Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So...
by bluthru on Sunday August 03, 2014 @10:21PM
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>Unfortunately, most of the drug development efforts by public entities have had a really poor track record.
Could you quantify this? Is it because they're tackling the very difficult diseases and not the low-hanging (profitable) fruit?
The polio vaccine was developed with federal money and was provided for free as a result. There is no way the polio vaccine could have been done more efficiently if the private sector did it.
Could you quantify this? Is it because they're tackling the very difficult diseases and not the low-hanging (profitable) fruit?
The polio vaccine was developed with federal money and was provided for free as a result. There is no way the polio vaccine could have been done more efficiently if the private sector did it.