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R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are.
Drawn from what Jacob Trefethen said
What Jacob Trefethen actually said
- Jacob Trefethen Head of global health R&D at Open Philanthropy
Our punchline is that R&D spending varies by 10X+ across diseases for no good reason. I've been poking at that punchline for the last six or so years, from different directions, and I am confident it's true.
Where this was said
↗A Quantitative Approach to Vaccine Fundingblog.jacobtrefethen.com
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