Technology

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Non-Adherence in Health Care: A Positive and Normative Analysis

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson

Non-adherence in health care results when a patient does not initiate or continue care that a provider has recommended. Previous research identifies non-adherence as a major source of waste in US health care, totaling approximately 2.3% of GDP, and have proposed a... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Behavior; Economics; Analysis; Mathematical Methods

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DEA Model with Shared Resources and Efficiency Decomposition

By: Yao Chen, Juan Du, H. David Sherman and Joe Zhu

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has proved to be an excellent approach for measuring performance of decision making units (DMUs) that use multiple inputs to generate multiple outputs. In many real world scenarios, DMUs have a two-stage network process with shared input... View Details

Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Intermediate Measure; Performance Efficiency

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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

14 Jul 2023
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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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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

The Fresh Produce Cluster in Guatemala (2009) Honduras The Apparel Cluster in Honduras (2007) Hong Kong Hong Kong Financial Services (2008) Iceland Iceland Financial Services (2008) India The Antiretroviral Drug Cluster in India (2017)... View Details

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

Program. Graduates earn two degrees in two years and are prepared to grow transformative organizations that will advance new drug discoveries or therapeutics. HIVES: Classrooms in Batten Hall designed with FIELD courses in mind to... View Details

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

biotech and other life-sciences ventures that require wet lab facilities to test chemicals, drugs or other materials. It provides an experiential, educational environment where students and faculty can put classroom ideas directly into... View Details

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

the vibrant entrepreneurial community at Harvard. GETTING LIFE-SAVING DRUGS TO MARKET is a research focus for Professor Amitabh Chandra . He examines the unique effects that economics and market factors have on the development of... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Venture Competition Runner-Up, Business Track: Sanso Sanso is helping drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to patients worldwide. Team: Narek... View Details

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

21 Sep 2022
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You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

overpriced drugs (moral condition) or drove patients into debt by increasing prices (immoral condition). Only 19 percent of participants said Ariana’s life was meaningful when she drove patients into debt by increasing prices. By... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

26 Jan 2024
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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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Patent search: license agreement

a company patent license agreements. You may begin with SEC EDGAR, or LSEG Workspace. For information about drug out-licensing, please use Cortellis You may also find aggregated View Details

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

porcelain. The British found they could address the growing trade deficit through opium from Bengal, India, where they owned plantations. Opium became more plentiful, and uses of the drug changed from originally medical purposes to... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

day quantum computing becomes a reality is the day conventional digital security ends.) They should even be able to do things that digital computers cannot do at all, like realistically modeling molecules for more efficient drug discovery... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

January 2008 (Revised January 2008)
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Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model

By: Robert G. Eccles

Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling for-profit private mental health clinic based in Harvard Square. Its founder, Dr. Joan Wheelis, is a nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior... View Details