Health Testing and Trials - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

came to Vertex in 2017, there was a medicine finishing early clinical trials with the potential to serve up to 90 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In October 2019 that became Trikafta. Now CF patients talk to me about... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

consider what the Toyota people are attempting to accomplish. They are saying before you (or you all) do work, make clear what you expect to happen (by specifying the design), each time you do work, see that what you expected has actually occurred (by View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

December 2006 (Revised August 2008)
Case

Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc.

By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller

In May 2005, Steve Bollinger was about to become president and chief operating officer of Pervasis Therapeutics, a small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; Cambridge

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July 2021 (Revised July 2022)
Case

Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Navraj S. Nagra and Syed S. Shehab

Dr. Andrea Pusic, breast cancer reconstruction surgeon, wants to extend outcomes measurement beyond traditional surgical metrics of infections, complications, and survival rates. The case describes her development of a new mobile phone app, which collects patients’... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Health Testing and Trials; Surveys; Health Industry; Boston

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September 1991 (Revised August 1994)
Background Note

Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Traces the evolution of U.S. regulatory policy towards the pharmaceutical industry over the course of the twentieth century. A major theme is the steady shift away from a policy of 'let the buyer beware' to the creation of a complex and time-consuming review process,... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Industry Growth; Marketing; Research and Development; Health Testing and Trials; Economics; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

sufficiently graphic don’t work. “San Francisco policymakers are devoting lots of time and money to fighting it out in court, and they’re operating on the assumption that text warning labels are going to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

01 Jun 2020
News

The Network Effect

coronavirus. Kapoor was tested and by the time he received the results nine days later, they confirmed what he already knew: he had COVID-19 (and so did his wife, a physician, View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

01 Jun 2018
News

Floor It

case study with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, GNS Healthcare, the Moffitt Cancer Center’s ORIEN program, and biotech firm Foundation Medicine. Rethinking Drug Trials In an adaptive platform... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

2013
Article

Planning Prompts as a Means of Increasing Preventive Screening Rates

By: Katherine L Milkman, John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

Keywords: Reminder Systems; Communication; Economics; Behavioral; Primary Prevention; Colonoscopy; Memory; Behavior; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Communication Strategy; Health Industry

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

an array of implications that can be tested with our data. Our contribution is twofold. We disentangle the role of risk aversion and talent in determining how firms select and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Initiative evaluate the regulatory reforms since the financial crisis. The authors highlight several areas in which the reform agenda has made clear progress. These include heightened capital... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

afforded her a detailed view of the industry’s challenges and opportunities and helped to inspire the founding of the National Trust. The nonprofit launched its test case in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

Australia. The beauty of peridotite is that it has a very high olivine content, which means it can soak up more carbon than any comparable rock. That’s the theory, but we need to confirm how it works in practice. We're currently at pilot stage View Details

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

afford these patients a better quality of life for a longer period of time. It could be the first new treatment for ALS in nearly 25 years and the first one to potentially affect muscle function and strength... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

requires greater access to education, health care, and employment resources; at the same time, you might be trying to influence public policy on issues that affect the homeless. That involves a whole set of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

help leaders learn about leading through a crisis. There they will develop much faster than they will in leading through good times, or studying how other leaders behaved in crises. As the military learned long ago, there is simply no substitute for being in the thick... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

analyze the complexities of disease management and check all avenues for potential business opportunities. The participants, almost all of them health professionals, sorted through the risks View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

25 Apr 2014
News

Bringing a new funding model to the life sciences industry

health care. "It's essentially a form of equity crowdfunding," Farquharson explains. "Since our focus is on breakthroughs in health care, success translates to dramatic improvements in clinical outcomes."... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

presented their research on occupational safety to managers at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “both they and we learned a lot.” View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

November 2003 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Circle Gastroenterology Products (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Weber

A new, minimally invasive medical device has achieved only one-third of its budget. Was the problem one of marketing strategy, sales, reimbursement, and/or clinical trials? View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Sales; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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