Texy Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 well done Modi govt Mariyam, beetle, randomGuy and 1 other 4
gattaca Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 52 minutes ago, Aiden said: Just before elections lol India always does that. US pharma companies don’t like that. But we do it. You can google it.
randomGuy Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 4 hours ago, gattaca said: India always does that. US pharma companies don’t like that. But we do it. You can google it. I thought most of the drugs are going off-patent now...Indian generic versions are sold 80-90% cheaper when drugs go off patent. beetle 1
gattaca Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, randomGuy said: I thought most of the drugs are going off-patent now...Indian generic versions are sold 80-90% cheaper when drugs go off patent. India does discount the patent drugs because of poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/patent-wars-india-takes-on-big-pharma Edited March 10, 2019 by gattaca
beetle Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 7 hours ago, Aiden said: Just before elections lol This is not the first time they have done this for medicine.
Mariyam Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 15 hours ago, randomGuy said: I thought most of the drugs are going off-patent now...Indian generic versions are sold 80-90% cheaper when drugs go off patent. As signatories of the WTO, we can't go off patent on many of the US FDA patented drugs still.
randomGuy Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 22 hours ago, gattaca said: India does discount the patent drugs because of poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/patent-wars-india-takes-on-big-pharma Was aware of this... actually branded versions are expensive... generic versions are cheap as competition doesn't let it remain expensive....it is upto the doctor as to which version he,she is prescribing.
Stradlater Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/10/2019 at 2:39 AM, Aiden said: Just before elections lol Abe ghonchu this ain't the first time they have done it.
FischerTal Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Most likely this is a response to trumps tariffs
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