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Case Studies

Offerings: Business Cases | Ethics Cases | Global Cases

Business Cases

The following cases are offered through the Graduate School of Business website, but are relevant to our community.

Number Title Year Published Authors
SM191  Acumen Fund and Embrace: From the Leading Edge of Social Venture Investing  2011  William F. Meehan III; Lyn Denend  
OIT98 Emphasys Medical: Navigating Complex Clinical and Regulatory Challenges on the Path to Market  2010 Stefanos Zenios; Paul Yock; Lyn Denend; Marianna Samson; Cynthia Yock
OIT102 Innovating for the Safety Net: Sources of Funding 2010 Stefanos Zenios; Lyn Denend; Will Boeing; Ruby Majumdar; Daniel Riskin
OIT100 Innovating for the Safety Net: Practical Considerations 2010 Stefanos Zenios; Lyn Denend; Nathan T. Blair
OIT97 Biodesign: Innovating for the Underserved 2009 Stefanos Zenios; Lyn Denend; Nathan T. Blair
 

Consure Medical I - Translating a Need into an Actionable Path Forward

2012 Lyn Denend; Stacey McCutcheon with
Stefanos Zenios; Ritu Kamal; Christine Kurihara; Anurag Mairal
 

Consure Medical II - Developing a Regulatory and Clinical Strategy to Support Global Growth

2012 Lyn Denend; Stacey McCutcheon with
Stefanos Zenios; Ritu Kamal; Christine Kurihara; Anurag Mairal
 

JaipurKnee I - Getting the Need Right

2011 Lyn Denend; Stefanos Zenios
 

Phoenix I - Generating Preliminary Sales

2012 Lyn Denen; Julie Manriquez; Stefanos Zenios

Ethics Cases

The following cases were developed in Biodesign for the purposes of open-ended class discussion. No resolution provided.

Number Title Year Published Authors
Ethics-01 Ownership of IP across Fellows 2009  Richard Popp 
Ethics-02 Conflicting Allegiance 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-03 Conscientious Student 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-04 Graduate Student Dilemma 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-05 Prioritizing Needs 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-06 Outside US (OUS) Trial 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-07 A Problem of Understanding 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-08 Clinical Trial Data Headaches 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-09 On the Path to Fund Raising 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-10 Third World Considerations 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-11 Incremental Development 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-12 Invitation to Dinner 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-13 Patient Recruitment 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-14 The Clinical Specialist 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics- 15 A Post-doctoral Entrepreneur 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-16 A Bright Team Member 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-17 Reporting on Your Team Assignment 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-18 The Animal Lab 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-19 Adoption of a Safe Component 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-20 Working with an Academic Lab 2009 Richard Popp 
Ethics-21 To Release, or Not to Release: An Engineer’s Perspective 2009 Richard Popp 

Global Cases

The following cases are pertinent to medtech in countries outside the US.

Number Title Year Published Authors
China-01-A Biosensors International and China (A) 2012  Pamela Yatsko
China-01-B Biosensors International and China (B) 2012  Pamela Yatsko
Global-2 Consure Medical I - Translating a Need into an Actionable Path Forward 2012 Lyn Denend; Stacey McCutcheon with
Stefanos Zenios; Ritu Kamal; Christine Kurihara; Anurag Mairal
Global-3 Consure Medical II - Developing a Regulatory and Clinical Strategy to Support Global Growth 2012 Lyn Denend; Stacey McCutcheon with
Stefanos Zenios; Ritu Kamal; Christine Kurihara; Anurag Mairal
Global-4 Phoenix I - Generating Preliminary Sales 2012 Lyn Denen; Julie Manriquez; Stefanos Zenios
Ethics-6 Outside US (OUS) Trial 2009 Richard Popp