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Big Pharma's Hidden Business Model and How Your Company Funds It

Harvard Business Review

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients. At Harvard's Edmond J.

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How Pharma Can Fix Its Reputation and Its Business at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

The business model of research-based pharmaceutical companies is under significant pressure. One antidote to these problems is to transform “access to medicine” from a relentless activist slogan to a fully-fledged business strategy. Enhance corporate reputations.