Health, Biopharma, & Health-Tech

Harvard Business Review recently published an article by Tal Gross, Associate Professor, discussing ways insurers can benefit from copayments and reduce their downside.

Radio Health Journal recently published a segment featuring Rena Conti, Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, discussing her recent research focused on generic drug production.

Lucia Ryll, fourth year medical student and Health Sector MBA candidate from Boston University, recently penned an op-ed for Medpage Today that speaks to the potential benefits and pitfalls of...

Medpage Today recently published an article co-authored by Rena Conti, Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, discussing how a proposed insulin cost cap will affect different individuals.   

We often hear that “necessity is the mother of invention”, so it is no surprise that the Covid-19 pandemic – which upended, well, just about everything – set off a...

An unassuming duct tape-and-cardboard construction known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box – is playing an important part in the fight against COVID-19. The story of how it came to be also...

Health Affairs Forefront recently published insight from their short series, “Prescription Drugs: Promoting Affordability and Innovation,” a conference hosted by Rena Conti, Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law.

BU Today’s podcast ‘Question of the Week’ recently interviewed Rena Conti, Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, & Law, on her surprising findings related to insurance claims and reimbursement data....

How has the COVID-19 pandemic shaped our ability to utilize Artificial Intelligence, and how have we adapted AI to respond to the pandemic in turn? In this Insights@Questrom blog post,...

Nature Human Behavior recently published a study co-researched by Chiara Longoni, Assistant Professor of Marketing, and Carey Morewedge, Professor of Marketing on their findings examining peoples’ understanding of medical AI...

In regulating tobacco products, how should the FDA balance the goals of preventing youth consumption versus helping adult smokers quit? This question is explored for Insights@Questrom by Bobbi Clarke, Questrom...

Futurity recently published insight co-authored by Rena Conti, Associate Professor in the Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, on the topic of her recent research study on the costs...

FactCheck recently published insight from Rena Conti, Associate Professor in the Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, on the topic of TV ads portraying false information regarding Medicare drug...

Diagnostic care health applications, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), have become more widely available directly to consumers, including on mobile devices. However, consumers have been slow to adopt the use...

What impact will telemedicine and digital technology have on the U.S. healthcare system? Will telemedicine continue to be popular after COVID? What types of medicine are feasible virtually? Abraham (Avi)...

A recent survey conducted over social media by Abraham (Avi) Seidmann, Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Information Systems at Boston University Questrom School of Business, looked...

Many hospitals are struggling during COVID as they've had to shut down other wings to keep COVID patients safe. Do you forecast any hospitals merging to stay afloat? Any other...

A new survey of more than 6,500 U.S. blood cancer patients and survivors reveals only half are likely to get a COVID vaccine while one in three is unsure. The...

As pharmaceutical companies and politicians scramble to disseminate the COVID-19 vaccine, one thing has become clear – accessibility is not equal. Insights@Questrom spoke with Professor Joseph Restuccia to learn what...

The nation’s leading experts in biopharmaceutical innovation and pricing reform recently convened for a virtual discussion exploring the relationship between innovation and product pricing. Hosted by Questrom's Rena Conti, the...

What impact has the pandemic had on the current US health insurance system? What bottlenecks/constraints have there been to care, and are there ways to relieve them? How could this...

Pfizer and Moderna are working rapidly to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine. Insights@Questrom spoke with Marcus Bellamy, Assistant Professor, Operations & Technology Management, to learn how their supply chains are...

A new study suggests that up to a third of "excess deaths" in 2020 may not be attributable directly to COVID, but to healthcare disruptions resulting from the resources needed...

Initial results for the Pfizer vaccine suggest that the vaccine is 95% effective. Eric Jacquier, clinical professor of finance, explains how this relatively small test sample can be used to...

In this Q&A, Questrom Magazine talks with Jonathan Woodson and Anita Tucker about improving healthcare coverage, fixing supply issues, and tracking future outbreaks.

In a new piece in Psychology Today, organizational psychologist and Questrom Professor Bill Kahn dives into what that stress means, how to enable health care workers to remain as resilient...

New research from BU Questrom's Rena Conti delves into the Affordable Care Act's effect on prescription drugs and what might come next.

Smokers’ cravings for cigarettes are strong on their own, but work by Questrom and Harvard researchers suggests one emotion can trigger an even more acute desire to light up.

Even though medical AI can perform with expert-level accuracy and deliver cost-effective care at scale, why do patients overwhelmingly prefer to be seen and diagnosed by humans?