Kalam, the father of Indian missiles, has bluntly declared in public many times: Weakness does not command respect, so India must be militarily strong. India has always used military power as the backing of diplomacy. Since India reformed its military, it has always regarded it as the "primary expenditure item" of the national treasury.
India’s annual military expenditure accounts for more than 25% of the fiscal year. In 2015, weapons procurement costs reached 334 billion rupees. But how should I put it? India has independently developed a Brown missile. But when it was launched, it was impossible to predict the landing point, and it almost hit its own warship. Although the Indian military industry is not good, the pharmaceutical industry is world-famous.
In the 18th century, the British occupied India. After the Indian National Revolt, the British passed the "Improving Indian Administration Act" to cancel the rights of the East India Company and establish an Indian government headed by the Governor-General of India. The British also completely Ended the Mughal dynasty.
But after the end of World War II, Britain's strength declined rapidly, and it was impossible to maintain India's rule. In 1947, the "Mountbatten Plan" was proposed, and Pakistan and India became autonomous respectively. India moved towards After independence, India's economy developed rapidly.
In 2011, the GDP reached 4.457 trillion U.S. dollars, ranking third in the world with Japan, second only to the United States and China. However, India’s caste system is deeply rooted and the gap between rich and poor is extremely large. 10% of the country’s population It controls 33% of the country's income, and India is the second most populous country. The per capita GDP is very low, and a quarter of the country's population cannot have enough food and clothing.
A little illness is enough to make Indians desperate, so many uprisings broke out, but the impact was not significant, but India would not sit idly by. In 1970, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi completed The first patent law on pharmaceuticals after independence was passed in India.
In other words, Indian drugs are not protected by patent law in India, so India can imitate a large number of cheap drugs. Generic drugs have appeared very early. They originated in the United States. At that time, there were 150 drugs in the United States. The patent for a drug has expired, and big pharmaceutical companies find it unprofitable and are unwilling to continue developing it.
But in order to ensure that this drug is passed down, the United States has introduced relevant bills, as long as manufacturers prove that their products have equivalent biological activity to the original drug. After the concept of generic drugs emerged, these concepts were also adopted by Europe Countries, Japan, and India adopt it. Indian generic drugs are very cheap, and 60% of generic drugs are exported.
According to data analysis from the U.S. Drug Administration, 40% of generic drugs produced by Indian companies were approved for generic drugs in 2017. Generally speaking, it takes 9 months for a new drug to be launched in the U.S. in India. The emergence of generic drugs with the same efficacy has made Indians more affordable to take medicines and get medical treatment.
"I'm Not the God of Medicine" also talks about the cheapness of Indian generic drugs, but this kind of cheap drugs is not always smooth sailing. India's cheap drugs have caused a "heavy hit" economically to many large pharmaceutical companies. The generic drug Meglitin produced in India was ordered to stop production.
And their active imitation will reduce the enthusiasm of scientists to create invented drugs. In the long run, no one will be willing to invent new drugs. However, it is difficult for India to change its economic structure. They only need to rely on generic drugs to maintain stability.
Some European and American countries import Indian medicines, which are very common and cheap medicines. They generally rarely produce them. Importing Indian medicines can be regarded as solving the problem of medicine reserve, and it can also stimulate the demand for Indian medicines. economical, but more expensive ones will limit entry.
"I'm Not the God of Medicine" In fact, medicines that cost tens of thousands per injection are basically not allowed to be circulated in various countries because it will cause economic instability.