Five Indians among 40 influential pharma faces

The survey, which focused on "innovation" rather than "business volume", selected Mario R Capecchi, Oliver Smithie and Martin J Evans, joint winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as the most influential people.

Arthur Levinson, Chairman and CEO Genetech, Bill and Melinda Gates, co-directors of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Margaret Chan, director general WHO, Michael Rawlins, chairman, NICE, Andrew Witty, incoming CEO, GlaxoSmithKline, Bill Clinton, founder Clinton Foundation were among the people figured among the top 10.

Venkateshwarlu is in the 16th position, followed by Malvinder Singh at the 21 slot. Ranjit Shahani was ranked 24, up by 14 places from 38 last year. Both Ramaprasad Reddy and Rajesh Jain, at 35th and 40th positions respectively, have made the list for the first time.

"Last year, our list was dominated by business and big spenders. This year, however, there has been a shift of power, with no sign of any