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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Patents and Drug Discovery - The Role of Public Funding

Moderna took NIH money and help for its covid vaccine. Now it wants to leave government scientists off a lucrative patent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/09/moderna-nih-patent-vaccine/
The company, which has received public subsidies for its vaccine, acknowledges NIH contributions but says it alone invented the shot. 

America's Broken Patent System