Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar -Shaw and Dr B R Shetty of NMC Healthcare have bagged the 5 th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit & Business Leadership Awards 2012.

The two will receive the award at Mumbai on September 21, 2012. Both  Shaw and Dr Shetty have been declared by the juries of the Pharmaleaders as “Global Indian of the Year 2012”.

Dr Shetty is today considered a pioneer in healthcare in the UAE. Today, the NMC Healthcare has six facilities in the UAE. Dr Shetty has acquired a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt which operates under the name of Alexandria New Medical Centre.

Biocon is India’s largest pharmaceutical enterprise engaged in the research, manufacture and marketing high value biotech drugs for diabetes and cancer. The 5 th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit 2012 will also debate on topics of the healthcare industry focusing on the Brand India theme by the veterans of the industry.