Prescription Drug Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

off by the original products’ cost. In August 2021, the company dropped the original bike’s price to $1,495; the treadmill that was still on the market cost $2,495, with a similar name but not the higher price of its recalled sister... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

capabilities for global drug development. The case begins as PAREXEL is pursuing an expensive globalization and IT strategy while many of its competitors focus on cost cutting. Over the prior 20 years, CEO... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2022
Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

In 1995, Purdue Pharma began selling a powerful and addictive opioid drug called OxyContin. The company was aware that the drug, which was marketed to doctors as a safe way to manage chronic pain, was a potent narcotic that could quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation - Health Care

Impact Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation Health Minute: The Real Impact of Coupons on Drug Pricing Nabihah Sachedina Joint Degree 2013 More “Health Systems” stories Faculty Focus Delivering value in a health care system... View Details

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

innovation efforts traditionally have focused on new products such as drugs and devices, survey respondents ranked process improvements in care delivery as the most promising opportunity for improving the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

is likely to have a meaningful effect on health care spending patterns. In addition, precision medicines can change the expected profitability of therapies both by allowing more sophisticated pricing systems and potentially decreasing the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Academics - Health Care

the Harvard community. Elective Courses Elective health care-focused courses will vary from year to year. Upcoming HBS course offerings include: Innovating in Health Care: Field Course Problems with health care quality, access, and costs... View Details

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

concordance, decision support, and follow-up of clinical alerts (such as labs, drug interactions, allergies, and others) 6. Makes it easy to extract and report information Ability to seamlessly measure and capture patient-specific... View Details

24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24

and Frances X. Frei Publication:Chap. 8 in Operational Control in Asset Management: Processes and Costs. 1st ed., edited by Michael Pinedo, 154-168. Denmark: SimCorp StrategyLab, 2010 Abstract This chapter examines patterns in the cost... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

to standardize their products and helped establish brand identities through consistent appearance. By 1938, food dyes had achieved such widespread use, and had raised such public concern, that the federal government amended the 1906 Pure Food and View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Profiles - MBA

a drug passes through the hands of the C-suite, scientists, CROs, business development, and VC to efficiently place cures into the hands that need them. These bridges between science and business struck me as a requisite for advancements... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

meaningful life if you’re evil? But what if you cause harm? Is your life still considered meaningful? In a final experiment, the researchers examined the role of morality. Participants were told about Ariana, a fictional executive for a very profitable pharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Venture Competition Runner-Up, Business Track: Sanso Sanso is helping drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to patients worldwide. Team: Narek... View Details

25 Aug 2015
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First Look Tuesday

mitigates information costs for buyers and sellers and thus facilitates transactions in the market for ideas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45527 Coactive Vicarious Learning: Towards a Relational... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

impression: A reform may in fact not be necessary if drug prices are not an issue for many Americans. In fact, more than 80 percent of filled prescriptions are for generic View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

project, conducted by the same team of Katy, Todd, and Max, analyzed the implications of want-should conflict in the context of online DVD rentals. The second project, conducted by Todd and Max, tackled the prescriptive policy question:... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

in the diabetic space, became MannKind’s marketing partner and helped launch Afrezza in February, 2015. Although the drug had a black box warning and required doctors to perform a lung test on patients, expectations were high, with some... View Details