A pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India and the head of the country’s leading biotechnology enterprise, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, discusses the recent US FDA approval of Ogivri™, the first biosimilar for trastuzumab and the sixth approved biosimilar in the US overall, and how Biocon is implementing a low-value high-volume model in its strategy.
Ms. Mazumdar-Shaw, you are a first-generation entrepreneur as well as a pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India. How has your approach to business evolved over the years to make Biocon Asia’s leading bio-pharmaceutical enterprise?
"Our mantra is ‘highest quality at lowest cost’ and in order to prove that you have to have accreditation from top-notch regulatory agencies."
