Results: Drug company fights India patent laws
Published on 03/28/2012
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1.
1.
Are you familiar with the drug patent case between the government of India and the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis over the drug Gilivec?
Yes
24%
143 votes
No
76%
452 votes
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2.
Do you agree with patent law which gives drug companies awarded a patent 20 years exclusive rights over a drug? Yes, drug companies should be awarded the fruits of their R&D
31%
187 votes
No, in today’s age, 20 years is a generation to which affordable health care may be denied.
64%
382 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
26 votes
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3.
What do you think about generic drugs? I don’t trust them
29%
175 votes
They provide valuable low cost health care to many
48%
288 votes
They lower the cost of the personal and country health cost burden
27%
160 votes
They provide major access to affordable public health care around the developing world
26%
153 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
17 votes
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