It's not a business, it's a public service. Basic research takes decades to bear fruit. mRNA therapies we have today wouldn't be possible without decades of sub

It's not a business, it's a public service. Basic research takes decades to bear fruit. mRNA therapies we have today wouldn't be possible without decades of subsidy. No pharma company is willing to do that long expensive research. We've seen how this model plays out. One by one, big pharma shut down its antibiotics division, precisely when we most need to antibiotics to be developed. Instead they target low cost, high reward directions, such as figuring out how to put Ozempic into a pill (instead of a shot).