56er Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied, chairman of Cipla of Bombay, is at the centre of a huge storm on drugs to save people's lives, yet again. Yusuf was at the centre of the storm in providing a cheaper vaccine for AIDS.
Indian Company to Make Generic Version of Flu Drug Tamiflu, by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Published: October 14, 2005
"Right or wrong, we're going to commercialize and make oseltamivir," said Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied, chairman of Cipla of Bombay, using the drug's generic name and acknowledging that he might face a fight in the Indian courts with Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant that holds the patent.
Dr. Hamied dismissed that claim, saying that he initially thought it would be too hard but that his scientists had finished reverse-engineering the drug in his laboratories two weeks ago. He said he could have small commercial quantities available as early as January.
Let us stand by Yusuf and encourage him to get that flu vaccine out on the market for the poor people in developing countries.
As I drove along our E4 highway today, I saw one pigeon and one crow which had fallen DEAD by the roadside. (Sorry, no pictures, as the traffic was too fast moving for me to stop and get some shots of these dead birds.)
Avian Flu is certainly on the march!
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