By Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw The covid-19 crisis is going to upend every economic assumption that seemed valid a few months ago. It will lead to a re-examination of the current investment mantra of giving astronomical valuations to virtual companies that create intangible assets and provide aggregator services. The narrative that traditional asset-heavy companies are inflexible, slow-moving … Continue reading Covid-19 will topple our paradigm of economic value
COVID-19 Testing & Analysis to Flatten the Curve
By Kiran Mazumdar Shaw India needs to promptly start epidemiological data collection and analysis to fine-tune its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, flatten the curve and avoid interventions that may turn out to be unnecessarily costly for the nation. Epidemiological data is very important as it can answer critical questions about how the virus is … Continue reading COVID-19 Testing & Analysis to Flatten the Curve
Post COVID-19 new economy will bring equilibrium
By: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon In an exclusive video chat, with Shradha Sharma, Founder and Chief Editor of YourStory.com, Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw talks about what founders can do to build for lasting value in the times of coronavirus. When asked in the interview on her advice to startups and small businesses that are getting badly affected … Continue reading Post COVID-19 new economy will bring equilibrium
Media Coverage on COVID-19
The Logical Indian – Coronavirus Outbreak: India Step Up Its Vaccine Production In A Big Way, Says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Financial Express: Coronavirus outbreak: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw says India needs to get into vaccine production in a big way ET Tech: With DNA data, biotech firms can do rapid tests: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Business Today: PM Modi speech on coronavirus well calibrated, say … Continue reading Media Coverage on COVID-19
India must scale up its testing rates by involving accredited private labs
Interview of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw with Sharan Poovanna from Live Mint In a recent interview with Mint, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD Biocon Ltd. and member of the working group communicating with the government on dealing with the current crisis said, "With only five people per million being tested, India has one of the lowest coronavirus testing … Continue reading India must scale up its testing rates by involving accredited private labs
How to make India ready for future coronavirus-like crises
India must combine its infectious diseases data-mining prowess with advanced medical technologies. By: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw The coronavirus pandemic is a lesson that governments worldwide ignore research into infectious diseases at their own peril. The Covid-19 outbreak has taken the world completely unawares, exposing the vulnerability of public health systems in coping with infectious disease … Continue reading How to make India ready for future coronavirus-like crises
Standing together through COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is the most significant crisis the world has experienced in our lifetime. It has severely impacted millions of people and thousands of businesses. I believe crises like these should bring out the best in us, and motivate us to step forward to play our part in the global battle against the COVID-19 … Continue reading Standing together through COVID-19
