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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH, [b]it’s some nepo babies who still want to change the world for good[/b].  Strivers’ kids just want to be rich.[/quote]
I almost vomited. You’re such an ugly person.[/quote]

You vomit because it’s true.

Kids who don’t have to worry about money are free to worry and be creative about solving problems. They are the ones that can afford to be wrong and to fail.

Those that don’t have a safety net are going take the safe route to money and security.

The ugliness is the system, not the OP for pointing it out. [/quote]

Curious take. Do you know many scientists, PhD researchers, MD/PhD types, engineers focused on medical instrument design?  Anyone with patents? Genuinely interested, not snark. [/quote]

I'm not the PP you're responding to, but I don't understand your question. Of course there are tons of scientists, researchers, MD/PhD types, and engineers focused on exactly these things.

Just because you/we don't know them personally doesn't mean they don't exist. Who do you think is doing that work?

If you want a DC-centric way of exploring your question, try looking at the Medical Devices practices at large law firms. They're full of brilliant lawyers - many with deep scientific backgrounds - who help those scientists, researchers, MD/PhD types, and engineers bring their products to market. Working backward from there, you can learn more about the armies of talented people at the various client organizations who are named on the patents and are otherwise doing the developmental work to innovate for the benefit of the rest of us.

For example: 
https://www.hklaw.com/en/services/practices/life-sciences/medical-devices  
https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/service/medical-device-law
https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/solutions/intellectual-property-counseling-and-prosecution/medical-devices

There are also tons of brilliant and highly-educated people doing the scientific R&D work in government roles - at many different agencies, both here in DC and in other locations across the country.

Again, I want to re-state the obvious: You, personally, may not know people doing this work. But that does not in any way mean that such work does not exist. Including younger people coming out of undergrad, MD, and PhD programs.

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