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19 quotes by Yusuf Hamied

Yusuf Khwaja Hamied (born 1936) is a leading Indian scientist and chairman of Cipla, a socially conscious generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour by Government of India in 2005.
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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 various... →

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

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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 them. I respect... →

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I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'

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As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.

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

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Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.

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

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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.

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

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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.

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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.

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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... →

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