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Patent-Free Drug Manufacture In Bangalore

A report on the Indian pharmaceutical company CIPLA in Bangalore

A report on the Indian pharmaceutical company CIPLA in Bangalore. CIPLA is an Indian pharmaceutical company. Because Indian law from 1972 has allowed no patents on drugs, Cipla was able to manufacture medicines which enjoy patent monopoly in certain other countries. The programme looks at the moral and the business implications of CIPLA's way of doing things.

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