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Why not just buy out Moderna’s IP? Give them what they would make on this, $10 billion or $20 billion or whatever, and take the IP by eminent domain. Would stil
by spoonjim 5y ago
Why not just buy out Moderna’s IP? Give them what they would make on this, $10 billion or $20 billion or whatever, and take the IP by eminent domain. Would still be a bargain.
- vadfa 5y agoGive them $10 billion and spread the cost over those who get vaccinated.
- rp1 5y agoModerna is currently worth over 100B, purely based on their IP. It would be a lot of money to buy them out.
- spoonjim 5y agoYes but you'd only buy out the Covid-19 IP, not the whole company. And $100B is a small part of what we've spent fighting this pandemic.
- rp1 5y agoI don’t think you can separate the COVID IP from their other IP as all of their IP is based on manufacturing lipid nanoparticle delivery vessels. If you took this IP, this rest wouldn’t be worth very much.