hamied in A Sentence

    1

    His younger brother, M. K. Hamied, is Cipla's non-executive vice-chairman.

    0
    2

    In January 2016, Forbes estimated Hamied's net worth at US$1.45 billion.

    0
    3

    Hamied was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and raised in Bombay now Mumbai.

    0
    4

    Hamied was educated at the Cathedral and John Connon School and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

    0
    5

    The only two South Asian Muslim billionaires named by Forbes magazine, Yusuf Hamied and Azim Premji, are from India.

    0
    6

    In February 2013, Hamied announced his retirement plans from Cipla after remaining managing director of the company for 52 years.

    0
    7

    Hamied's role in the battle for mass antiretroviral treatment in Africa is portrayed in the documentary Fire in the Blood 2013 film.

    0
    8

    Hamied is best known outside India for defying large Western pharmaceutical companies in order to provide generic AIDS drugs and treatments for other ailments primarily affecting people in poor countries.

    0
    9

    In September 2011, in a piece about how he was trying to radically lower costs of biotech drugs for cancer, diabetes and othernoncommunicable diseases, The New York Times wrote of Hamied:.

    0
    10

    In September 2011, in a piece about how he was trying to radically lower costs of biotech drugs for cancer, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases, The New York Times wrote of Hamied:.

    0
    11

    Hamied has led efforts to eradicate AIDS in the developing world and to give patients life-saving medicines regardless of their ability to pay, and has been characterized as a modern-day Robin Hood figure as a result.

    0
    12

    In its review of the film, India Today noted that"the story of Yusuf Hamied will make every Indian proud as he was the only man who decided to walk against the tide and sell drugs to save lives without focusing on profits.

    0
    13

    Hamied has also been influential in pioneering development of multi-drug combination pills(also known as fixed-dose combinations, or FDCs), notably for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis(TB), asthma and other ailments chiefly affecting developing countries, as well as development of pediatric formulations of drugs, especially those benefiting children in poor settings.

    0


Related Words

seamount in a sentencerulemaking in a sentencedupa in a sentencedioramas in a sentencegene in a sentenceevaluators in a sentencediv in a sentencehomeport in a sentenceintraocular in a sentencecreeper in a sentencefoodgrains in a sentencewyllie in a sentenceundersold in a sentenceexo in a sentenceufuncs in a sentencestart-stop in a sentenceaeschylus in a sentencehorrifyingly in a sentenceprodiet in a sentenceseventy-five in a sentence