After the national release of the film "Dying for Survival", it aroused strong repercussions. The line in the film says: "People say that India is a pharmacy for the poor, so the whole world buys medicine here." . Xu zhēng brought us laughter in this film, but also brought us more reflection. As ordinary people, we only learned some internal information of the pharmaceutical industry in this film: Gleevec, an anticancer drug with a domestic price of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands, can be bought in India for only a few hundred dollars, and its efficacy is similar.
India's pharmaceutical level has always been very good. Due to the government's policy, it has always been the leader in the production of generic drugs in the world. Generic drugs are defined as drugs that can be copied by other enterprises after the protection period. Generic drugs are exactly the same as patented drugs in terms of dosage, safety, efficacy, function, quality and indications. But in terms of price, generic drugs are much cheaper, which can be as low as 10%-20% of patented drugs.
When an ordinary family really encounters the disease of affluence and has to choose drugs to extend their lives, it is necessary to consider whether the price factor of drugs is within the promised scope. This is the main reason why many people go to India to buy generic drugs: when our own relatives have to extend their lives because of family economic reasons, Indian generic drugs can at least make their lives longer and longer.