Duterte eyes cheap medicine from India

[Paranoid Android]

President Rodrigo Duterte and his partner Honeylet Avanceña welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the gala dinner for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and dialogue partners at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, November 12, 2017. Ace Morandante, Malacañang Photo
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he wants the Philippines to benefit from cheap pharmaceutical products from India.

During his bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, Duterte said the Philippines should be getting its supplies of medicine from India, which are known to be cheap.


“I’m happy that you’re here because of... We can’t find the medicines, and you have it and it is --- India --- people who can really afford to buy it,” he said.

Duterte said procuring medicine from the United States is expensive.

“I’m more interested, really, in the medicines because we are a poor country, but you know how it is with America. They don’t believe in generics because they do not make money, so it’s very expensive really actually,” he said.

Modi, for his part, congratulated Duterte for the Philippines’ hosting of the ASEAN Summit.

During the bilateral meeting, the Philippines and India also signed memoranda of understanding on defense, agriculture and related fields, foreign services, and on cooperation in the field of micro, small and medium enterprises.

Duterte, meanwhile, asked Modi to encourage Indian investors to bet on the Philippines.

“And if there is an investor that could be interested, an Indian citizen of yours who would want to venture in our place, we would be happy,” he said.

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[Sanchez]

Indians make good generic and illegal copies of certain druds such as anti-HIVs or TKIs

 

[egodoc222]

Indians make good generic and illegal copies of certain druds such as anti-HIVs or TKIs

They are no illegal...patent only lasts 10-15 years India...post any one can manufacture the original molecule...and patents don't apply to life saving drugs in India!

 

[B2B]

Indians make good generic and illegal copies of certain druds such as anti-HIVs or TKIs

Chinese taking about illegal copies is a joke unheard of before , so congrats on the new line.

Secondly please educate yourself a bit about medicine industry( western contemporary medicine and not traditional Chinese ones ) before commenting else you are proving to be a laughing stock.

Third please elaborate on what is an illegal copy of a drug in medical terms as per you.

Fourth mention alternatives which you bring to the table and discussions.

 

[Dotachin]

generic and illegal copies

You in a way defined the whole manufacturing sector of China.

 

[Zen0]

It's only natural, India has the world's second most popular medical tourist destination