Many people in poor countries die from diseases that are curable because they cannot afford the medication required. Do you believe that drug companies should make their products available at reduced prices in these countries? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

The high cost of modern

drug

treatment means

people

in poorer

countries

are frequently unable to benefit from it. I would argue that

drug

companies

have a moral obligation to make their products available at

lower

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cost to developing

countries

and, what’s more, that rich governments and

people

can help. Over the

last

few

decades

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there was a dramatic improvement in medicine that changed the treatment of many

life threatening

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diseases.

Drug

companies

make money by

treatment

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these diseases.

However

, the fact that

people

in poor

countries

are unable to pay for these treatments has created a very unequal situation. I think that

drug

companies

have a responsibility to be more ethical and that they have a responsibility for addressing

this

inequality. They can do

this

by offering cheaper medicines in

countries

that cannot afford to pay the full price.

This

means that everyone can get the drugs that they need.

However

, I

also

believe that there are others who have a role to play in giving poor

people

access to drugs.

For example

, rich

people

could be encouraged to donate to charities to help developing

countries

. An example of

this

was seen recently when Bill Gates spent a lot of money and set up immunising projects in Africa. In

conclusion

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I would argue that it is immoral for

people

to die because of inequality, Access to medicine should be universal and it

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should be the responsibility of the richer

companies

, individuals and governments to ensure that

this

is happening.