>Unfortunately, most of the drug development efforts by public entities have had a really poor track record. Could you quantify this? Is it because they're tac

>Unfortunately, most of the drug development efforts by public entities have had a really poor track record. Could you quantify this? Is it because they're tackling the very difficult diseases and not the low-hanging (profitable) fruit? The polio vaccine was developed with federal money and was provided for free as a result. There is no way the polio vaccine could have been done more efficiently if the private sector did it.