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Re:Antibiotic Breakthrough Ends 25-Year Discovery Drought by _craft on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @05:37PM (#8853809)
How much of that goes to the actual researchers vs the school?
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Re:Antibiotic Breakthrough Ends 25-Year Discovery Drought by scott_karana on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @05:50PM (#8853881)
Cynically, even if the school gets 100% of the profits, the feedback loop of "encourage drug development, get paid" functions properly. They would only have to pay their researchers just enough to continue working...
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Re:Antibiotic Breakthrough Ends 25-Year Discovery Drought by skosuri on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @05:48PM (#8853873)
Depends on the school. The general rule of thumb is about 1/3rd to the inventors themselves, 1/3rd to the department, 1/3 to the school.
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Re:Antibiotic Breakthrough Ends 25-Year Discovery Drought by refurb on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @09:32PM (#8854721)
The guy at Northwestern who discovered Lyrica is a multimillionaire. The incoming royalties are usually split between the researcher and school.
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