US FDA hammering Indian pharma companies
Right to live is the basic right in our constitution but what will happen when this right would be forcibly snatched from us. Life saving medicines are very important but due to the greed of few rich corporates they have been treated as a luxury. What will happen to the guy who is suffering from cancer and his only lifeline is a drug which comes @ 2.5 lc/ month supply. And it is all due to a corporate which wants to make a fortune out of it while other company says it can sell the same in roughly 9k/ month.
Indian companies have been fighting tooth and nails against multinational corporates for last 2 decades over the patent rights and there infringements. but lets not get into the technicalities, the important thing is that our government should understand the needs of common people. In India less than 2% people have the medical cover against 90+ % in develop countries. In develop countries providing quality life is considered as a duty because they can afford it. But most of the developing countries could not afford the basic amenities. This does not mean that the people receding there have lesser right to live and every one should do there bid to make it possible.
As it turn out they don't US government is using FDA as tool to close manufacturing units in India which not only caters domestic needs but also the needs of countries such as Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Kenya and other developing and undeveloped countries. But multinational corporates now want to arm twist these countries to buy there ridiculously expensive drugs rather than the far much cheaper substitute provided by our companies.
It is brutal, it is like if you can't pay you deserve to die and we will enjoy watching you die. No one is denying the fact that they have made a discovery and they should be the beneficiaries but to a limit. One should not fall to the level where money becomes more important than saving lacs of lives.
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