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  • June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)

By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm.... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Investment Funds; Performance; Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry
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Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088, June 2006. (Revised January 2012.)
  • May 2007 (Revised September 2008)
  • Case

Biocon Limited

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ananth Chepuri
Biocon Limited was facing significant pricing pressure in their cash cow business, that primarily consisted of manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). To combat this commoditization, Biocon's leadership had chosen an innovation-led strategy. This new... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; India
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Ananth Chepuri. "Biocon Limited." Harvard Business School Case 107-083, May 2007. (Revised September 2008.)

    Willy C. Shih

    Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration.  He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs.  His expertise is in manufacturing, product... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology
    • June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
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    BioScale

    By: H. Kent Bowen and Bradley R. Staats
    In 2004, Mark Lundstrom must decide on a funding method and strategic approach for BioScale, a biotechnology company that he founded. BioScale has developed a microchip-based bioanalytical platform that can be used to detect very small concentrations of cells, viruses,... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Science-Based Business; Capital; Financing and Loans; Partners and Partnerships; Biotechnology Industry
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    Bowen, H. Kent, and Bradley R. Staats. "BioScale." Harvard Business School Case 606-100, June 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
    • July 2016
    • Case

    Product Portfolio Management at Genentech

    By: Kevin Schulman and Jamie Gresh
    Genentech, long the darling of the biotechnology industry, was acquired by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche in 2009. The combined company retains the name Genentech in the US, but must now move to achieve the promises made at the time of this merger—to build from... View Details
    Keywords: Portfolio Management; Drug Development; Postmerger Integration; Marketing Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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    Schulman, Kevin, and Jamie Gresh. "Product Portfolio Management at Genentech." Harvard Business School Case 317-012, July 2016.
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda
    We examine the extent to which venture capital is adequately positioned for the rapid commercialization of clean energy technologies in the United States. While there are several startups in clean energy that are well-suited to the traditional venture capital... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Energy Generation; Venture Capital; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Competition; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States
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    Ghosh, Shikhar, and Ramana Nanda. "Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-020, August 2010.
    • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
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    Kendle International Inc.

    By: Dwight B. Crane, Paul W. Marshall and Indra Reinbergs
    Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned company. Kendle is a contract research organization that conducts clinical drug trials for pharmaceutical and... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Stock Options; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; International Finance; Financial Strategy; Management Skills; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
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    Crane, Dwight B., Paul W. Marshall, and Indra Reinbergs. "Kendle International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 200-033, February 2000. (Revised October 2000.)

      Michael E. Porter

      Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology; biotechnology
      • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
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      ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
      To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • December 1999 (Revised August 2001)
      • Case

      Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

      By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
      Focuses on Millennium's strategy to grow and revolutionize drug development through the use of new technologies such as genomics. Describes how Millennium Pharmaceuticals--a fast-growing biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA--has used strategic alliances to finance the... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Financing and Loans; Medical Specialties; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Time Management; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Cambridge
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      Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-038, December 1999. (Revised August 2001.)
      • 14 Jul 2023
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      Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

      offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs the opportunity to work closely with leading biotech industry and biomedical authorities, receive mentorship, and join a community of entrepreneurs shaping the future of science. To date,... View Details

        Paul A. Gompers

        Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
        Keywords: information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry
        • May 2009 (Revised August 2013)
        • Case

        The DiagnoFirst Opportunity

        By: Robert C. Pozen and Rukmini Balu
        John Mason, a principle at Oldwell Partners, was facing a decision of whether or not to invest in DiagnoFirst, a molecular diagnostics firm. DiagnoFirst's key product was a genetic test that identified a subset of prostate cancer patients with a high risk of clinical... View Details
        Keywords: Genetic Engineering; Genetically Modified; Genomics; Venture Capital; Patents; Genetics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Laws and Statutes; Investment; Science-Based Business; Biotechnology Industry
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        Pozen, Robert C., and Rukmini Balu. "The DiagnoFirst Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 309-112, May 2009. (Revised August 2013.)
        • September 2023 (Revised December 2023)
        • Case

        TetraScience: Noise and Signal

        By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
        In 2019, TetraScience CEO “Spin” Wang needed advice. Five years earlier, he had cofounded a startup that saw early success with a hardware product designed to help laboratory scientists in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical spaces more easily collect data from... View Details
        Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; Restructuring; Forecasting and Prediction; Digital Platforms; Analytics and Data Science; AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Structure; Network Effects; Competitive Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Boston
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        Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Tom Quinn. "TetraScience: Noise and Signal." Harvard Business School Case 824-024, September 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
        • January 2020
        • Case

        Celata Bioinnovations

        By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
        In December 2019, Jon Hu (HBS ‘19) and Dr. Samantha Dale Strasser, co-founders of Celata Bioinnovations, were raising $1 million to launch their company. They had founded Celata less than six months earlier with the aim of redefining the drug discovery process.... View Details
        Keywords: Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Drug Trials; Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmaceutical Company; Pharmaceuticals; Therapeutics; Biologics; Biotech; Biotechnology; Biopharmacy Company; Biochemistry; Technology Commercialization; Technology Companies; Drug Testing; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Startup Financing; Strategic Decision Making; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; FDA; Food And Drug Administration; Clinical Trials; Disease Management; Market Attractiveness; Market Entry; Market Opportunities; Health Disorders; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Commercialization; Business Startups; Finance; Decision Making; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Opportunities; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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        Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Celata Bioinnovations." Harvard Business School Case 720-427, January 2020.
        • 02 Dec 2002
        • Research & Ideas

        The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

        industry or the biotechnology industry? Both industries share similarities with software, in that firms codify their intellectual property into libraries that can be reused and... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
        • Case

        Monsanto: Realizing Biotech Value in Brazil

        By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
        In 2003, Monsanto's patented "Roundup Ready" technology was used illegally on 70-80% of the soybean area in southern Brazil. Under pressure from U.S. soybean growers, who were paying to license the technology, the firm implemented an innovative delivery-based... View Details
        Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Lawfulness; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil
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        Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Monsanto: Realizing Biotech Value in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 507-018, December 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
        • Research Summary

        Overview

        The research activity of Stefano Denicolai regards the management of innovation and technology. His recent works investigate if and how the investment in intangible assets (IA) - especially knowledge assets, such as patents or copyright - impacts on the firm... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation Management; International Entrepreneurship; Intangible Assets; Open Innovation; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
        • 13 Nov 2006
        • Research & Ideas

        Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

        Thirty years ago it appeared as if biotech would not only revolutionize healthcare, but also radically improve the very process of R&D itself. This hasn't happened. Though some firms such as Amgen have created dramatic breakthroughs, the overall View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
        • September 2013 (Revised August 2014)
        • Case

        Claritas Genomics

        By: Robert F. Higgins and Matthew Preble
        Claritas Genomics was formed in January 2013 when BCH spun out its Genetics Diagnostic Lab into a fully commercial entity. Claritas offered over 100 genomic tests to detect a range of conditions, including autism and intellectual disabilities, and was developing new... View Details
        Keywords: Boston Children's Hospital; Genetic Engineering; Genetically Modified; Genetics Diagnostics; Health Care Industry; Healthcare IT; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures; Biomedical Research; Patrice Milos; Genomics; Genomic Testing; Life Technologies; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Information Management; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
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        Higgins, Robert F., and Matthew Preble. "Claritas Genomics." Harvard Business School Case 814-032, September 2013. (Revised August 2014.)
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