Therapeutics - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

medicine is that most therapeutics were directed at symptoms, not causes.—Eric S. Lander With that in mind, about 200 HBS alumni working in the healthcare field converged in mid-November at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge to learn from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Dec 2013
News

To Market, to Market

Inhibitors of proteins that play an important role in cholesterol and fat metabolism, to be developed as potential therapeutics for the treatment of diseases such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and some... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

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Mental Health | MBA

in a long-term therapeutic relationship while attending HBS. Students typically schedule an appointment with Suzy Conway to discuss their mental health needs to ascertain the level of service most appropriate to their needs and facilitate... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

Health (NIH) undertook the Human Genome Project, an effort to map the extraordinarily intricate chemical composition of the human genome. Scientists have long believed that understanding the vast genetic code underlying all human life will enable the development of new... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

musculoskeletal diseases. Theranostics, a combination of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to health care delivery, is a new and exciting field of nuclear medicine now offered at MRC, Tantawy says. “It’s a personalized, highly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Why is Harvard launching this program now? The advances in biotechnology over the past decade have been astounding. These new innovations have led to new therapeutics that will involve social, business, and political implications.... View Details

22 Mar 2022
News

Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year

these virtual events included Moderna Therapeutics CEO Stefan Bancel (MBA 2000), JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), and the president and CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy (MBA 1997). “We’ve all worked together to be able to provide... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

cardiovascular disease. In addition, apart from any possible therapeutic benefits, embryonic stem-cell research could play a central role in helping to understand the nature and development of disease generally. Spar, the Spangler Family... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

stand ever in need of repression, suppression, or the therapeutic influence of reason. What we cannot explain must often remain hidden. Hence, the student of passions should take the stance of a detective or a spy, seeking to expose the... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

was more physical. A former triathlete, he was invited by his investment firm’s partners to a hot yoga class. “I could not believe how I felt afterward,” he recalls. “That halo effect after a good sweat—it opened up my chest, and I got the entire View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

01 Dec 2020
News

Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

symptoms of diseases like diabetes or congestive heart failure. Before the implantable congestive heart failure monitor, for example, we had very poor diagnostic tools to alert the need for ASAP therapy, but these sensors can now alert providers when View Details

Keywords: April White

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Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation - Blog: Health Supplement

Therapeutics to diving into the complexities of U.S. healthcare strategy, each course reshaped my perspective. But it was Innovating in Healthcare that truly stood out. The class not only allowed me to dream about starting my own venture... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

communicating appropriately to maximize the therapeutic effects. The electrodes are placed inside the brain at the precise spot where the issue originates and communicate to a wireless monitor that tracks the neurotransmitter changes to... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

positioning KiraGen Bio to create substantial value for all stakeholders. Stephen Linderman (MD, PhD 2019) is the CEO and co-founder of Absco Therapeutics (AbscoTx), an immune oncology company specializing in image-guided, intratumoral... View Details

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Business School Case 617-029 Anthony Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (A) When Bruce Wayne hired Anthony Starks, he thought he had hit a home run by getting the most brilliant and passionate scientist-leader in the field to be his CSO. But a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology

substitutable and the physician groups associated with each moved into closer competition with each other. Where turf wars do seem to have more of an impact is in how aggressively a hospital supports its initial investment in a given View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Health

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

love, instantly,” he recalls. His passion for the water prompted him to start training to sail competitively—and to leave his job in wealth management at Goldman Sachs in order to skipper his first therapeutic sail, for eight disabled... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

segmentation focuses on customer demographics: Will products be designed to appeal to wealthy, middle-market, or low-income customers? For the pharmaceutical business, segmentation is by therapeutic class: Will the firm focus on research... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

the continuing battle affect management, talent, and the company's financial performance? Purchase this case: https://hbr.org/product/Turkcell/an/715009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-024 Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic... View Details