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Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech
Higgins, Robert F.; Kazan, BrentCase HBS-808005-EFinanceIn 2001, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated acquired the San Diego-based biotech company, Aurora Biosciences. The combination of Vertex's and Aurora's technologies would improve the flow of novel drug candidates into development. However, several questions related to the integration of Aurora into Vertex were still unresolved, the most pressing being Aurora's major collaboration with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Were venture philanthrop...Starting at €8.20
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For-Profit Higher Education: University of Phoenix, Teaching Note
Yu, Gwen; Noe, Christopher F.; Weber, JosephTeaching Note HBS-114032-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 114024.Starting at €0.00
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D2Hawkeye: Growing the Medical IT Enterprise
Higgins, Robert F.; Kazan, Brent; Lamontagne, SophieCase HBS-808006-EEntrepreneurshipIn mid-March 2007, Chris Kryder sat in his office and thought about how to best finance his company's growth. Over the previous five years as founder and CEO of D2Hawkeye, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based healthcare analytics company, Kryder had grown the firm from a six-person start-up into a leading developer and provider of medical analytics in the U.S. He had three term sheets in hand-two from strategic investors and one from a venture capital ...Starting at €8.20
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For-Profit Higher Education: University of Phoenix
Yu, Gwen; Noe, Christopher F.; Weber, Joseph; McLellan, JudyCase HBS-114024-EAccounting and ControlStarting at €8.20
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La educación superior con fines lucrativos: University of Phoenix
Yu, Gwen; Noe, Christopher F.; Weber, Joseph; McLellan, JudyCase HBS-116S05Accounting and ControlStarting at €8.20
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Microsoft's aQuantive Acquisition
Yu, Gwen; Noe, Christopher F.; Weber, Joseph; Samuelson, ThomasCase HBS-115039-EAccounting and ControlThis case introduces students to the topic of mergers and acquisitions. At the time that Microsoft purchased aQuantive there was a mixed reaction by analysts and investors on whether this transaction would increase shareholder value. Ultimately the transaStarting at €8.20