I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.

Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.

If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.

Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.

Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973.

AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.

I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.