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TIL about Dr.Yusuf Hamied, a billionaire and chairman of Cipla Pharma, who is known as "Robin Hood", while Big Pharma calls him a "Pirate". He stood up to the big pharma and manufactured generic AIDS drugs bringing down the cost from $12,000 per year to $350 per year, thus saving millions of lives

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