As Churchill once stated:
Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth BUT Socialism is the equal
distribution of poverty. Right? Wrong?
Whatever, but cannot be Ignored!
I am a supporter of
Patents & IP. Indeed, those who innovate or create, they put their
endeavours, thence deserve their share. Thus, hereinafter content shalt be read
taking this perspective of mine in mind.
The fact is: poor,
developing or developed, any land is built by its citizens. The Wealth of Values.
The Wealth of Intellect. The wealth of Goodness, Freedom, Art, Innovation. And the Wealth
with reference to Ackers itself, are all created by its people.
The kind of Practices,
Policies, Political Correctness (When
Politically used, Exceedingly Condemnable), Clans, Leaders, Entrepreneurs,
System etc. exists or being followed, can
either transmute a land for good or perish it.
The above was just an
introduction which encompasses everything under the ambit of it. Including
Pharma & Health Sector. Now when this sector is metamorphosed into a
tourism industry, ethically condemnable.
Though one deserve
the right to be compensated for their Discovery
++ (I refer to Innovation as Discovery
++) or Discovery, jointly or severally, but then what should be the cost? And
what about 'moral' responsibilities? While it cannot be forced upon anyone and
shalt never be forced coz that diminishes the facet of fair competition. But
somewhere there shalt be a regulated conscience. Now how and where we question
the existence of regulated conscience, compulsory license & revocation plays
its role. It's a highly debatable subject and immensely important. Like, in
Bayer vs Natco Pharma, which revolved
around compulsory license application filed by Natco Pharma against Bayer's in
house drug called Nexavar, which in India valued around R. 2.84 L ($ 4,202) per
Patient per Month, and the subsequent grant of compulsory license to
Natco who proposed to provide the same generic drug to Patients at R. 8,800 ($
130) per month per patient. Later the decision was ratified by the HC &
then upheld by SC. Conclusion, the said conscience of introducing a Drug so
expensive was not justified at all.
Thence, grant of
compulsory licence is decided upon case to case basis. One who seeks, has to go
through lot of documentation to prove that the earlier introductory conscience
was wrong. And was absolutely unjustified.
Furthermore, weak
currency shalt be no excuse to commence medical tourism or this concept should not be applied blanketly.
Though the Pharma
companies & Health Organizations have good hold on the market, it's them
who should decide what the term consciousness mean to them.
BTW, about all this
chemical compounds & increased life cycle of medication, I have seen my Parents
for Years, neither expensive cancer treatments worked nor renal transplants :(
Whatever, I believe,
Innovation (Discovery ++) is the
Future. Innovators & Creators deserve their share. Innovation stimulates
the growth on Terra. And it's the Innovation which keeps the Clock Ticking :)
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Chaturvedi 2016