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Mazumdar-Shaw’s Mission to Expand Access to Life-Saving Drugs

Bloomberg Markets Friday 21 August 2026, 00:06 UTC 1 min read
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Known as India’s ‘Queen of Biotech’, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw built Biocon from a rented garage almost 50 years ago. Today, her multibillion-dollar company is one of the world’s biggest producers of insulin, and a leading force in biosimilars. As she looks at handing over her life’s work to successors, Mazumdar-Shaw talks to Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin about her pioneering journey as a female entrepreneur in India, her mission to deliver life-saving therapies to patients and what she believes India...

Known as India’s ‘Queen of Biotech’, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw built Biocon from a rented garage almost 50 years ago. Today, her multibillion-dollar company is one of the world’s biggest producers of insulin, and a leading force in biosimilars. As she looks at handing over her life’s work to successors, Mazumdar-Shaw talks to Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin about her pioneering journey as a female entrepreneur in India, her mission to deliver life-saving therapies to patients and what she believes India must do to tackle an AI future. (Source: Bloomberg)
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