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But If the Patent Generates $1 Million, Maybe It's a Wash

Oct 24, 2008

Over at Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience, Steven Salzberg blogs about Robert Gallo and the Case of the Lost Nobel (as GTO likes to think of it). According to Salzberg, Gallo's snub for the prize this year may be traced back to the disputes on HIV-related patents. The events led to something of an international brouhaha. " If Gallo - whose work was all publicly funded by his employer, the NIH - simply hadn't filed for a patent, who knows how things would have turned out?" writes Salzberg.

 

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