I am really curious about how the biotech industry might be restructured to actually pay scientists. I know people in both academic and corporate lab jobs maki

I am really curious about how the biotech industry might be restructured to actually pay scientists. I know people in both academic and corporate lab jobs making minimum wage or nearly minimum wage. These are really smart, hard working people. And the best we can do is employ them as cheapo alternatives to purchasing lab robotics? On the other hand: this is really cheap, low cost, excellent labor. Are you paying >$xx,000/mo on drugs? Just hire some scientist to make the drugs for you, you'll give someone a job and probably save a bunch of money in the process. (This is particularly relevant for individuals with rare blood diseases; their medicines cost many 10's of thousands of dollars a month in some cases.) If I can get a postdoc for $39,000/year, what can I get for $100,000/year? How much is a novelty Soviet scientist? And what about a mad scientist (preferably one with a couple postdocs completed)? edit: also, why is there no postdoc labor union?