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Antipodes's avatar

No wonder they went so hard against Ivermectin and HCQ, no payoff.

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Justin's avatar

Yup. Bayh-Dole Act. Legalized payoffs. I remember first learning about this from an article that covered a time (about a decade ago?) when there was an effort to reform it, and both government employees and lobbyists MASSIVELY opposed it. The government said that without it, they couldn't hold on to scientists. And the lobbyists... well... it was a nice way to induce/bribe government employees legally, as the government employees would be named as co-developers of the patented materials/drugs, and receive a nice (or bigger) payout, if only the government employee helped them to get approval expeditiously. (ie, a thumb on the approval scale)

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