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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is No 2 on global 'Medicine Maker Power List' 2015

She is the only India-based business leader featuring on the list

BS Reporter Bengaluru
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson of biopharmaceutical major Biocon Ltd, has been ranked No. 2 on 'The Medicine Maker Power List' 2015, an index of the 100 most influential people across the globe in the field of medicine.

Mazumdar-Shaw appears on the list alongside global leaders from the industry, including CEOs, professors, Nobel Prize-winning researchers and many other celebrated scientists from the pharmaceutical world.

The Top 5 on 'The Medicine Maker Power List' include: Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson & MD, Biocon; Andrew Witty, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline; Arthur D Levinson, CEO, Calico and Heather Bresch, CEO, Mylan.

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The list also includes names like Pascal Soriot, CEO, AstraZeneca; Robert A Bradway, Chairman & CEO, Amgen; Ian C Read, Chairman, Pfizer; Prof. Tyler Jacks, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Charles Cooney, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Harold Varmus, Weil Cornell Medical College and many more.

Mazumdar-Shaw is the only India-based business leader featuring on the list. The drug maker is a UK-based publication that is distributed worldwide to a targeted European and North American industry professionals. The power list has been compiled from reader nominations with the help of expert judges and is based entirely on merit.

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First Published: May 12 2015 | 7:00 PM IST

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