From Breakthrough to Blockbuster
The Business of Biotechnology
Published on 7. July 2022
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-508400-9 (ISBN)
Description
Financial Times Business Top Title March 2022
How could a large collection of small companies, most with fewer than 50 employees, rise to compete with Big Pharma, one of the world's most breathtakingly expensive and highly regulated industries?
Beginning in the 1970s, several scientific breakthroughs promised to transform the creation of new medicines. As investors sought to capitalize on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, the biotech industry grew to thousands of small companies around the world. Each sought to emulate what the major pharmaceutical companies had been doing for a century or more, but without the advantages of scale, scope, experience, and massive resources.
Biotech companies have met the challenge by creating nearly 40% more of the most important treatments for previously unmet medical needs. Moreover, they have done so with much lower overall costs.
From Breakthrough to Blockbuster: The Business of Biotechnology focuses on both the companies themselves and the broader biotech ecosystem that supports them. It paints a portrait of the crucial roles played by academic research, venture capital, contract research organizations, the capital markets, and pharmaceutical companies, demonstrating how a supportive environment enabled the entrepreneurial biotech industry to create novel medicines with unprecedented efficiency. In doing so, it also offers insights for any industry seeking to innovate in uncertain and ambiguous conditions.
How could a large collection of small companies, most with fewer than 50 employees, rise to compete with Big Pharma, one of the world's most breathtakingly expensive and highly regulated industries?
Beginning in the 1970s, several scientific breakthroughs promised to transform the creation of new medicines. As investors sought to capitalize on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, the biotech industry grew to thousands of small companies around the world. Each sought to emulate what the major pharmaceutical companies had been doing for a century or more, but without the advantages of scale, scope, experience, and massive resources.
Biotech companies have met the challenge by creating nearly 40% more of the most important treatments for previously unmet medical needs. Moreover, they have done so with much lower overall costs.
From Breakthrough to Blockbuster: The Business of Biotechnology focuses on both the companies themselves and the broader biotech ecosystem that supports them. It paints a portrait of the crucial roles played by academic research, venture capital, contract research organizations, the capital markets, and pharmaceutical companies, demonstrating how a supportive environment enabled the entrepreneurial biotech industry to create novel medicines with unprecedented efficiency. In doing so, it also offers insights for any industry seeking to innovate in uncertain and ambiguous conditions.
Reviews / Votes
Written with authority * Financial Times * A fascinating guide to the complex business of biotechnology, with deep insights into the key factors, players, interactions and behaviors that have shaped the success of this industry. Suitable as a primer for those with no knowledge of the field, or as a refresher for the cognoscenti. Trigger warning: contains material that may distress pharma management * Sir Gregory Winter FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge University, recipient of 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry * A must read for all biotechnology leaders, this is a state-of-the-art analysis of the industry from two of its most successful entrepreneurs and a top business school professor, bringing rigor and actionable insight. * Dr Richard Mason, CEO of Apollo Therapeutics and former head of Johnson & Johnson's London Innovation Center * How is it possible that a few thousand small companies, many of them short-lived, can out-compete the mighty pharma majors at their own game? Understanding this puzzle is of fundamental importance for industry leaders and policy makers alike. This marvelous insider analysis is a must-read. * Stefan Scholtes, Dennis Gillings Professor of Health Management, Cambridge University Centre for Health Leadership & Enterprise * A remarkable synthesis and analysis of the Biotech industry that is a must-read for those trying to develop new life-saving medicines. * Margaret A. Liu, M.D., DSchc, MDhc, FISV, CEO of Pax Therapeutics, and board member, Ipsen, S.A. * Anyone who wants to understand how to leverage ecosystems for innovation in the face of uncertainty must read this rigorous analysis of how biotech companies, investors, government and big pharma have worked together to achieve some of the biggest scientific and commercial breakthroughs of the last century. * Arnoud De Meyer, Professor Emeritus and former President, Singapore Management University * A must read for everybody interested in the medical biotech industry, practically relevant and theoretically sound. * Juergen Mihm, , Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD * An outstanding overview of the science and the business of innovative drugs. Students, researchers and policy makers will be immensely benefited from this book. * Mahmud Hassan, Ph.D, Professor and Director, Pharmaceutical Management Program, Rutgers Business School *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 166 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
486 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508400-9 (9780195084009)
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Donald L. Drakeman | Lisa N. Drakeman | Nektarios Oraiopoulos
From Breakthrough to Blockbuster
The Business of Biotechnology
E-Book
04/2022
OUP eBook
€23.49
Available for download
Donald L. Drakeman | Lisa N. Drakeman | Nektarios Oraiopoulos
From Breakthrough to Blockbuster
The Business of Biotechnology
E-Book
04/2022
OUP eBook
€23.49
Available for download
Persons
Donald Drakeman, PhD, was the founding CEO of the US biotech company that pioneered the development of the checkpoint inhibitor cancer treatments recognized in the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018. These products, YERVOY and OPDIVO, are being used to treat many different forms of cancer. He is a Fellow in Operations and Technology Management at the Cambridge Judge Business School, Distinguished Research Professor in the Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and a Venture Partner at Advent Life Sciences. His publications have been cited in numerous patents and by the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. A graduate of Columbia Law School, he received a PhD from Princeton University.
