Gates Pushes Open-Source Approach to HIV Research

dan the person writes that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation "has donated $287m to 16 different research groups around the world to work on developing an HIV vaccine. The catch? They have to share their work even if the groups were previously competing against each other. Sounds like a familiar development model to me, I wonder where I have seen it before?" Besides the BBC's coverage, the Seattle Times has a good story about the grant, with a few more details about how the money will be spent.

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Once the drug is created though, gates forces everyone who was cured to buy an MS product in addition to the price of the treatment

But seriously, as long as money is going to these companies, they won't create the cure, just the temporary antidote, someone needs to be out there actually monitiring these companies (not a government orginization, they are to easily tempted by cash) just something to make sure they are developing a cure and not simply a pain reliever or placebo