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Reference no. 802-014-1
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Published by: London Business School
Published in: 2002
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Published sources

Abstract

This is the first of a two-case series. This case examines the decision by the UK subsidiary of Pharma (a Swiss pharmaceutical company) to develop a new technology for transmitting drugs through the skin, despite the absence of support from the parent company's R&D labs. The issue facing the managing director of the UK subsidiary is whether to continue with the project in the face of resistance from HQ, or stop.
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Large
Other setting(s):
1993-1994

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Abstract

This is the first of a two-case series. This case examines the decision by the UK subsidiary of Pharma (a Swiss pharmaceutical company) to develop a new technology for transmitting drugs through the skin, despite the absence of support from the parent company's R&D labs. The issue facing the managing director of the UK subsidiary is whether to continue with the project in the face of resistance from HQ, or stop.

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Location:
Industry:
Size:
Large
Other setting(s):
1993-1994

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