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I wanted to be a brewmaster like my father. No brewery in India would hire a woman. Biotechnology was my second choice — and my best decision.
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Biocon's insulin serves millions of diabetics who could never afford the branded version. That is what keeps me going after 46 years.
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India can be the pharmacy of the world. We have the talent, the scale, and the cost advantage. We just need the ambition.
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Banks wouldn't lend to a 25-year-old woman starting a biotech company in 1978. So I started with $200 in my garage.
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Making expensive drugs affordable is not charity. It is the biggest business opportunity in the world.