One thing at a time, first uncover more promising avenues to antibiotics. Maybe they get private investment, maybe not, if not then go ahead and publicly fund the next stage.
None of this kind of thing stops say defense spending. We say hey our defense experts say we need x vehicle to defend our nation. Let's build x.
Our medical experts say we will need antibiotics in the future. It's a nice optimization perhaps to use crossover private profitability to fund the path to more drugs, but if the path isn't there privately, no one says, well we needed a new Aircraft carrier to defend the nation but none is available on the private market, oh well, guess we just live without.
None of this kind of thing stops say defense spending. We say hey our defense experts say we need x vehicle to defend our nation. Let's build x.
Our medical experts say we will need antibiotics in the future. It's a nice optimization perhaps to use crossover private profitability to fund the path to more drugs, but if the path isn't there privately, no one says, well we needed a new Aircraft carrier to defend the nation but none is available on the private market, oh well, guess we just live without.