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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
illegal-drug addictions totaled an estimated $700 billion in direct and indirect costs, according to a 2015 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. DynamiCare developed an app that provides financial rewards via a debit card... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
targeted approach gives Bennet hope that Harmoni can benefit not only people suffering from movement disorders, but also a whole class of psychiatric patients who, until now, had few options beyond prescription drugs to help lessen the... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Finding a cure so that others may benefit
call. The foundation wanted to invest in for-profit bioscience companies to spur scientists to find a cure for the disease. O’Donnell is credited with almost singlehandedly raising $250 million in support of this venture philanthropy, which led to the development of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
Do the rules of business change when a company’s product holds the power of life or death over its customers? That’s a question students must consider when discussing “Cipla,” a case about a $325 million Indian pharmaceutical company that manufactures and sells... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
consideration for all managers. Value Creation—and Collusion Suppose that pharmaceutical firm A manufactures a new, beneficial drug and begins selling 100 million pills per year at $3.05 per pill. Each pill costs 5 cents to manufacture,... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
South Africa over its attempt to reduce the cost of HIV drugs through parallel importation (buying pharmaceuticals in countries with lower prices and then importing them) and compulsory licensing (requiring patent holders to allow others... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 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
Charles R. Walgreen
Though Walgreen was trained as a pharmacist, he was an equally astute businessman. Walgreen personally manufactured some of his drugs in order to be able to maintain profitable low prices, and he also offered Walgreens branded merchandise... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Fair Competition
unions, and specialty producers. Retail pharmacists extended these occupational exemptions and pressured drug manufacturers to maintain minimum prices throughout the Depression. The article fits into a larger book-length project on... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
Publications "From Visible Harm to Relative Risk: Centralization and Fragmentation of Pharmacovigilance Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Chap. 13 in The Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care, Oxford University Press, 2010 Abstract Adverse View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Terrance McGuire
venture created by four post-docs from The Whitehead Institute, which is now a public company with a drug on the market. He helped rescue deCODE from bankruptcy and oversaw its sale to Amgen. For more than 20 years, McGuire has also... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
more than 30 countries, Mumbai-based Piramal Group comprises companies focused on health care, life sciences, drug discovery, health care information management, financial services, specialty-glass packaging, and real estate. Recently,... View Details
- 30 Sep 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
collection of essays that D’Antonio hopes will help other parents, he writes of what he wishes he’d known in the beginning: “I wish I had known that there was hope, a lot of hope, and that recovery was likely to happen for my son. I wish I had known that my son could... View Details
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Disabilities Career and Professional Development Drug and Alcohol Prevention Retention and Graduation Rates Campus Security Fire Safety Student Records Policy (FERPA) University Wide Consumer Information View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
benefits of sharing data, which can then be used to more quickly identify the most pressing targets and design trials to address them. Innovations to the typical clinical trial model are also being used. In an adaptive platform trial, for example, different View Details
Chandler’s Legacies
as I looked at the role of airplanes in the transformation of problem of drug trafficking. The fellowship offered me the opportunity to experience stimulating discussions of my work with scholars at HBS, affiliates of the Business History... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Safe, Secure, and Prosperous
protect our nation by stopping all of the threats that might affect us: national security, criminality, human trafficking, and illicit drugs crossing our borders. “The job that I have has responsibility for the intelligence capability and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
diverse, outstanding future leaders and who will go on to make a real difference in the world.” Baker Library’s Historical Collections acquired a trove of archival materials from Genzyme, one of the world’s leading biotechnology firms. A pioneer in the development of... View Details
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Market Perspectives - Course Catalog
cases explore concrete situations that highlight the challenges and tradeoffs of decision-makers. Issues explored include: education, urban development, illegal drugs, rent control, housing, drug pricing, racial references, corporate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
health information network are expected to be substantial. A RAND Corporation study estimates savings to the U.S. health-care system of up to $162 billion a year by improving medical-care delivery, reducing medical errors and adverse drug... View Details