Posted on 02/19/2024 6:12:21 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
When one takes federal dollars, one has to play by federal rules.
The only question is what would be the fair royalty rate?
Perhaps $1 million for any FDA approved drug.
Perhaps $10 million for an FDA approved drug that doctors generally know of.
Perhaps $100 million for a drug of major importance.
Perhaps all doubled for being a breakthrough.
Perhaps also 100% of (allowed[normally 100%]) of domestic approval costs to the initial FDA approval recipient.
The vacuum tube patent was bought for $100,000 by AT&T as I recollect.
That’s about $12 million in 2024 money.
More so the immunity option on the vax from lawsuits and to the companies. Without such exemptions, there would be no mass production.
“prepare for shortages even more severe”
The shortage would have to be global as there are things called jet airplanes that can fly to the EU in about six hours.
Typically, only about 6% to 12% of the people needing any particular drug live in the USA.
If you want to throw your personal life savings at a drug company, be my guest.
“immunity”
People can get compensation from the government if they can scientifically prove their case.
Each and every dollar is every bit as good if it came from the US Treasury instead of from a Pfizer bank account.
Essentially, the US government is acting as Pfizer’s insurer and lawsuit response team.
FYI it costs something like $700 million to $1 billion to get a drug all the way through Phase 3 clinical trials. The drug companies have to put that up to get each new drug approved ... and they have to make that back somehow to turn a profit.
If you can show me one thing the government has gone head to head with private industry and done a better job at, I am all ears.
So, you actually know something about “jet airplanes”. Surprising.
The SCOTUS ruling on agencies should affect the FDA or CIAs ability to monetize companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, or patients. Congress is both lawmaker and power of the purse.
Directive 10-289 (May 1, 2019), in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, was an Executive Order drafted by Wesley Mouch, with the willing participation of James Taggart, Orren Boyle, Clem Weatherby, Floyd Ferris, and Fred Kinnon, and signed by Mr. Thompson, Head of State.
Its eight points were an attempt to freeze the collapsing economy of the United States at then-current levels. Instead of doing that, it accelerated the decline, strengthened the case of John Galt and his friends, and hastened the ultimate collapse of economy and government.
“If you can show me one thing the government has gone head to head with private industry and done a better job at, I am all ears.”
Use your eyes and look at the patents at issue.
The official menaced a sneer…
“But who will I report to?’ asked the scientist, as the doctors looked on.
‘Why, the ‘Unification Board’,” the official laughed, smiling at the bureaucracy’s ability to seize the precise opposite of reality in any situation.
I’m not sure why this would be controversial. If the U.S. government funds a research project that results in the development of a patent-protected concept, then the research partner(s) have no basis to insist on retaining ownership of the patent.
Seen from “the other direction’ we find The Case for Climate Change research.
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See also #1: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4218600/posts?page=1#1
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