Just b/c Big Pharma externally sources >50% of their new programs doesn't mean they aren't investing in innovation.. R&D is team sport. W/o them as downstream partners for young biotechs, we'd b unable 2 advance drugs to mkt. They r essential players in the innovation ecosystem
One of the most jaw dropping bits of serendipity in molecular biology (enabled by the free and open sharing of data) was the discovery in the early 90s that the malaria parasite - Plasmodium - is actually an ancient algae. Yup - you read that right.
Taxing iPhones, Disney movies or cancer drugs for the federal research that enabled them won’t do anyone any good, writes @SafiBahcall https://t.co/sSMZ4TcJ91 via @WSJOpinion