Pillbox Episode 1: The patients

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 7:47 p.m.

b'Welcome to India, the world\\u2019s largest democracy. There are 1.4 billion people with 1.4 billion reasons to wait in line for accessible medicine \\u2013 and prostate cancer is just one of them. UCLA researchers discovered a lifesaving cure to the terminal disease, but the university is suing the Indian government for the right to cut off access to that medication. Who stands to gain from this? And, more importantly, who stands to lose \\u2013 or worse, die \\u2013 from this?'