As a pathogen threatened to overrun the United States and shut down its economy, he detected an odor he distinctly did not like coming off the private sector. One company was the biggest supplier of an enzyme they needed to run tests. “We called and told them what we were doing and that we wanted to buy a million dollars’ worth of the stuff,” said Joe. “When you buy that quantity you always get a discount. But they said nope, you’re paying full price.” He was so pissed off that he looked around and found a smaller company, New England Biolabs, that sold the same enzyme. “Completely different
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