Yusuf Hamied
Yusuf Hamied
Yusuf Khwaja Hamiedis a billionaire Indian scientist and businessman, the chairman of Cipla, a generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionScientist
CountryIndia
suffering fundamentals principles
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
disease today illness
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
chinese raw-materials world
If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
cancer moving drug
Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.
available cheaper developed generic treating
Cipla has already developed a generic version, oseltamivir, which would be much cheaper than Tamiflu, the only available drug effective in treating avian flu.
aware becoming cared cases charge fair high india million patients prices share taken year
Patients are becoming aware that they're being taken for a ride by big pharma companies. They charge high prices and have never cared for India's healthcare. There are 23 million cases of cancer every year and India has a fair share of that.