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265 per pill? if you need two pills per day then it is out of reach for i would 80% of Indians it is required for more than a week. Average per day for coolie(low level worker) is around 300 bugs , our maid worker charges Rs 1200 per month for 1 hour work every day with 4 day leaves in a month but she works in another 4/5 house as maid as well for similar pay.

the purchasing power of $1000 vs ₹265 is not important; Gilead benefits, because they now have >$0 from each pill whereas otherwise they would have $0.

Identical to software piracy in poor countries: if people are buying DVDs with your software for $2, that's what the market will support. Nobody offers you a choice between $500 and $2, it's between $2 and $0 :) So you'd be smart to go and start selling it yourself for $2.

Apologies, I didn't read the article.