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Episode 11: Wonder Drugs

Episode 11: Wonder Drugs

Distillations | Science History Institute · Science History Institute

February 22, 200811m 42s

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Show Notes

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 https://sciencehistory.org/stories/distillations-pod/wonder-drugs/.