Biocon India is incorporated as a joint venture between Biocon Biochemicals Ltd. of Cork, Ireland and an Indian entrepreneur, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. It is a fully integrated healthcare company that “delivers innovative biopharmaceutical solutions”
Worth remembering: In 2004 Mary Harney appointed Dr Barry McSweeney as the country’s first Chief Scientific Officer. Dr McSweeney had previously worked as Director of Medical Business for Biocon Biochemicals.