Course: Biopure Corporation 1. Decision: Biopure should launch Oxyglobin at a price of $200 immediately in the market. The early introduction of Oxyglobin may jeopardize the ability to set a high price for Hemopure‚ but the benefits of introduction will outweigh the risks. 2. Recommendation: Biopure should price Oxyglobin at $200 per unit. At the same time‚ it should enlarge the production capacity as soon as possible to satisfy the potential market demand for Hempure. As for the distribution
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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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Decision Sheet – Biopure Corporation Marketing Objective – Whether to launch Oxyglobin now or delay it till the approval of Hemopure. If yes‚ then devise a marketing plan for Oxyglobin. Options – 1. Launch Oxyglobin in the market immediately. 2. Defer the launch of Oxyglobin now till Hemopure release. Recommendation – Biopure Corporation should immediately launch Oxyglobin priced at $200. Rationale – Applying SWOT Analysis to the situation: Strengths 1. FDA approval has already come
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Brief Overview: Biopure has two new products namely Oxyglobin and Hemopure. Oxyglobin is a first of its kind‚ new blood substitute for the veterinary market and has passed all the tests and is ready for consumer use. Hemopure is another such blood substitute for the human market and it will take a minimum of two years to launch the product from now. There is a concern about creating an unrealistic price expectation for Hemopure by marketing Oxyglobin before Hemopure. Whereas another point of view
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veterinarians and trade fair attracted 2‚000 to 10‚000 veterinarian each. In additional to all the strategies above‚ we recommend BioPure to launch campaign “Love Me Love My Pet” in order to increase awareness to people and encourage them to save pet’s life like our own. For people not to differentiate human life and animal life but rather think of it in the same aspect. BioPure should joint this campaign with non-profit organizer and government in order to emphasize the important of the issue publicly
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Biopure Overview: * Biopure Corporation is a privately owned biopharmaceutical firm specializing in the ultrapurification of proteins for human and veterinary use. * It is one of the three legitimate contenders in the emerging field of “blood substitutes”. * Their products Oxyglobin and Hemopure are blood substitutes for the animal and the human market respectively. * Oxyglobin has just received final FDA approval for commercial release and is ready for launch. Hemopure would soon
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Biopure Corporation: Case Write-Up Problem Definition In February 1998 Biopure Corporation faced a difficult decision regarding the launch of its newly developed “blood substitute” products. Biopure had developed “Hemopure”‚ a blood substitute for humans‚ and an ancillary product “Oxyglobin” for the veterinary market1. Hemopure was still in the process of gaining Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval ‚ while Oxyglobin had already been approved and was ready to be launched1. FDA approval was
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scenarios of Biopure’s products launching and provides marketing plan of the recommended one. The study shows that Biopure should immediately launch Oxyglobin rather than wait for Hemopure’s FDA Approval then launch both products simultaneously. The proposed price for Oxyglobin is $300 per unit with promotion campaign from time to time. With this set price of immediate launch‚ Biopure will reach breakeven point for Oxyglobin in year 2000 with the amount of 2.13 million USD. Targeting market for Oxyglobin
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BioPure Corporation‚ which was founded in 1984 by entrepreneurs Carl Rausch and David Judelson‚ is a privately owned biopharmaceutical firm specializing in the ultra purification of proteins for human and veterinary use. In 1998 Biopure pioneered the development of oxygen therapeutics using "Hemoglobin"‚ a new class of pharmaceuticals that are intravenously administered to deliver oxygen to the body’s tissues. Biopure’s two products‚ Hemopure for human use‚ and Oxyglobin for animal veterinary use
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BIOPURE Corporation. 1. Give your best estimate of the sizes of Biopure’s market‚ potential market‚ and what you recommend as the target market in the animal market? Do the same for the human blood market? Who are these people (or animals)? Since the definitions of these different markets can be vague‚ it may be useful to operationalize these concepts in terms of circles on a target which represent the likelihood of being a customer and when they should be targeted by the company. Thus‚ the “target
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