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Ramesh Juneja
Ramesh Juneja is an Indian pharmaceutical businessman who co-founded Delhi-based Mankind Pharma in 1995 with his brother Rajeev, serving as Executive Chairman of India's fourth-largest drug company by value.
Ranbir Singh (businessman)
Ranbir Singh, often printed as Ranjit Singh, co-founded with Gurbax Singh the 1937 Amritsar drug-distribution firm whose blended name became Ranbaxy, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies.
Seo Jung-jin (Celltrion)
Seo Jung-jin, also known as Suh Jung-Jin or 서정진, is a South Korean businessman who cofounded biopharmaceutical company Celltrion in 2002 and serves as group chairman.
Seulki Lee
Seulki Lee (이슬기) is a South Korean peptide scientist and biotech entrepreneur who founded D&D Pharmatech in 2014 and has led it as chief executive since 2020.
Shetal Tushar Desai
Shetal Tushar Desai is an Indian fetal-medicine physician and diagnostics entrepreneur who co-founded Infocus Diagnostics in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and is described as the pioneer of fetal brain MRI in Gujarat.
STA Pharmaceutical
STA Pharmaceutical (合全药业), formally Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceutical, is a Chinese contract development and manufacturing organization for small-molecule drugs. Founded in Shanghai in 2003, it is controlled by WuXi AppTec.
Tessa Therapeutics
Tessa Therapeutics was a Singapore-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cell therapies for cancer, co-founded in 2012 by Andrew Khoo, which ceased operations in 2023 after its lead Phase III trial failed.
Tigermed
Tigermed (泰格医药), or Hangzhou Tigermed, is a Chinese contract research organization founded in Hangzhou in 2004 that manages clinical trials; it is China's largest clinical CRO and dual-listed in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
USV Private Limited
USV Private Limited is an Indian pharmaceutical company in Mumbai, founded in 1961 by Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi and led for over two decades in India's oral anti-diabetic market.
Wenzhi Tian
Wenzhi Tian (田文志) is a Chinese tumor immunologist and biotech entrepreneur who founded ImmuneOnco Biopharmaceuticals in Shanghai in 2015, serving as its chairman, CEO, and chief scientific officer.
William Wei Cao
William Wei Cao (曹卫) is a cell-therapy scientist and founder of Gracell Biotechnologies, the CAR-T company he sold to AstraZeneca in 2024 for about $1.0 billion.
Wockhardt
Wockhardt is a Mumbai-headquartered Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology company founded by Habil Khorakiwala, known for its novel antibiotic program, including nafithromycin and Zaynich, after exiting US generics in 2025.
WuXi AppTec
WuXi AppTec (药明康德), also known as WuXi PharmaTech, is a Chinese pharmaceutical contract research, development, and manufacturing company founded by Ge Li in Shanghai in 2000, the largest in China by revenue.
Xiaozhong Liu
Xiaozhong Liu (刘晓钟) is a Chinese businessman who co-founded the pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec in December 2000 with Ge Li and Zhaohui Zhang, serving as a director and executive vice president from 2001 to 2017.
Xu Hang
Xu Hang (徐航) is a Chinese medical-device entrepreneur who co-founded Mindray in Shenzhen in 1991, led development of China's first color B-mode ultrasound device, and is a billionaire.
Xu Haoyu
Xu Haoyu (徐浩宇) is a Chinese pharmaceutical executive who became chairman and president of Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group in 2021 after his father Xu Jingren's death.
Yuan Jiandong
Yuan Jiandong (袁建栋), born 1970, is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist who founded BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology in Suzhou in 2001 and has led it as chairman and general manager since.
Yuelei Shen
Yuelei Shen (沈月雷) is a Chinese immunologist and biotech entrepreneur, founder, Chairman, and CEO of Biocytogen, a gene-editing and antibody-discovery company he founded in 2008.
Zhang Lijun (biotechnology executive)
Zhang Lijun (张力军, born 1983) is a Chinese biotechnology executive with a doctorate from Nanjing University who co-founded Vazyme Biotechnology in 2012 and leads its overseas expansion.
Zhao Ning
Zhao Ning (赵宁), born in 1966, was a Chinese-born, US-educated pharmaceutical scientist who co-founded WuXi AppTec with her husband Ge Li and led its analytical and human-resources operations before dying of cancer in 2023.
Zhaohui Zhang
Zhaohui Zhang (张朝晖) is a Chinese businessman who co-founded pharmaceutical outsourcing company WuXi AppTec in Wuxi in 2000 and serves as its China chief operating officer.
Zhong Huijuan
Zhong Huijuan (钟慧娟) is a Chinese pharmaceutical executive who founded and leads Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, a Hong Kong-listed drugmaker, and was named China's richest woman in 2025.
Zhou Daixing
Zhou Daixing (周代星, born 1966) is a Chinese-American genetic-testing executive who co-founded Berry Genomics in Beijing in 2010 and is credited with introducing non-invasive prenatal testing to China.
Zhu Baoguo
Zhu Baoguo (朱保国), born 1962 in Henan, is a Chinese pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Joincare in 1992 and built it into a diversified drug maker controlling Livzon.
Zhu Yi (pharmaceutical executive)
Zhu Yi (朱义, born 1963) is a Chinese pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Sichuan Baili-Tianqing and licensed its lead cancer drug to Bristol Myers Squibb for up to $8.4 billion.
Zonghai Li
Zonghai Li (李宗海) is a Chinese biotech entrepreneur who founded CARsgen Therapeutics in Shanghai in 2014 and leads it as chairman, CEO, and chief scientific officer.