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Healthcare Case

Healthcare Market sizing pharma and health care cases

Most recent answer on Jan 30, 2022

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! In PrepL library you have a guide that focuses precisely on pharma, perhaps that can help. Regarding cases, have you tried the prepL library? You can search by keywords, which makes it very easy to navigate and f ... (read entire answer)

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on Jan 30, 2022 on Jan 30, 2022
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How many pharmacies are there in the US? (2)

healthcare pharma Market sizing pharma and health care cases

Most recent answer on Oct 27, 2021

Tereza asked on Oct 25, 2021

Hi guys, I'm new to case studies and I was trying to solve this one: How many pharmacies are there in the US? We’re talking about pharmacies/drug stores in the European sense (so no CVS etc., but “pure pharmacies”). I ... (read entire question)

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on Oct 27, 2021 on Oct 27, 2021
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How many pharmacies are there in the US?

Market sizing pharma and health care cases

Recent activity on Oct 25, 2021

#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

gave the best answer on Oct 24, 2021

#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

Hi Tereza, You'll learn a lot more from this by trying it out yourself first! Why don't you post your approach here and we can provide commentary? How to approach market sizing It's very simple: Do the approach the is t ... (read entire answer)

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on Oct 25, 2021 on Oct 25, 2021
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Pharmaceutical/Life sciences consulting cases

Analyst Interview First Time Case Interview! Help Appreciated! pharma and health care cases

Most recent answer on Oct 10, 2021

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

gave the best answer on Oct 09, 2021

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I am happy to provide my perspective on it: In my perspective, the key questions is whether in your specific situa ... (read entire answer)

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on Oct 10, 2021 on Oct 10, 2021
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pharma/biotech cases

biotech pharma and health care cases Pharmaceuticals

Most recent answer on May 29, 2021

#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

gave the best answer on May 29, 2021

#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

Hi Elizabeth, Here are a few good cases for you! HBS 2014 Pharmaceutical Rare Disease Business Growth pg. 49 3.. Healthcare pg. 84 Stern 2017 GGC Health pg 44 Botox pg 163 Tepper 2018 Regio ... (read entire answer)

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on May 29, 2021 on May 29, 2021
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Dear PrepLounge community, would some of you have life sciences/health care case books to recommend?

Casebooks life sciences pharma and health care cases

Most recent answer on Mar 10, 2021

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

Hi there, Here are a few good cases for you! HBS 2014 Pharmaceutical Rare Disease Business Growth pg. 49 3.. Healthcare pg. 84 Stern 2017 GGC Health pg 44 Botox pg 163 Tepper 2018 Regional ... (read entire answer)

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on Mar 10, 2021 on Mar 10, 2021
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Wild Card question: How would you price a COVID 19 vaccine?

Case covid19 pharma and health care cases pricing pricing strategy

Most recent answer on Oct 09, 2020

Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 08, 2020

You are on the right track! Make sure you bring up ethical concerns, as well as constraints regarding government funding. Govs might have funded the development and are requiring you to not price per potential, but at p ... (read entire answer)

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on Oct 09, 2020 on Oct 09, 2020
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Case Challenge: Pharmaceutical Company, R&D Pipeline Value, Successful Rate

break-even analysis case question McKinsey pharma and health care cases

Most recent answer on Jun 17, 2020

BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

gave the best answer on Jun 17, 2020

BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

Hello Jing, This is a nice example of how you can use the "Expected value" theory. Let me try to clarify the solution: The value of a successfull candidate drug is 1.2 B$ What is the expected value of a drug s ... (read entire answer)

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on Jun 17, 2020 on Jun 17, 2020
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What kind of case studies I can expect at ZS case interview, can anybody provide me with sample ones?

Case Interview data driven pharma and health care cases ZS Associates

Recent activity on May 31, 2019

Anonymous gave the best answer on May 31, 2019

You may want to check those: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/zs-case-interview-897 https://www.consultingcase101.com/tag/zs-associates/ https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prepare-for-case-studies-from-Z ... (read entire answer)

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on May 31, 2019 on May 31, 2019
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Life science case resources?

pharma and health care cases

Recent activity on Feb 03, 2019

Anonymous A asked on Dec 19, 2018

Hey - Does anyone have resources/links to share for life science case material? I've got a life science consulting interview coming up, so looking to do some sector-specific preparation

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on Feb 03, 2019 on Feb 03, 2019
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Pharma Market Sizing

Healthcare healthcare pharma pharma and health care cases Pharmaceuticals

Recent activity on Jun 11, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

gave the best answer on Jun 11, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, These are some of the factors that can limit either your addressable market or the potential market share: Low diagnosis rates Low treatment rates Prescription vs. OTC Pharmacies vs. retail restrictions ... (read entire answer)

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on Jun 11, 2018 on Jun 11, 2018
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I have a IMS CG interview soon. Could I get some material on Pharma/Healthcare specific cases

Business Development Healthcare ims market entry marketing pharma pharma and health care cases

Recent activity on Jun 05, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

gave the best answer on Jun 05, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, Feel free to reach me to practice the pharma cases. The key topics they might test: OTC vs prescription and implications (most often in market entry cases) Patent regulation and pricing strategy after the pa ... (read entire answer)

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on Jun 05, 2018 on Jun 05, 2018
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New product in Pharmaceutical company

market entry pharma and health care cases

Recent activity on Feb 26, 2017

MBA | Head of Product for a Tech company | Former Strategy& and KPMG Advisory

gave the best answer on Feb 26, 2017

MBA | Head of Product for a Tech company | Former Strategy& and KPMG Advisory

Hi there, the main issue of this problem is obviously the investment in the factory (let's call current factory expansion "Option A" and new factory construction "Option B") and this is how I would frame it: - Reve ... (read entire answer)

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on Feb 26, 2017 on Feb 26, 2017
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