He suggested using a combination of the antiviral drugs ribavirin and interferon-alpha 2b to treat MERS, even though the treatment had never been tested for safety or effectiveness against MERS in humans. In that circumstance, Dr. Fauci’s NIAID had found that the treatment could stop MERS virus from reproducing in lab-grown cells. And, oh yes, NIAID had patented it.145
2013 MERS outbreak response ... reach for the patented (hence profitable) solution ...
For bonus points, the patents involved belong to NIAID... Fauci's home organisation.
