If Taxpayers Invent A Drug, Should The Government Just Give It Away?
peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-01-05
Summary:
"What if the taxpayer money invented a better treatment for hepatitis, and then just gave it away?
Officials at the National Institutes of Health said that’s exactly how it’s supposed to work, when queried over public records that show the federal research agency licensed out a potential new hepatitis drug while spurning calls to require the company to set “reasonable prices” for consumers...."