HGS alumni recently gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the GSK acquisition at an alumni reunion event sponsored by Kymanox and BioIT Solutions, two renowned companies founded by HGS Alumni. The event brought together 140 alumni, including a veritable “who’s, who” of BHCR entrepreneurs, founders and key thought leaders that once called HGS home and then went on to new heights.
An impact investor can be an individual or investment fund that has co-equal primary goals: to make money and foment positive social change that can last. In some ways, impact investors are “social VCs”—they fund projects and companies that can create positive, measurable impact for the greater good of humanity. Unlike traditional VC investment strategies that tend to take a high risk, high reward approach, impact investing generally focuses on lower risk, more modest or conservative financial investments that yield the most possible good for people and communities.
Biosimilars, also known as follow-on biologics, continued to capture greater market share and foment stronger competition with reference or brand name drugs in 2021. Increasing the number of biosimilars in the market and amplifying uptake by payers, family medical practices and pharmacies could be a gamechanger for patients and a healthcare system trying to reduce the cost of life-changing medicines.
