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by refurb 2989 days ago
The idea of a prize is interesting a first glance, but it also creates a lot of additional risk.

If you get $1B for creating the first drug that cures X, what does the person who creates the 2nd drug get? $0? What if it's better than the first? Who makes the judgement as to which is better drug?