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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
targeted effort to improve Ebola treatments resulted in development of an antiviral drug with potential to treat the early stages of the disease. Better research, Moedas says, also requires better support for researchers. At a gathering... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
prescription from CVS and automatically check for any drug interactions. The hospital, like many community hospitals and doctors’ offices, did not have electronic records, but his office did. Would he ever go back to a paper prescription... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
countries. Høegh explains that he always tries to include a philanthropic side to his artistic endeavors: "Among those employed in my productions in Norway were rehabilitated drug addicts from a special jobs program. Having this kind of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials and the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
of Dublin, Ireland-based Elan Drug Technologies (EDT)-a deal that was expected to close in the fall. The case describes the history of Alkermes, provides information about the planned merger, and details the funding options. The case... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: In 2008, Jim Langford (MBA 1984) became the executive director of the Georgia Meth Project, a nonprofit that blanketed his native state with a graphic, disturbing ad campaign dedicated to... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
active ingredients for anti-nausea drugs, even the drug inside an EpiPen. There were also more mundane items like milking machine parts and telescopic gunsights for rifles. The careful selection avoided high-profile items like smartphones... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
protein biomarkers that have been identified as the precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. “There’s still no cure,” he observes, “but if you know that someone has the early signs of the disease and combine that with some of the new drugs the... View Details
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
(MBA 2023) - Lasso optimizes electrochemical carbon removal by building a drug discovery platform, but for the climate - through computational chemistry, electrolyte design, and cell engineering, Lasso will make direct air capture truly... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy: Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA '21)
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
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
the cost of paying for health insurance subscribers, which will bring higher returns for the insurance company. We have seen this in the drug Angiomax by the Medicines Company. —Suleiman Yakasai (PLDA 22, 2016) Got a case? To take part in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
process at drug companies. Looking to the future and emphasizing that "there is no success in business that can compensate for failure at home," Clark told the Class of 2001, "You have the capacity to change the world, and you will touch... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
expenses incurred. For example, R&D expenditures in the pharmaceutical industry involve more than just the cost of producing one particular drug. Many drugs may have to fail before one succeeds, and that one hit View Details
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Propose an Independent Project | MBA
Bank/Broker-dealer back-office segment Helping the CEO determine how to manage the business and political issues around the pricing and marketing of prescription drugs Analyzing the appropriateness of an organization’s current price... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like the 21st Century Cures Act as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
brink of failure through a painful restructuring and commitment to both innovation and the diversification of its product lines. “We make products that change the world,” he says, noting Corning’s development of LCD glass; tools to facilitate View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
has had a storied business career. In the 1980s, she became the first female partner at Booz, Allen and helped build the consulting firm’s pharmaceutical practice. In the early 1990s, she was a deputy commissioner at the Food & Drug... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
in 2001 with Alec Machiels (MBA '01) at the helm, its plan hinged on a mechanism created by a team of Harvard and MIT scientists that used atomic force microscopy in drug research. "A number of the scientists decided that being part of a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
failed companies. When Potentia Pharmaceuticals won the contest in 2001 with Alec Machiels (MBA 2001) at the helm, its plan hinged on a mechanism created by a team of Harvard and MIT scientists that used atomic force microscopy in drug... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
a prop, or exhibited nudity, drinking, or drug use. As to the impact on observers of the posts, the temporary-sharers were characterized as having worse judgment than those who shared in permanent mediums. That belief was underscored... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne