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Not all commercial entities are rich. If you were a scientist who found a novel application of CRISPR and wanted to develop a product and bring it to market, yo
by QML 10y ago
Not all commercial entities are rich. If you were a scientist who found a novel application of CRISPR and wanted to develop a product and bring it to market, you'd be effectively screwed.
- hprotagonist 10y agoWell, you'd develop a proof of concept and angle to be acquihired by Editas. I don't know that that counts as "screwed".
- QML 10y agoAcquihired implies you being acquired for your talent, but then what happens to your idea? Editas could just scrap it.
- adventured 10y agoEditas and Broad only control the US market. It's extremely unlikely Broad will acquire such a strong position in Europe or Asia (in fact it's practically guaranteed they will not). If you had such a stellar therapy, and you couldn't get it past Editas, you'd go to Europe and partner with any number of a dozen other entities there that would be guaranteed to be interested (such as Novartis, which owns part of NTLA).
- vinceguidry 10y agoJust wait for the patent to expire. Or, don't wait, build out your product, and release it the second the patent expires. If it's a good enough idea, you'll be able to find investors willing to bridge the time gap.