India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies lead to higher prices and we can't allow them in a country like India with so much poverty and misery. It was like signing our own death warrant. Yusuf Hamied affordbigbillion share on social
Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move. Yusuf Hamied cancerdrughumanitarian Change image and share on social
I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me. Yusuf Hamied africaaiddie Change image and share on social
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease. Yusuf Hamied aidchronicdeath Change image and share on social
Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973. Yusuf Hamied brothercipladecision Change image and share on social
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle. Yusuf Hamied alleviationfundamentalprinciple Change image and share on social
I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention. Yusuf Hamied drugessentialfreely Change image and share on social
If you look at the world's top 50 drugs being sold today, they are being marketed and sold by companies that did not invent them. I respect patents. I'll pay a royalty. But I shouldn't be denied the right to produce drugs for poor people at reasonable prices. Yusuf Hamied companydenydrug share on social
Reducing the price of AIDS drugs gave me so much satisfaction that I've been thinking what else I could do. One day, I thought, 'Let's look at cancer and see how we can spare cancer patients' unnecessary suffering.' Yusuf Hamied aidcancerday share on social
