Subject category:
Entrepreneurship
Published by:
London Business School
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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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.