Posted: September 13th, 2017

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: R&D Portfolio Management

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: R&D Portfolio Management

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Case specific questions:

1.Which of the project portfolio options currently facing Vertex do you favor? Why? Specifically, what two projects would you pursue? What should they do with the other two? (25%)
2.What criteria would you use to make the decision? What other information do you think that Bogner needs to make his decision? (25%)

3.How do you determine the financial implications of this decision? (25%)

4.Should any of these products be licensed? When and why should a drug be licensed? (25%)

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REV: APRIL 2, 2004
STEPHEN P, BRADLEY
JAMES WEBER
The Pharmaceutlcal Industry: Challenges 1n the
New Century