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Encyclopedia > Biocon
Biocon
Type Public
Founded 1978
Headquarters Bangalore, New Jersey
Key people Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Industry Biopharmaceutical, Enzyme
Products Diabetes, Cardiology & Oncology
Revenue Rs 7.282 billion (2005)
Employees 1,379 (2005)
Website www.biocon.com

Biocon is India's leading biotechnology enterprise. Established in 1978, the company today is an integrated biotechnology enterprise focused on the development of biopharmaceuticals. The company serves partners and customers in over 50 countries. Within the biotechnology space, the company ranks first in Asia in terms of revenues and market capitalisation and sixteenth globally. Image File history File links Biocon_logo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... , Bangalore (BengalÅ«ru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the state of Karnataka in [[India]. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 6. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... India Today Cover Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (b. ... Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see pharmacology) produced by biotechnology. ... Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... A diagram of a heart with an ECG indicator; diagrams like this are used in Cardiology. ... Oncology is the branch of medicine that studies tumors (cancer) and seeks to understand their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... RS has different meanings depending on the context: Republika Srpska, one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The structure of insulin Biological technology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ...


The company is headed by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, India's second richest woman (after Sudha Gopalakrishnan, wife of Chris Gopalakrishnan, COO Infosys). She achieved this status after Biocon went for an IPO in 2004. Biocon became only the second Indian company to cross a market capitalisation of one billion U.S. $ on the first day of listing. Mazumdar-Shaw and her husband John Shaw own over 60% of the company's stock. India Today Cover Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (b. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... John Shaw (1773 - 17 September 1823) was a Captain in the early years of the United States Navy. ...

Contents

Trivia

  • Biocon is India's first biotechnology company, established in 1978
  • Biocon is the country's first biotechnology company to export microbial enzymes to USA and Europe
  • Biocon is the first biotechnology company to receive ISO 9001 certification in India
  • Syngene, a Biocon subsidiary, is the country's first biotech custom research company in drug discovery
  • Biocon is the first Indian company to be approved by US FDA for the manufacture of pplovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering molecule
  • Biocon's subsidiary, Clinigene, has India's first CAP (College of American Pathologists) accredited clinical research laboratory
  • Biocon is the first company to manufacture human insulin using a Pichia expression system

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading organization of board-certified pathologists, serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ...

Products

Biopharmaceuticals

This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... An antioxidant is a chemical that prevents the oxidation of other chemicals. ... The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the organ system which circulates blood around the body of most animals. ... Immunosuppressive drugs or immunosuppressants are drugs that are used in immunosuppressive therapy to inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system. ... Nutraceutical is a combination of nutritional and pharmaceutical and refers to foods thought to have a beneficial effect on human health. ...

Enzymes

Amylase is the name given to glycoside hydrolase enzymes that break down starch into glucose molecules. ... Cellulase is an enzyme complex which breaks down cellulose to beta-glucose. ... An esterase is an hydrolase enzyme that splits esters into a acid and an alcohol in a chemical reaction with water called hydrolysis. ... Model of cellulase enzyme, produced by , based on PDB structure 1JS4. ... xylanase is an enzyme which Breaks down hemicellulose (xylans), a major component of the plant cell wall. ... An oxidase is any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation/reduction reaction involving molecular oxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Peptidases (proteases [pronounced pro-tea-aces] and proteolytic enzymes are also commonly used) are enzymes which break peptide bonds of proteins. ...

References

  • Elliott, John (Nov. 14, 2005). "Biotech Queen". Fortune, p. 79–82.

Fortune magazine is Americas second longest-running business magazine after Forbes magazine. ...

External links

  • Biocon's official site

  Results from FactBites:
 
Biocon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (446 words)
She achieved this status after Biocon went for an IPO in 2004.
Biocon became only the second Indian company to cross a market capitalisation of one billion U.S. on the first day of listing.
Biocon is the first Indian company to be approved by US FDA for the manufacture of pplovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering molecule
Biocon a good buy, but expensive: Analysts (945 words)
Biocon also has a patented fermentation process, which is a big plus as fermentation is one of the key enabling technologies in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
Biocon derives about 60 per cent of its revenues by catering to the market for the four statins -- lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and atorvastatin that comprise the statin family.
Biocon hopes to use the money from its IPO to further its expansion plans and set up its second fermentation and chemical synthesis plant to meet the increase in demand expected from the statins space.
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