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 (3,093 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biocon is in the country of India[3].
  • Biocon is in the country of IN[4].
  • Biocon is in the country of US[5].
  • Biocon's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Biocon's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Biocon's founder is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[8].
  • Biocon's headquarters location is recorded as Bengaluru[9].
  • Biocon's child organization or unit is recorded as Biocon (Switzerland)[10].
  • Biocon's Commons category is recorded as Biocon[11].
  • Biocon's stock exchange is recorded as National Stock Exchange of India[12].
  • Biocon's industry is recorded as biotechnology[13].
  • January 1, 1978 marks the founding of Biocon[14].
  • November 29, 1978 marks the founding of Biocon[15].
  • 1978-11-28 marks the founding of Biocon[16].
  • 1998-10-13 marks the founding of Biocon[17].
  • Biocon's official website is recorded as http://www.biocon.com/[18].
  • Biocon's director / manager is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[19].
  • Biocon's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[20].
  • Biocon's legal form is recorded as DDKQ[21].
  • Biocon's legal form is recorded as T4M6[22].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15981'}[23].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12586'}[24].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+19845'}[25].
  • Biocon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21428'}[26].

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[27]

  • Registered legal name: Biocon Limited[28]

  • Legal jurisdiction: IN[29]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[30]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): DDKQ[31]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[32]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[33]

  • Entity created: 1978-11-28[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2017-08-28[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-07-03[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-08-27[37]

  • Managing LOU: 335800FVH4MOKZS9VH40[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000394[39]

  • Authority entity ID: L24234KA1978PLC003417[40]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Biocon's founder is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[8]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1978[14], November 29, 1978[15], 1978-11-28[16], and 1998-10-13[17].

Leadership

Biocon's director / manager is recorded as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw[19].

Operations

Biocon's headquarters location is recorded as Bengaluru[9]. Biocon's child organization or unit is recorded as Biocon (Switzerland)[10].

Industry

Biocon's industry is recorded as biotechnology[13].

Ownership

Biocon's stock exchange is recorded as National Stock Exchange of India[12]. Biocon's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[20].

Why It Matters

Biocon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,093 views/month).[2] Biocon has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Biocon is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [41] ↑ . 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. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 6139-8AD0-5D6B-B150-04BA
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  2. 20w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Headquarters location → Bengaluru
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    Stock exchange → National Stock Exchange of India
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