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  • May 2005 (Revised April 2010)
  • Case

GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Eli Strick
Describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the formation of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. This reorganization placed nearly 2,000 research scientists into six centers of excellence in drug discovery... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Operations; Organizational Structure; Performance Improvement; Research and Development; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Huckman, Robert S., and Eli Strick. "GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 605-074, May 2005. (Revised April 2010.)
  • 1999
  • Chapter

The Economics of Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Keywords: Economics; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "The Economics of Drug Discovery." Chap. 5 in Pharmaceutical Innovation, edited by Ralph Landau, Basil Achilladelis, and Alexander Scriabine, 308–331. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Press, 1999.
  • May 2005
  • Supplement

GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (B)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Eli Strick
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Operations; Performance; Research and Development; Restructuring; Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Huckman, Robert S., and Eli Strick. "GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 605-075, May 2005.
  • March 2010 (Revised May 2012)
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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Paul R. Carlile
This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Intellectual Property; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Disorders; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry
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Lakhani, Karim R., and Paul R. Carlile. "Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration." Harvard Business School Case 610-074, March 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
  • January 2023
  • Case

Cleave Therapeutics: Taking a Risk on Oncology Drug Discovery

By: Regina Herzlinger and Brian Walker
What should a successful executive (HBS Baker Scholar) assess as her next move as the CEO of a firm with a promising and yet uncertain new drug? Amy Burroughs’ mandate to successfully commercialize Cleave Therapeutics’ drug for a cancer with no current successful... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Leadership; Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Condition; Partners and Partnerships; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Herzlinger, Regina, and Brian Walker. "Cleave Therapeutics: Taking a Risk on Oncology Drug Discovery." Harvard Business School Case 323-045, January 2023.
  • December 2009 (Revised April 2010)
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GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Robert S. Huckman
Teaching Note for [605074] and [605075]. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Health; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Huckman, Robert S. "GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 610-044, December 2009. (Revised April 2010.)
  • 2000
  • Chapter

Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Measurement and Metrics; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery." Chap. 6 in The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities, edited by Giovanni Dosi, Richard Nelson, and Sidney Winter. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • 1996
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The Determinants of Research Productivity in Ethical Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Keywords: Ethics; Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Performance Productivity; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "The Determinants of Research Productivity in Ethical Drug Discovery." In Competitive Strategies in the Pharmaceutical Industry, edited by Robert B. Helms. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 1996.
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Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Competency and Skills; Health
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery." Strategic Management Journal 15 (Winter 1994): 63–84. (Winner of Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize To honor substantial work published in the Strategic Management Journal presented by Strategic Management Society​.)
  • March 2011
  • Teaching Note

Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration (TN)

By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 610074. View Details
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Lakhani, Karim R. "Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 611-073, March 2011.
  • 2008
  • Case

Eli Lilly: Recreating Drug Discovery for the 21st Century

By: Rebecca Henderson and C. Reavis
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca, and C. Reavis. "Eli Lilly: Recreating Drug Discovery for the 21st Century." Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Case, 2008.
  • September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
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Discovery Health (B)

By: Samuel S. Chun and Shaun Matisonn
A South African health insurance company grapples with designing a financially viable coverage solution for a new prescription drug treatment for male impotence. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; South Africa
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Chun, Samuel S., and Shaun Matisonn. "Discovery Health (B)." Harvard Business School Case 599-047, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
  • 1994
  • Article

The Evolution of Integrative Capability: Innovation in Cardiovascular Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Health; Integration
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "The Evolution of Integrative Capability: Innovation in Cardiovascular Drug Discovery." Industrial and Corporate Change 3, no. 3 (1994): 607–630.
  • fall 1994
  • Article

Racing to Invest? The Dynamics of Competition in Ethical Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Keywords: Investment; Competition; Ethics; Health
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Racing to Invest? The Dynamics of Competition in Ethical Drug Discovery." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 3, no. 3 (fall 1994): 481–519.
  • 2001
  • Working Paper

Asset Accumulation, Interdependence and Technological Change: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery

By: Stefan Thomke and Walter Kuemmerle
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Thomke, Stefan, and Walter Kuemmerle. "Asset Accumulation, Interdependence and Technological Change: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-086, July 2001.
  • July 2002
  • Article

Asset Accumulation, Interdependence and Technological Change: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery

By: Stefan Thomke and Walter Kuemmerle
Keywords: Assets; Information Technology; Change; Health
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Thomke, Stefan, and Walter Kuemmerle. "Asset Accumulation, Interdependence and Technological Change: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery." Strategic Management Journal 23, no. 7 (July 2002): 619–635.
  • spring 1996
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Scale, Scope and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productifity in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Keywords: Research; Product; Health
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Scale, Scope and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productifity in Drug Discovery." RAND Journal of Economics 27, no. 1 (spring 1996): 32–59.
  • November 2019
  • Case

The Genesis Lab at Novartis

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati, Patrick J. Healy and Kerry Herman
Novartis' Genesis Labs program, launched in 2016 as part of Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), hosted pitch competitions where teams of NIBR scientists proposed ideas to explore that aimed to revolutionize drug discovery. The goal was to break down... View Details
Keywords: Drug Discovery; Health Care and Treatment; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Programs; Management
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Edmondson, Amy C., Ranjay Gulati, Patrick J. Healy, and Kerry Herman. "The Genesis Lab at Novartis." Harvard Business School Case 620-007, November 2019.
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Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Keywords: Behavior; Research and Development; Organizations; Health
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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 157–182.
  • September 1998 (Revised June 1999)
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Discovery Health (A)

A South African health insurance company undertakes a redesign of its prescription drug coverage policy in light of its experiences with Prozac. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; South Africa
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Chun, Samuel S., and Shaun Matisson. "Discovery Health (A)." Harvard Business School Case 599-046, September 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
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