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Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference
Current issues in health care; ranging from finance
and patients' rights to genomics and personalized medicine; were among the subjects discussed last November at the
HBS Health
Industry Alumni Association's second annual conference.
Held on campus and at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, the event,
which featured a number of HBS professors and alumni practitioners
as panelists and speakers, drew a large and enthusiastic group
of attendees.
After welcoming remarks by the conference chair, RDA Healthcare
Consulting president Robert DeNoble (MBA '72), Dr. Wolfgang
Klietmann (12th OPM), president and CEO of Mediconsulting, Inc.,
spoke about creating a better model for business collaborations
between biotech and pharmaceutical firms. Said Klietmann, the
conference's biotechnology chair and a lecturer in pathology
at Harvard Medical School, "The challenge will be to use
the innovative strength in the knowledge-based biotechnology industry
to forge balanced partnership deals with the financially much
stronger pharmaceutical industry."
A panel led by HBS associate professor Jonathan West discussed
the issues raised by Klietmann, with representatives from both
industries then offering their analyses. Afternoon sessions included
a presentation by HBS professor Clayton Christensen on disruptive
technologies in health care; a panel, moderated by HBS professor
Gary Pisano, on individually tailored health care; and a talk
by Eric Lander, director of the Whitehead Institute's Center
for Genome Research. The evening's keynote speaker, Guidant
Corporation group chairman Ginger Graham (MBA '86), reviewed
issues and technology advances in the field of cardiology.
The next day's presentations included a breakfast seminar
titled "Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times"; a
panel on "Financing Health-Care Delivery and Innovation";
two case studies, led by HBS assistant professors Richard Bohmer
and Henry Chesbrough, that examined patients' rights in the
context of other industry imperatives; and a session on health
policy's impact on the health-care system.
Reflecting on the conference, the association's founder and
president, Bunny Ellerin (MBA '95), EVP, clinical programs,
for Clinsights, Inc., commented, "Thanks to the collective
effort over several months of HBS alumni, faculty, students, and
administration, the event was a huge success. It was very well
received and much appreciated by all who attended."
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