Patents and Patients - India

August 2002
The treatment of Indian AIDS sufferers is being hampered by US pharmaceutical companies, desperate to protect their valuable drugs patents. Dr Hamied works for CILPA, an Indian drug company that develops medicines for HIV sufferers. He aims to make treatment affordable for India's poor. Yet he has been accused by the big multi-nationals of 'theft'. "Patents are vital to protecting the development of new drugs." claims Dr. Raaijmakers. But Dr Hamied counters this "Companies spend twice as much marketing their products, rather than developing them." Without the money to market his new drugs, he cannot persuade local doctors that his drugs work. To make matters worse, no-one knows how to use the drugs most effectively -- creating the possibility of drug resistant strains of HIV.

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[thelestat97]

great man dumb people and indian doctors

[rajuninave]

India did very big mistake by accepting TRIPS (2005) regulations. Restricting this legend's hands. now who r going 2 provide cheap medicine to poor people?

[jaideepbs]

India needs more people like Dr. Hamied

[adchy7]

I feel so bad for these people ... may Allah be with you. Amen. Anybody can contract HIV, does n't matter if u r rich or poor.

[SYAliero]

Yuku chacha you are the best and Cipla is the solusion to the the epidemic deseases all over the world.........................­.Keep it up.

Hamied.