NGO: Make Orang Asli stakeholders in pharmaceutical industry

comments     Fauwaz Abdul Aziz     Published     Updated

Of the RM163.4 billion (US$43 billion) world market value of pharmaceuticals derived from traditional medicines, less than 0.001 percent of the profits are said to go to the indigenous peoples who led the researchers to them.

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