[zaroth]

I do not concede the point as it relates to Big Pharma, but in this particular case I was talking specifically about the $3B that was earned by the CF Foundation.

Are you contending that the non-profit CF Foundation is going to take their $3B and not do something useful with it to serve the CF population?

> For well over a decade, CFF has employed a venture philanthropy model that provides upfront funding to pharmaceutical companies to help reduce the financial risk associated with the development of drugs to treat CF. As a result, the organization has a pipeline of drugs in various phases of development and reinvests the funds from any royalties it owns to advance drug discovery and efforts to find a cure.

> The proceeds of the sale will dramatically accelerate and expand the foundation’s research, care, and patient programs and significantly boost its funding of research targeting the genetic cause of CF. The organization also plans to use the funds to strengthen the specialized care and support that people with CF and their families receive at more than one hundred and twenty centers across the country and to expand its resources for people with CF and their families.