Lisa Drakeman, PhD, was the founding CEO of one of Europe's most successful biotechnology companies. Under her leadership, the company set numerous financing records, including a record setting IPO, and inaugurated research programs
leading to the new FDA-approved medicines DARZALEX (multiple myeloma) and KESIMPTA (multiple sclerosis). She is a member of the board of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation for Research Development. She has received numerous industry honors, including the Sol J. Barer Award for Vision, Innovation, and Leadership. She has been a faculty member at Princeton University and regularly lectures on entrepreneurship at universities in the US and Europe. She received a PhD from Princeton University.
Nektarios Oraiopoulos, PhD, is the Director of the MPhil Programme in Strategy, Marketing, & Operations and an Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the Cambridge Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. His research on innovation and R&D management has appeared in the leading journals of the field. He has won multiple awards and has been invited to make presentations at both academic and industry conferences. In addition to his academic work, he has
advised entrepreneurial start-ups and has worked closely on research projects with numerous executives from the biopharmaceutical industry. He holds a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a PhD in Business Administration from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Lisa Drakeman, PhD, was the founding CEO of one of Europe's most successful biotechnology companies. Under her leadership, the company set numerous financing records, including a record setting IPO, and inaugurated research programs
leading to the new FDA-approved medicines DARZALEX (multiple myeloma) and KESIMPTA (multiple sclerosis). She is a member of the board of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation for Research Development. She has received numerous industry honors, including the Sol J. Barer Award for Vision, Innovation, and Leadership. She has been a faculty member at Princeton University and regularly lectures on entrepreneurship at universities in the US and Europe. She received a PhD from Princeton University.
Nektarios Oraiopoulos, PhD, is the Director of the MPhil Programme in Strategy, Marketing, & Operations and an Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the Cambridge Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. His research on innovation and R&D management has appeared in the leading journals of the field. He has won multiple awards and has been invited to make presentations at both academic and industry conferences. In addition to his academic work, he has
advised entrepreneurial start-ups and has worked closely on research projects with numerous executives from the biopharmaceutical industry. He holds a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a PhD in Business Administration from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Author
Fellow in Operations and Technology Management, Cambridge Judge Business School, and Distinguished Research Professor, Program on Constitutional StudiesFellow in Operations and Technology Management, Cambridge Judge Business School, and Distinguished Research Professor, Program on Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame
Board MemberBoard Member, Medical University of South Carolina Foundation for Research Development
University Lecturer in Operations and Technology Management and Director of the MPhil in Strategy, Marketing, and Operations ProgrammeUniversity Lecturer in Operations and Technology Management and Director of the MPhil in Strategy, Marketing, and Operations Programme, Cambridge Judge Business School
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Chapter 1: Following the Map of the Genome
Chapter 2: The Molecules
Chapter 3: The Costly Drug Development Process
Chapter 4: The Companies
Chapter 5: Biotech-Pharma Alliances
Chapter 6: The Biotech Entrepreneur
Chapter 7: The Biotech Industry Track Record
Chapter 8: The Future of the Biotech Industry
Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Preface
Chapter 1: Following the Map of the Genome
Chapter 2: The Molecules
Chapter 3: The Costly Drug Development Process
Chapter 4: The Companies
Chapter 5: Biotech-Pharma Alliances
Chapter 6: The Biotech Entrepreneur
Chapter 7: The Biotech Industry Track Record
Chapter 8: The Future of the Biotech Industry
Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography
Index
About the Authors