With respect, those are all half a century ago. Corporate pharmaceutical companies are treating out hundreds of new solutions a year. Again, I feel that system is fairly corrupt and mismanaged. I’m not trying to defend it. But practically speaking it seems to be doing an immensely better job these days than government sectors.
Yes, but that is by design - the state has retreated or stagnated in this space, preferring to let companies drive research and reap profits. We can't then be surprised that the companies are out-competing the state.
Not to mention that one example I forgot about is exactly the Oxford/AZ vaccine - the vaccine itself was developed by a (private, true) university, not a pharmaceutical company.
I’m not sure why your answer was downvoted. I certainly gave it an upvote. However, it’s still feels to me like the private sector is outperforming the public sector by massive massive amounts. And it kind of makes sense, because here in the USA it can easily cost $1 billion to get through testing alone.
