Biocon

an Indian biopharmaceutical company
Organization business Q487694
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Biocon

Summary

Biocon is a business[1]. Biocon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (670 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biocon is in the country of India[3].
  • Biocon is in the country of IN[4].
  • Biocon's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Biocon's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Biocon's founder is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[7].
  • Biocon's headquarters location is recorded as Bengaluru[8].
  • Biocon's child organization or unit is recorded as Biocon (Switzerland)[9].
  • Biocon's Commons category is recorded as Biocon[10].
  • Biocon's stock exchange is recorded as National Stock Exchange of India[11].
  • Biocon's industry is recorded as biotechnology[12].
  • January 1, 1978 marks the founding of Biocon[13].
  • November 29, 1978 marks the founding of Biocon[14].
  • 1978-11-28 marks the founding of Biocon[15].
  • Biocon's official website is recorded as http://www.biocon.com/[16].
  • Biocon's director / manager is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[17].
  • Biocon's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[18].
  • Biocon's legal form is recorded as DDKQ[19].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15981'}[20].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12586'}[21].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+19845'}[22].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21428'}[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 335800NK3L7QCHLOC198[24]

  • Registered legal name: Biocon Limited[25]

  • Legal jurisdiction: IN[26]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[27]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): DDKQ[28]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[29]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[30]

  • Entity created: 1978-11-28[31]

  • LEI first registered: 2017-08-28[32]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-08-07[33]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-08-27[34]

  • Managing LOU: 335800FVH4MOKZS9VH40[35]

  • Registration authority: RA000394[36]

  • Authority entity ID: L24234KA1978PLC003417[37]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[38]

Body

Founding

Biocon's founder is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1978[13], November 29, 1978[14], and 1978-11-28[15].

Leadership

Biocon's director / manager is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[17].

Operations

Biocon's headquarters location is recorded as Bengaluru[8]. Biocon's child organization or unit is recorded as Biocon (Switzerland)[9].

Industry

Biocon's industry is recorded as biotechnology[12].

Ownership

Biocon's stock exchange is recorded as National Stock Exchange of India[11]. Biocon's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[18].

Why It Matters

Biocon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (670 views/month).[2] Biocon has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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