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...EVAN BAYH...
...Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, allowing inventors to retain ownership of drugs developed with the help of federal grants. The promise of profits, it was hoped, would spur companies and universities to bring these inventions to market; economic incentives would be harnessed in the service of the public welfare...
...Bayh-Dole also granted the government so-called “march-in rights,” empowering it to circumvent privately held patents if a drug were not made “available to the public on reasonable terms” or if “necessary to alleviate health or safety needs.” On Jan. 29, Essential Medicines petitioned Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson to exercise these rights for the first time and allow for competitive production of Xalatan and Norvir–two blockbuster drugs that are scandalously overpriced...
...pair of march-in cases as the government is likely ever to face. If Secretary Thompson fails to act, he will not only ensure that Norvir and Xalatan remain inaccessible for many American consumers; he will set a damning precedent for years to come. The Bayh-Dole Act established private ownership of federally supported inventions as a means to better serve the public welfare. But government inaction would turn that calculus on its head, instantiating corporate profits as ends in themselves...
...what to believe. The idea that the U.S. might have gone to war on weak intelligence and a bad hunch damages not just the President's authority but the country's. "Our credibility is a precious national-security asset, and now we have to rehabilitate it," says Senator Evan Bayh, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees. "The American people understand how you can make a mistake. What they won't understand is a refusal to admit the mistake you make. Or take steps to make sure it doesn't happen again...