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- October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
A Brush with AIDS (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
A product manager at a health products company is responsible for marketing sharps containers, which hospitals use to store used needles in order to protect medical workers from being pricked with AIDS-contaminated needles. After hospitals report repeated instances of... View Details
- October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Supplement
A Brush with AIDS (B)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- September 1993
- Case
Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)
ALZA, a company specializing in drug delivery systems such as transdermal patches, considers manufacturing its own products. Until now, the company has conducted research and development on its patented system but has then licensed the technology to client-partner... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Production; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- September 1993
- Supplement
Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)
ALZA, a drug delivery company, must decide what and for whom to manufacture. In the past, it has licensed to pharmaceutical companies its patented system for the slow release of drugs into the human system. Therefore the company has little experience in choice of drug... View Details
- April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
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
- March 1993 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Advanced Diagnostics Division
By: Marco Iansiti
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- February 1993 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Medicare Payment for Drugs and Medical Devices
- October 1992
- Teaching Note
Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN
Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details
- May 1991
- Teaching Note
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region, Teaching Note
By: Robert L. Simons
Teaching Note for (9-190-078). View Details
- February 1991 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Ring Medical, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-589-046). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- January 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region
By: Robert L. Simons
Recounts the financial difficulties and management changes experienced by American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region (NER) during the 1980s. After summarizing industry-wide changes in the collection, testing, and distribution of blood and blood products, the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Financial Management; Restructuring; Health; SWOT Analysis; Social Enterprise; Marketplace Matching; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; North and Central America
- May 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Teaching Note
Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-587-085). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Health Industry Manufacturers Association
By: George C. Lodge
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- October 1986 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division
Concerns negotiations between managers of Becton Dickinson's (BD) VACUTAINER division (which manufactures and sells blood collection products) and managers of a large hospital buying group. Recent changes in the health care industry are the background for the... View Details
- December 1984
- Teaching Note
Medical and Environmental Electronic Devices Corp. (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- August 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Teaching Note
EMI and the CT Scanner (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-383-194) and (9-383-195). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- June 1983 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
EMI and the CT Scanner (A)
Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government... View Details
- June 1983 (Revised March 1985)
- Supplement
EMI and the CT Scanner (B)
Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government... View Details
- February 1981 (Revised June 1982)
- Case
Medical and Environmental Electronic Devices Corp. (A)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry