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

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 patents. I'll pay a royalty. But I shouldn't be denied the right to produce drugs for poor people at reasonable prices.

Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.

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