The piece at the very end is enlightening: "SWISS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY NOVARTIS first took the Indian government to court in 2006 over its patent law because

The piece at the very end is enlightening: "SWISS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY NOVARTIS first took the Indian government to court in 2006 over its patent law because Novartis wanted a more extensive granting of patent protection for its products than offered by Indian law. The company had been refused a patent in India on a cancer drug it produces. In a first case before the High Court in Chennai, Novartis claimed that the Act did not meet rules set down by the World Trade Organization and was in violation of the Indian constitution. Novartis lost this case in 2007, but launched a subsequent appeal before the Indian Supreme Court in a bid to weaken the interpretation of the law and empty it of substance. All of Novartis’s claims were rejected by the Supreme Court in a landmark decision announced on 1 April, 2013." So much for world trade organization benefiting the world through more competition and a lowering of prices. Fuckers.