Episode 11: Wonder Drugs

From antibiotics to chemotherapy, modern pharmaceuticals have transformed the experience of illness in the 20th century. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, the founder and chairman of Biocon, Ltd., joins us for a discussion of how the global business of pharmaceuticals is changing the culture of science in India.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:14 Element of the Week: Sulfur

02:44 A Conversation with Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

07:50 The Complicated Legacy of Modern Pharmaceuticals

10:44 Quote: Hans Zinsser

11:00 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to David Caruso for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

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