Special powers? They mean by force or arms. There is nothing special about theft except when a government does it they are pretty much immune to counter actions.

This is little different that Greece having passed laws allowing them to retroactively change bond agreements and then implement said changes they claimed were now legal under their laws.

Now if India decided to pay a reasonable fee to Bayer for the ability to have a national drug company manufacture them then I would see little issue here.

Instead they are simply passing the costs to other countries. As in, let those "rich" countries pay for the development of medicines and countries like India will simply steal what they want with impunity. How different is that from what the Chinese do to manufacturers of cars, electronics, and other technology not developed at home.

The cost is simply borne by people they don't have to see or care about. Yes I know the drugs are expensive but development of new medicines is not a cheap endeavor. To have government arbitrarily decide who can charge what and when will simply trade a few lives today for a potentially larger number in the future, that larger number arises because potential treatments may be deemed to risky to research under the threat of confiscation.