The business of healthcare innovation /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:xxiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6242376
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Other authors / contributors:Burns, Lawton R.
ISBN:0521838983 (hbk.)
9780521838986 (hbk.)
0521547687 (pbk.)
9780521547680 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The business of healthcare innovation in the Wharton School curriculum
  • Part I. The life sciences
  • 2. The pharmaceutical sector
  • 3. The biotechnology sector - therapeutics
  • 4. Biotechnology business and revenue models: the dynamic of technological evolution and capital market ingenuity
  • 5. Mergers, acquisitions, and the advantages of scale in the pharmaceutical sector
  • Part II. Devices and information technologies
  • 6. The medical device sector
  • 7. The healthcare information technology sector
  • 8. Healthcare innovation across sectors: convergences and divergences