New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests
From the article:The researchers have applied for patents on both the antibodies and the mouse model used to produce them. They hope to see their work developed commercially.... followed byThis work was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-021989), the National institutes of Health (NIAID Consortia for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development UM1-AI144371, P01 AI158571, Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award GM130386, Harvard Virology Program training grant T32 AI07245), Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) SARS-CoV-2 Variants Award, Emergent Ventures fast grant, FDA (MCMi grant #OCET 2021-1565 and Perinatal Health Center of Excellence project grant #GCBER005), the Danish Technical University and SANA, and IONIS.[sarcasm]
Let me guess, $50,000 per dose MRNA vaccine that makes you immune to COVID, thanks for the grants suckers. [/sarcasm]This is something that really annoys me (obviously) and I think it would make a lot of sense if "any patents arising from research done with monies given by  will confer on  a lifetime perpetual non-exclusive right to use and re-license said patent on what ever terms they deem acceptable."It won't happen of course, but it should in my opinion.