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Old 06-07-2020, 12:15   #4410
RichardCoulter
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Ideally, a university or public health body comes up with the vaccine first. We make sure that if there are any possible constraints on the chemicals needed that we have that in abundance first and then release the patent, or let people develop it elsewhere under licence, so that it can be mass-produced around the world as fast as possible.

The motivation to get to it first is so no one can deprive us of it. We don't need to deprive others of it though.
What happens if a university or public health body finds a vaccine first, do they tend to freely share the info or do they usually make any money from it?
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