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Biocon Ltd.: Building a Biotech Powerhouse

Alison Konrad; Charlene L. Nicholls-Nixon; Ramasastry Chandrasekhar

Product #:9B06M070
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Entrepreneurship, International Business, Strategy
Setting:India, 2005
Details:Case (PDF) • 15 pages • 2006-10-12

Subjects:

GlobalizationGrowth strategyEconomicsCorporate strategyBusiness managementEntrepreneurshipInternational businessStrategy

Industries:

Healthcare sector

Geography:

IndiaAsia
Your Price:$9.71

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The founder chairman and managing director wants to make Biocon, Ltd. one of the top 10 biotech firms by 2015. The company has dealt in low-risk enzymes and generic drugs for many years. In order for the company to grow, the chairman believes that Biocon must enter the riskier business of drug discovery and development. Without making large investments into new capabilities, the company cannot become a top 10 biotech firm.

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