Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.
Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973.
I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.