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- 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
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
pharmaceutical CEO’s perspective on what’s next in Alzheimer’s research; and a panel discussion on the digital transformation of health care. “While many other organizations might claim to offer similar topics, the VRT series is designed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
pharmaceuticals and software, and far above the average of all industries. Many apparent paradoxes add to the puzzle posed by the industry. While rarely considered fundamentally “bad,” such as the trade in narcotics or tobacco, the beauty... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
Stanford, in addition to his Harvard MBA, Blum’s credentials make him well suited to a career in biotech. Prior to joining Cytokinetics, he had experience in sales, marketing, and business development in large and small pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
says Feickert of the Seattle Seahawks quarterback. “But most people don’t know his older brother, Harrison, was also a standout Division I football player who has had a very successful career as an entrepreneur and in the pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
500 automobile, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies that actually run businesses here. Those latter companies know the market and have done very well as a result. "If you're going to invest in emerging markets," he continues, "you also... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
international divisions. “Goldman Sachs in New York is different from Goldman Sachs in Asia,” he observes, adding that the same is true for conglomerates operating in industries as different as pharmaceuticals and aircraft engines.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference
and CEO of Mediconsulting, Inc., spoke about creating a better model for business collaborations between biotech and pharmaceutical firms. Said Klietmann, the conference's biotechnology chair and a lecturer in pathology at Harvard Medical... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
pharmaceutical machinery sector. With the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop for his career decision, Fenwick-Smith became increasingly interested in climate change and what the business community could do to make a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
pharmaceutical sovereignty as key priorities,” Diagne explains. Senegal also wants to boost tourism now that many countries have reopened their borders. The tertiary sector, which took a strong hit through the pandemic, still accounts for... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
uncomfortable with the ethnic background of the proponents, who were proposing to start a pharmaceutical company in Mexico. I could never get comfortable, and missed a huge opportunity. The product was the birth control pill." The lesson... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
Sponsorships allow advertisers to offer content that is related to their products or services and valued by the target audience. For example, a pharmaceutical company might sponsor a bulletin board for consumers with a specific ailment.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
industries or certain segments of the pharmaceutical business. But in many other industries - financial services, education, and health care, for instance - this analytical model is proving extremely helpful in understanding what is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
GRAHAM: From rodeo to CEO. Amylin Pharmaceuticals CEO Ginger Graham (MBA ’86) had a good year in 2006, with Amylin stock up as much as 45 percent, with Byetta and Symlin, its two innovative diabetes drugs, performing well, and with the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
with one another, making it far easier to do everything from discovering new medicines to designing better batteries. The pharmaceutical and chemical industries have taken note: The venture capital arm of the pharma giant Merck, for... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Organization before being recruited to Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 2017, where she was named CEO and president in 2020. Confessing her own discomfort with failure, Kewalramani reflects on an experience earlier in her career... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
going to take care of themselves, meaning prescriber limits are coming down, the way that doctors are prescribing is changing, CDC have got guidelines, lawsuits against these pharmaceutical companies and the distributors. All those things... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Daniel Vasella. Initially regarded by critics as too inexperienced to lead a major pharmaceutical company, Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) has set a new standard for innovation as CEO of Novartis. The Winning Season. Last year, St.... View Details