Big Pharma's profiteering protests

The US Chamber of Commerce has recently asked the Barack Obama Administration to designate India a Priority Foreign Country. This is the worst classification given to foreign countries that "deny adequate and effective" protection of intellectual property rights. The US industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has expressed a similar view. Last year, the chamber wrote to Obama urging him to hold detailed discussions with the Indian prime minister on the issue.

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