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      Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future?
      Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (B)
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      • September 2020
      • Case

      Minerva 2004: Discovery

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      After nearly five years in operation, Doctor Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), was reflecting on the company’s next steps. In a few short years, she and her small team had managed to develop a nanoparticle process for...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing And Loans; Strategy; Decision Choices And Conditions; Biotechnology Industry
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2004: Discovery." Harvard Business School Case 721-389, September 2020.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Minerva 2020: Clinical Trials

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In March 2020, Dr. Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Inc. (Minerva), was reviewing the first results of human clinical trials for the company’s novel CAR-T drug therapeutic, one of the first ever to target solid cancer tumors. The results...  View Details
      Keywords: Biotechnology; Strategic Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing And trials; Decision Choices And Conditions; Strategy
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2020: Clinical Trials." Harvard Business School Case 721-391, September 2020.
      • December 2019
      • Technical Note

      Technical Note on Bayesian Statistics and Frequentist Power Calculations

      By: Amitabh Chandra and Ariel Dora Stern
      This Technical Note provides an introduction to Bayes’ Rule and the statistical intuition that stems from it. In this note, we review the concepts that underlie Bayesian statistics, and we offer several simple mathematical examples to illustrate applications of Bayes’...  View Details
      Keywords: Bayesian Statistics; Mathematical Methods
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      Chandra, Amitabh, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Technical Note on Bayesian Statistics and Frequentist Power Calculations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 620-032, December 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Supplement

      Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (B)

      By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
      This case provides an update to the (A) case, which introduces students to adaptive platform trials, an ambitious, more efficient type of clinical trial that increases access to therapies. The (A) case centers on Dr. Brian Alexander’s efforts to launch an adaptive...  View Details
      Keywords: Clinical Trials; Drug Trials; Drug Testing; Cancer Trials; Glioblastoma; Platform Trials; Adaptive Trials; Adaptive Platform Trials; Health Testing And trials; Health Care And Treatment; Financing And Loans; Business Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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      Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 620-001, September 2019.
      • November 2018
      • Case

      David Hysong and SHEPHERD Therapeutics

      By: Ananth Raman, John Masko and Aldo Sesia
      In 2016, David Hysong, at age 27, found out he had a rare, incurable cancer. Rather than wait around to die, Hysong, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, decided to launch a biotechnology company called Shepherd Therapeutics to development treatments for his...  View Details
      Keywords: cancer; Therapeutics; Drugs; Health Care And Treatment; Business Startups; Product Development; Financing And Loans; Growth And Development Strategy; Problems And Challenges
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      Raman, Ananth, John Masko, and Aldo Sesia. "David Hysong and SHEPHERD Therapeutics." Harvard Business School Case 619-012, November 2018.
      • April 2018 (Revised September 2018)
      • Case

      Impact Investing for Cancer

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
      It is early 2018, and Emily Park, managing director of impact for the Abreu Family Office, is meeting the next day with Tomás and Maria Abreu to discuss the various ways in which the Abreus can allocate a planned $100 million to make a meaningful difference in cancer...  View Details
      Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Health Disorders; Philanthropy And Charitable Giving; Decision Choices And Conditions
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Impact Investing for Cancer." Harvard Business School Case 818-068, April 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
      • September 2017 (Revised January 2018)
      • Case

      Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future?

      By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
      In July 2017, Dr. Brian M. Alexander, president and CEO of the AGILE Research Foundation, was preparing to launch a new type of clinical trial—an adaptive platform trial—to study potential therapies for glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer....  View Details
      Keywords: Clinical Trials; cancer; Adaptive Platform Trials; Platform Trials; Adaptive Trials; Glioblastoma; Health; Health Care And Treatment; Health Testing And trials; Business Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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      Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future?" Harvard Business School Case 618-025, September 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
      • June 2014 (Revised February 2017)
      • Case

      Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew G. Preble
      What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization that transformed how cancer research is done, and now faces the challenge of sustaining the organization and its...  View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Philanthropy Funding; Entrepreneurship; Health Care; Management Styles; Personalized Medicine; Health Care Outcomes; cancer; Cancer Care In The U.s.; Personal Care; Leadership; Leading Change; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy And Charitable Giving; Health Care And Treatment; Leadership Style; Management Style; Management Skills; Growth And Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Health; Health Industry; United States; Canada; Spain
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., Joshua D. Margolis, and Matthew G. Preble. "Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 814-026, June 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
      • July 2011 (Revised September 2012)
      • Case

      Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (A)

      By: Willy Shih
      "This trial is going to take longer." Those were words that Michael Kaschke, CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, was not surprised to hear as he nurtured the intraoperative radiotherapy business inside his company's microsurgery unit. But he also didn't expect it to take 13 years to...  View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Business History; Disruptive Innovation; Emerging Markets; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Research And Development; Safety
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      Shih, Willy. "Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-003, July 2011. (Revised September 2012.)
      • November 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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      NovoCure Ltd.

      By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
      Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a portfolio company with a promising, novel cancer therapy, just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Health Care And Treatment; Health Testing And trials; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry
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      Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "NovoCure Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 810-045, November 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
      • November 2009 (Revised March 2010)
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      Managing Drugs on the Forefront of Personalized Medicine: The Erbitux and Vectibix Story

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Raju Kucherlapati and Rachel Gordon
      In May 2007, Amgen Inc. (Amgen) received disappointing news from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) that its drug Vectibix, developed to fight metastatic colorectal cancer, had been rejected. This was especially surprising news given that a similar rival drug had...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Health Testing And trials; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; United States
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., Raju Kucherlapati, and Rachel Gordon. "Managing Drugs on the Forefront of Personalized Medicine: The Erbitux and Vectibix Story." Harvard Business School Case 810-066, November 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
      • April 2003 (Revised October 2004)
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      Novartis: The Challenge of Success (A)

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
      Preliminary results from Phase 1 clinical trials of a newly developed compound, STI571, showed that 31 out of 31 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) had their blood counts return to normal. In the world of oncology, this was unheard of. This was the...  View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Health Testing And trials; Innovation And Invention; Markets; Distribution; Product Development; Production; Problems And Challenges; Research; Research And Development; Complexity; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "Novartis: The Challenge of Success (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-043, April 2003. (Revised October 2004.)
      • January 2001 (Revised July 2003)
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      Pharmacyclics: Financing Research & Development

      By: Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
      Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: PCYC), a pharmaceutical company that manufactures products that will improve existing therapeutic treatments for cancer, arteriosclerosis, and retinal disease, was considering a $60 million private placement in February 2000. The company had more...  View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Cash Flow; Financing And Loans; Business Startups; Financial Strategy; Medical Devices And Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry
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      Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, and Aldo Sesia. "Pharmacyclics: Financing Research & Development." Harvard Business School Case 201-056, January 2001. (Revised July 2003.)
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