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Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
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Abstract

By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the transplants after 2000; and 3) the situation in May 2013 when the U.S. FDA announced a new—and controversial policy for regulating the procedures.

Keywords

Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

Citation

Bhide, Amar, and Srikant M. Datar. "Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-132, June 2021. (Revised May 2024.)

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Srikant M. Datar

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