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title: "2 Afford Quotes By Yusuf Hamied"
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> [India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies lead to higher prices and we can't allow them in a country like India with so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/india-made-a-big-mistake-by-signing-up-to-trips-with-a-population-of/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

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> [Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/every-country-has-the-right-to-determine-its-own-laws-and-india-can-t/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

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## Other authors on Afford

## More by Yusuf Hamied

> [Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/reducing-the-price-of-cancer-drugs-is-a-humanitarian-move/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/i-want-it-to-be-said-when-i-leave-this-world-that-he-was-not-just-a/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/if-tomorrow-the-chinese-decide-not-to-supply-the-world-with-raw/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [If you look at the world's top 50 drugs being sold today, they are being marketed and sold by companies that did not invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/if-you-look-at-the-world-s-top-50-drugs-being-sold-today-they-are/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/clinton-has-played-a-major-role-in-giving-companies-like-cipla/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/i-believe-that-life-saving-essential-drugs-should-be-freely-available/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/unfortunately-the-mechanism-for-doing-philanthropy-in-a-structured/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/cipla-has-a-strong-professional-management-team-and-we-take-team/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/india-made-a-big-mistake-by-signing-up-to-trips-with-a-population-of/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/i-had-seen-aids-patients-in-india-and-africa-and-knowing-that-people/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/every-country-has-the-right-to-determine-its-own-laws-and-india-can-t/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/as-long-as-i-can-contribute-i-ll-continue-working/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/my-father-never-forced-me-but-chemistry-was-my-best-subject/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [Cipla has already developed a generic version, oseltamivir, which would be much cheaper than Tamiflu, the only available drug effective in treating avian flu.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/cipla-has-already-developed-a-generic-version-oseltamivir-which-would/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

> [I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-hamied/i-do-believe-anybody-manufacturing-products-for-healthcare-cannot/)

[Yusuf Hamied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-hamied/)

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