I am sure the Gates Foundation is quite aware of it. After all they havent been this successful by being blind as to where their money is going. They realize that both the malaria and bio-fuels project are going on side-by-side. The malaria project is a non-profit project, meaning that Amyris will not make a single penny out of it. So how would the company survive? By using the technology to make other products that they can make some money from.
As their web site suggests, both projects are going on side-by-side. The funding through the Gates Foundation was to develop the process for the malaria drug and sell it on a Non-profit basis (royalty-free) to all third world countries (http://www.artemisininproject.org/Media/PR.htm) . How long do you expect a company to last that way? Well, the company can last longer by using the technology to make other products that are profitable. The statement from Jack Newman probably came out in the wrong way, but the commentary actually says, "So they decided to aim for a more lucrative market AS WELL -- bio-fuels -- a clean alternative to petroleum products". They never suggested that they were stopping the malaria project.
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I am sure the Gates Foundation is quite aware of it. After all they havent been this successful by being blind as to where their money is going. They realize that both the malaria and bio-fuels project are going on side-by-side. The malaria project is a non-profit project, meaning that Amyris will not make a single penny out of it. So how would the company survive? By using the technology to make other products that they can make some money from.
As their web site suggests, both projects are going on side-by-side. The funding through the Gates Foundation was to develop the process for the malaria drug and sell it on a Non-profit basis (royalty-free) to all third world countries (http://www.artemisininproject.org/Media/PR.htm) . How long do you expect a company to last that way? Well, the company can last longer by using the technology to make other products that are profitable. The statement from Jack Newman probably came out in the wrong way, but the commentary actually says, "So they decided to aim for a more lucrative market AS WELL -- bio-fuels -- a clean alternative to petroleum products". They never suggested that they were stopping the malaria project.