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      2 years ago

      BioNTech wins $445 mln German grant for COVID-19 vaccine

      Exactly what I thought when I heard about the planned price hike. The results of those public funds should be available to, you know, the public…

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          No, I just think they shouldn’t do the kind of patent hogging that we observe now and make instructions to produce the vaccine freely available. Like that we can have healthy competition on who is able to produce the vaccine most efficiently. I am pretty sure this would drive pricing down a lot.

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            It would, but it would also slow their investment into new treatments, if everybody can just copy it.