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Salk's polio vaccine was successfully distributed despite not being patented. If there was no incentive without exclusivity, how was that accomplished?
by Imnimo 6y ago
Salk's polio vaccine was successfully distributed despite not being patented. If there was no incentive without exclusivity, how was that accomplished?
- notahacker 6y agoSalk's polio vaccine wasn't distributed at cost price, was rolled out over years rather than months, and quality control issues meant thousands of vaccines with improperly inactivated virus actually caused polio in patients. Things have changed since then.
- elliekelly 6y agoDo you happen to know where I could read more about the logistics of the polio vaccine?
- notahacker 6y agoI haven't read any detailed treatment of the subject but the book described here sounds like it would give you a very good overview of the issues and regulatory consequences [1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/