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"It is straight from the script of Hollywood movie Dallas Buyers Club — an Australian hepatitis C sufferer has taken on a global pharmaceutical company, accusing them of failing to provide a life-saving medication at an affordable cost.
"The only difference between me and the guy in Dallas Buyers Club is I'm not running it as a business and I'm not making any money out of it, as much as I like to see him with his big wads of dollar bills," Greg Jefferys told 7.30.
Mr Jefferys was so sick from hepatitis C last year that he was unable to get out of bed some days.
He dropped out of his university PhD studies and quit many of his hobbies, including kayaking and fishing.
He desperately needed a drug call Sovaldi, manufactured by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, but could not afford it without selling his house.
"You need a minimum of 84 [tablets] so its $100,000 for a treatment," Mr Jefferys said.
"If you haven't got the money, for a lot of people it's a death sentence — you die.
"I was right on the edge of cirrhosis of the liver, once you get cirrhosis of the liver you then open up to tumours and cancer."
The desperation to find a cheaper source of medication before it was too late lead Mr Jefferys to the Indian city of Chennai."
Hepatitis C sufferer imports life-saving drugs from India, takes on global pharmaceutical company - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Have to say well done to the Indian Government for not allowing their big pharma companies to kill people.
"The only difference between me and the guy in Dallas Buyers Club is I'm not running it as a business and I'm not making any money out of it, as much as I like to see him with his big wads of dollar bills," Greg Jefferys told 7.30.
Mr Jefferys was so sick from hepatitis C last year that he was unable to get out of bed some days.
He dropped out of his university PhD studies and quit many of his hobbies, including kayaking and fishing.
He desperately needed a drug call Sovaldi, manufactured by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, but could not afford it without selling his house.
"You need a minimum of 84 [tablets] so its $100,000 for a treatment," Mr Jefferys said.
"If you haven't got the money, for a lot of people it's a death sentence — you die.
"I was right on the edge of cirrhosis of the liver, once you get cirrhosis of the liver you then open up to tumours and cancer."
The desperation to find a cheaper source of medication before it was too late lead Mr Jefferys to the Indian city of Chennai."
Hepatitis C sufferer imports life-saving drugs from India, takes on global pharmaceutical company - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Have to say well done to the Indian Government for not allowing their big pharma companies to kill people.