Ideas change everything

The global cooperation that accelerated the COVID-19 vaccines

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |

TED@BCG

• March 2021

(This virtual conversation, hosted by TED technology curator Simone Ross, was recorded March 12, 2021.) Biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares lessons learned from the global effort to develop COVID-19 vaccines: namely, the power of collaboration and the importance of equitable access to health care. Learn more about the innovative partnerships that helped create the vaccines -- and how India became a crucial player in the supply chain delivering millions of doses to the world.

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(This virtual conversation, hosted by TED technology curator Simone Ross, was recorded March 12, 2021.) Biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares lessons learned from the global effort to develop COVID-19 vaccines: namely, the power of collaboration and the importance of equitable access to health care. Learn more about the innovative partnerships that helped create the vaccines -- and how India became a crucial player in the supply chain delivering millions of doses to the world.

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Learn more about Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's work and thoughts on innovation.

About the speakers

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Biotech entrepreneur

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a biotech entrepreneur, health care visionary, global influencer and passionate philanthropist.

TED technology curator

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Simone Ross has spent her career observing companies, individuals and ideas at the intersection of tech, the economy and society.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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