Why do we suddenly believe that we should allow piracy to take place, when we are offering these drugs to people at cost, which is better than the generic companies can do - or we even give them away. This is nothing more than political rhetoric, to point the finger somewhere else from where it should be. If you want evidence, go to India. In India, there is no intellectual property protection on any molecules because they do not have intellectual property protection. So Indian pharmaceutical companies make all the Aids drugs that we make, or any other company makes.
Aids is an enormous problem in India.
India has plenty of generic copiers that can make these drugs at will. We don't stop them - we have no interest because there is no law in India. There is absolutely no evidence that any of this is happening, because that is not the problem. Industry will deteriorate The problem is that these generic houses are exporting their products to countries where intellectual property is not protected - like Latin America for example. This is a very important industry, not just for healthcare.