Patients' stories result in action at top level

The movie Dying to Survive is based on the story of Lu Yong, a leukemia patient in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.

Lu, who was a wealthy businessman, used a patented medication for two years before the high cost forced him to turn to the generic version of a drug sold in India in 2004, which cost only 4,000 yuan ($590) a box.

Lu then spread the news to many other patients he knew online and bought the drugs for them. He was detained by police and charged with selling fake drugs in 2014, as the drug was not registered with the Chinese drug authority.