A Case Study in Scientific Coordination
On the mechanics of bringing penicillin to market| goodscience.substack.com
On the mechanics of bringing penicillin to market| goodscience.substack.com
An unprecedented amount of private philanthropy is flowing into science and medicine these days. Multiple private foundations such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wellcome Trust, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Gates Foundation, each with over $20 billion endowments, focus mostly or solely on science, and there are more philanthropists than can be listed who are willing to donate hundreds of millions of dollars in one fell swoop.| Palladium Magazine
[This post received first place in the 2024 Blog Extravaganza at Adam Mastroianni’s Experimental History. Many thanks, Adam!] I first had this thought in 2019, and I started this draft in ear…| Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria each year, but it took 141 years to develop a vaccine for it. Advance market commitments could speed things up next time.| worksinprogress.co
Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, progress is barely keeping pace with the past. What went wrong?| The Atlantic
