Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied honored with the Hall of Fame Leadership & Excellence Award for 2015.

Date:  Thu, 2015-01-29

Congratulations to our dear friend, Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied, for being honored with the Hall of Fame Chemtech PBW Leadership & Excellence Award for 2015! Dr. Hamied is the Chairman and founder of Cipla, India’s leading pharmaceutical company committed to fighting HIV/AIDS worldwide by making Antiretroviral (ARV), fixed dose triple-drug ARV combination and Triomune affordable and available to the underprivileged. He is attributed with laying “the foundations of the bulk drug industry in [India] and always considered ”˜food and health’ as the basic needs”¦” Dr. Hamied has also been instrumental in the establishment of national patent law pertaining to food and health. Not only has Dr. Hamied been wildly successful in business, but he has also worked to ensure healthcare for those in need, been actively involved in welfare work, and set up a Care Center in Pune, India in 1997 to offer comfort and care to cancer patients free of charge. Congratulations on all of your achievements and all the wonderful work accomplished in your future!