March 19, 2012
Novartis, the Swiss-based pharmaceutical giant, continues its assault on India's generic pharmaceutical industry -- legally challenging India's patent law that allows the nation to supply nearly 80% of the developing world's access to high-quality, affordable, life-saving medications.
India's patent law effectively stops evergreening, a tactic used by pharmaceutical companies to make minor tweaks on medications to extend their stranglehold on a patent that is about to expire.
Should Novartis succeed on March 28th, a dangerous precedent will be set ...
With a chain-reaction of serious consequences.
The costs?
Crippling the generic pharmaceutical industry
Making essential medications even more cost-prohibitive
Cutting off the supply of medications used by NGO's worldwide
Millions of lives that are dependent on these drugs to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS.
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