[pm90]

I get the feeling that there is simply no way to get exorbitantly priced drugs to the masses without bankrupting any kind of fund that provides for this (govt/national agency etc). The mistake in your argument is that you assume pharmas are losing out from the market in poorer countries like India. While this may be true to a certain extent, the sales of such drugs would be significantly low if they were bought at the original price. Also, the Indian govt./private sector doesn't provide any kind of healthcare benefits, AFAIK most healthcare is self-sponsored, which is different from US where big insurance companies handle much of the costs. There is a grey area here. It isn't simply that you try to protect your IP at all costs or try to be over-zealously righteous. As another commenter mentioned, this kind of idea stealing happens all the time, and although it may not be strictly legal, it has done much more good to us than sticking to laws would have.