Company For The Day

COMPANY COMPANY FOR FOR THE THE DAY DAY

Our ability to continuously scale new heights across the biopharmaceutical value chain enables us to realize the promise of future therapeutics." – KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW, Chairman & Managing Director

Biocon India Limited

• Biocon is a fully integrated healthcare company that delivers innovative biopharmaceutical solutions. From discovery to development and commercialization, they have the defining science, cost-effective drug development capabilities and significant manufacturing capacity to move ideas to market. • Corporate Headquarters 20th KM Hosur Road Electronics City Bangalore 560 100 India

Milestones 1.

Biocon is India's first biotechnology company, established   in 1978

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Biocon is India's first biotechnology company to export   microbial enzymes to USA and Europe

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Biocon is the first biotechnology company to receive ISO   9001 certification in India Syngene, a Biocon subsidiary, is India's first custom   research company in drug discovery

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Biocon is the first Indian company to be approved by   US FDA for the manufacture of lovastatin, a   cholesterol-lowering molecule

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Biocon is the first company, globally to manufacture   human insulin, INSUGEN®, using a Pichia expression   system, 2004

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Biocon launches BIOMAb EGFR™ India's first anti-cancer,   therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody-based drug for treating solid   tumors of epithelial origin, such as head & neck cancers, 2006

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Biocon is ranked among the top 20 global biotechnology   companies (Med Ad News), 2008

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Biocon is the 7th largest biotech employer in the world (Med   Ad News), 2008