KLG: Owning the Sun: A People s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay nakedcapitalism.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nakedcapitalism.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New drugs are developed with vast amounts of taxpayer money. But instead of universal access to these publicly funded scientific achievements, we get prohibitively expensive medicine and sky-high profits for pharmaceutical companies.
Alexander Zaitchik s new book, Owning the Sun, is a fascinating look at the long, infuriating history of public research being exploited for private profit..