Biopure Case Study Executive Summary * Biopure Corporation developed two new products to enter into the field of blood substitutes: Hemopure‚ directed to the human market and Oxyglobin‚ for the veterinary market. Through the end of 1997 no blood substitute had received approval for use anywhere in the world. * What distinguishes both products from other “hemoglobin-based” blood substitutes is the fact that they are “bovine-sourced” as opposed to “human-sourced”‚ i.e. they are derived from
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Executive Summary Biopure Corporation was established in 1984 and is a privately owned pharmaceutical firm. They are trying to launch two new products: Hemopure (human market) and Oxyglobin (veterinary market). They are the only company aggressively engaged in the development of blood substitutes for the vet market. Biopure has invested $200M in the development of said blood substitutes. They currently don’t have any revenues with little to no debt and financing of $50M to support these operations
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Biopure Case Analysis Group 1‚ Section B The analysis deals with the Target Markets and their different segments for the two products of Biopure Corporation‚ namely Oxyglobin and Hemopure. Oxyglobin -‐ Used as a substitute for blood transfusion in dogs. -‐ Target market is 30% of all the
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$60 million/year that could be used to finance the expansion of the production capacity and all the costs while Hemopure is approved by the FDA. Besides the financial benefit of having stable revenues during the approval process‚ the company would start to build a brand awareness and reputation that will later benefit the marketing and sales of Hemopure. Additionally‚ launching Oxyglobin will protect the veterinary market from entrants like Baxter or Northfield that could decide to sell veterinary
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+ Biopure Corporation Case Analysis Back Bay Xue Yang + Agenda 1. Current Situation 2. SWOT Analysis 3. Quantitative Analysis 4. Recommendations + Current SituationBiopure Corporation The main objectives of Biopure Corporation is blood substitutes development There are 2 products: Oxyglobin and Hemopure. Oxyglobin is targeting at veterinary market and Hemopure is targeting at human market The company has spent $200 million on R&D of Hemopure Oxyglobin has already approved
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Biopure Market Potential Exercise Suggested Solution Question 1) How would you revise the market potential for Hemopure? The best four-segment solution to the usage problem includes these categories: elective surgery; emergency surgery; in field trauma; and chronic anemia. Current Usage Change Potential Usage Trauma (in field) 200‚000 *10 2‚000‚000 Currently only 10% of trauma cases get blood transfusions in the field. With better storage potential and no need for blood
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recommendation that Biopure should immediately launch Oxyglobin. The reasons for this decision are as followed: Obtaining the Monopoly on blood substitutes - If Biopure waits to launch Oxyglobin they will miss a prime opportunity to control the blood substitute market‚ especially the animal market. As mentioned in the case‚ Biopure’s competitors have yet to launch their products. Furthermore‚ Baxter International and Northfield Laboratories do not have an animal substitute for Biopure to compete with1
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Marketing Management – Assignment No. 2 Topic – Product Pricing (Biopure Case) CASE ANALYSIS for Biopure with respect to Pricing of Oxyglobin Our group analyzed the case and concluded that price of oxyglobin should be determined on perceived value approach. We calculated perceived value from case data and arrived at a price of $181. We are planning to launch it at a price of $175 to Vet so that there is some customer incentive to purchase and at same time‚ there is minimum ‘money left
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Executive Summary Biopure Corporation is one of the pioneers in the development of oxygen therapeutics using “Hemoglobin”‚ a new class of pharmaceuticals that deliver oxygen to the body’s tissues. Biopure developed two main products under years of research and development‚ “Hemopure” for human use‚ and “Oxyglobin” for animal veterinary use‚ both represented a new oxygen based treatment approach for managing patients’ oxygen requirements. Biopure’s two products differ from other blood substitute
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Background Biopure Corporation a company founded in 1984 with the primary goal of developing a human blood substitute; a product that has oxygen-carrying property of blood without the harmful effects of donated blood. The company currently has two new products: Oxyglobin and Hemopure. Oxyglobin‚ blood substitute for the veterinary market and is ready for launch. Hemopure‚ another blood substitute but for the human market and it will take two years to launch the product; provided they get FDA approval
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