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It seems to me that plenty of publicly funded research ends up simply pushing ideas which are subsequently developed and patented by companies. Perhaps I misread the situation, but that doesn't seem like it's in our best interests



That's why public funding should be directed at under-funded areas, like "processes and drugs that are not patentable".




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