Well I've tried to set up a basic lab in an academic environment twice now. It took months every time and took ages to get tiny amounts of money, at big (Europe

Well I've tried to set up a basic lab in an academic environment twice now. It took months every time and took ages to get tiny amounts of money, at big (European) universities. One out of the two times I did get money ... from a pharma company (and attention from several of their senior employees, which was even more useful than the money). So please, can the public ... well ... pay for drugs once?