HIV Tests and AIDS Treatments - Containing a Fearsome Pandemic: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

This case history describes how a diverse cast of characters, including public health organizations, research laboratories, for-profit healthcare companies, activists, and regulators, rolled back the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in just fifteen years. Moreover, as the case history shows, a stunning reduction in deaths from the diseases was accomplished mainly through accretive advances—without developing avaccine, an unambiguous test, or a complete cure.

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment, Technological Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Technology Adoption, Collaborative Innovation and Invention, Innovation and Invention, Governing Rules Regulations and Reforms

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Bhide, Amar and Datar, Srikant and Stebbins, Katherine, HIV Tests and AIDS Treatments - Containing a Fearsome Pandemic: Case Histories of Transformational Advances (May 31, 2024). Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-007, Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3429950 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3429950