India is popular around the world as the “pharmacy for poor developing countries.” Some of these facts and figures speak volumes about why there was a global outcry over Novartis case:

*85% of Doctors Without Borders and patients depend on Indian generic AIDS medicines
*50% of PLWA (People Living With Aids) in the developing world depend on Indian generics
*67% of medicines exports from India go to developing countries
*50% of essential medicines that UNICEF distributes in developing countries come from India