Commercializing the stem cell sciences

Commercializing the stem cell sciences

by Harvey, Olivia

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Promising new developments in biomedical technology such as stem cell science are widely endorsed by governments keen to reduce spiralling healthcare costs, clinicians focused on patient care, and patients demanding revolutionary new treatments. Commercializing the stem cell sciences offers a comparative analysis of the commercial methods adopted in the global stem cell industries. It seeks to establish whether there is an optimum commercial model and to examine what emerging companies can lear…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Commercializing the stem cell sciences / Olivia Harvey.

Summary

Promising new developments in biomedical technology such as stem cell science are widely endorsed by governments keen to reduce spiralling healthcare costs, clinicians focused on patient care, and patients demanding revolutionary new treatments. Commercializing the stem cell sciences offers a comparative analysis of the commercial methods adopted in the global stem cell industries. It seeks to establish whether there is an optimum commercial model and to examine what emerging companies can learn from their predecessors. Following an introduction to stem cell sciences and the problems involved in their commercialization, the book begins with a discussion of stem cell treatments from a global perspective, and the role of innovation in the commercialization of biotechnology in general. In the second half of the book, chapters focus on the different strategies that can be employed and their relative risks and values, before a conclusion that looks at potential new developments in the field. In-depth discussion of case studies of products undergoing developmentFocus on commercial optimization of stem cell treatmentsAnalysis in a global context and covering a diverse range of countries.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Woodhead Publishing
  • Place of Publication:Oxford
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:190881814X, 9781908818140
  • oclc:ocn829426502
  • LC Classification:HD9999.B442
  • Dewey Decimal:338.476606

Table of Contents

Cover; Commercializing thestem cell sciences; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; About the author; 1 Introduction: stem cell science, biotechnology and the problem of commercialization; 1.1 Modelling the most successful biotech business in the world; 1.2 Emerging stem cell therapies and the commercialization of biotechnology; 1.3 Some prospective possibilities for the stem cell industries; 1.4 The limits of commercialization in the stem cell sciences; 1.5 What are the most lucrative commercial models to adopt?; References.

2 Stem cell treatments in a global marketplace2.1 Patients drive the market; 2.2 Healthcare providers and the consumption of stem cell technologies; 2.3 Stem cell tourism: is it a fraud or a worthwhile endeavour?; 2.4 The lucrative potential of animal applications of stem cell products and techniques; 2.5 What is the potential for market share?; References; 3 The role of innovation systems in the commercialization of biotechnology; 3.1 The international context of stem cell science; 3.2 The key components of national innovation systems.

3.3 The intersection between commercialization and innovation3.4 Globalization and innovation syst…

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Subjects

Bio-industries Biotechnology industries BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries Cellules souches -- Emploi en thérapeut… Internet resources Marketing of Health Services -- economi… Stem Cell Research -- economics Stem Cell Transplantation -- economics Stem cells -- Therapeutic use

Writers

Harvey, Olivia

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