Patents and the Pandemic, Again

(This post originally appeared on my Patreon page.)

I know I have been pounding on this a lot, but it is important and there is a lot of money at stake. All we need (okay, maybe not all) is some clear thinking.

The Washington Post had a good piece this week talking about how a company set up by a hedge fund, with no background or expertise in pharmacology, arranged to get rights to drug that was developed by researchers at Emory University on a $16 million contract with the government. The drug,...