The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2020

The growth in electronic medicines offers significant potential to better monitor the effectiveness of treatments, but new research from the University of Copenhagen also highlights the ethical and legal complications the technology brings. It is important that the public have confidence in the product. New capabilities.

Ethics 66

Ethics Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty Self-aware 66

Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 25, 2023

Consumer non-durables refer to products that have a relatively short lifespan, like food, beverages, and personal care items. These products are a staple in every household and are consumed daily, making them a constant presence in our lives. Pharmaceuticals: Medicines and healthcare products are also considered consumer non-durables.

Career 78

Career Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals Industry 78

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

Committee 140

Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Few issues are more foundational to driving improvements in human health than creating productive, progressive relationships between clinical medicine and the biopharmaceutical industry. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. Practicing physicians.

Conflict of Interest 10

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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. Negative results are usually not published at all.

Business Model 15

Business Model Company Pharmaceuticals Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

SAP, the German software giant, announced that it hopes to hire hundreds of autistics as talented programmers and product testers. SAP''s Bangalore office saw its productivity increase after deploying autistic hires. The firm told the BBC that by 2020 perhaps 1% of its global workforce of 65,000 would be people with autism.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Ethics Human Resources Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8