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Bill Cassidy: “He lamented that Fleming, when he discovered penicillin, didn't seek a patent, saying that if he had, we would have had…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
He lamented that Fleming, when he discovered penicillin, didn't seek a patent, saying that if he had, we would have had penicillin 10 years earlier than we finally got it.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Cassidy references Vannevar Bush's regret over the lack of patenting penicillin.

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