India, as the ‘pharmacy to the developing world’ for its ability to produce and export life-saving affordable generic medicines, is a key country of focus for many of the Access Campaign’s activities. Safeguarding and strengthening policies that protect India’s production and export of generic medicines, whether campaigning against unwarranted patents or harmful provisions in trade agreements, is vital in ensuring that in developing countries across the world continue to have access to affordable generic medicines. India is the source of 80% of the HIV medicines used in MSF projects and without these life-saving, affordable medicines, it would have been impossible to scale up treatment to the levels seen today.

MSF Access Campaign works closely with patient groups and other health groups to secure the production of affordable and quality generic medicines and focus on ensuring access to treatment and stimulating research and advocate for better drugs and diagnostics on a range of diseases that impact India, including drug-resistant tuberculosis and kala azar.