We could do that. On other hand, we could just pay them the expected market value of the drug when they first invent it then give it to public for almost nothing.<p>&quot;You can cure cancer with those three drugs? Was going to make tens of billions? Here you go: guarantee of tens of billions of subsidies over next 20 years in exchange for the patent and license for anyone to produce it generically.&quot;<p>Boom! Tens of thousands of lives saved a year. Way better than investing into the TSA. :)