Number of Pages : 36 leaves
Adviser : Prof. Glen Imbang
Executive Summary
Considered as a breakthrough in the field of medicine, Stem Cell Therapy has recently caught the public's interest in the past few months. Contrary to popular belief, stem cell therapy has been in place in the Philippines for many years. However, it was only in the last 5-6 years that this technology has slowly been made accessible to the public.
Clearly, the stem cell technology in the country calls for a strategic development planning for it to be fully developed, exploited and adopted by the market. As of date, there are mot much publications dedicated on the Philippine stem cell therapy. Through this study, the researcher was able to create prospects for the future of the technology in the country in the next five years through a technology foresight tool, the Scenario Building.
This study was able to achieve the following objectives :
- Identify key variables and critical uncertainties that would impact the future of the stem cell therapy industry in the Philippines
- Create and analyze plausible future scenarios of the industry for strategic planning purposes
- Recommend strategies for the development of the industry in the next five years (2013-2017)
Through Environment Analysis, the current political, economic, social and technological issues affecting the stem cell therapy in the Philippines were examined. Four plausible scenarios were created using the 10-stage approach to Scenario Building.
The study recommends a technology roadmap to strategically plan for the long-term future of stem cell therapy in the Philippines. The formulation of the technology roadmap should be actively participated by the medical and scientific communities, public and private hospitals, government, and the academe. The public should also be represented through various support groups of medical conditions such as cancer and other degenerative diseases.
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