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Why would anyone apply for the prize in that case? The IP rights on anything reasonably successful will be worth way more than the prize money.
by thedufer 11y ago
Why would anyone apply for the prize in that case? The IP rights on anything reasonably successful will be worth way more than the prize money.
- astazangasta 11y agoMe and my six scientist friends don't give a shit about the IP rights. We're not going to see those billions anyway, the owners of Roche are. I'd much rather take the same payout from the US government. Plus, after a decade of this shit, without their monopoly rents there won't be any drug companies to buy the IP from you anyway.
- thedufer 11y agoSo what you're saying is that, if those IP rights are worth billions of dollars, the company that stands to make that won't outbid an $80M prize? I'm a little skeptical. That would be a bizarre decision for a for-profit company to make.