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Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:12
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Abstract

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a rise in “reshoring” sentiment in the U.S., Hester Pharmaceuticals had to decide whether to build a new plant for its new oncology drug Akrozumab in Germany or in the U.S., or whether it should hire a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) to produce the drug. As it made its decision, Hester had to con

Keywords

Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy

Citation

Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-009, September 2021.

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Dante Roscini

Business, Government and the International Economy
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