@noondlyt The next step is tax-payer owned pharma factories to produce and sell tax-payer-owned patented pharma products and overpriced generic pharma products at cost + minimum profit. Contract out the operation of the factory and split the profits with the contractor.
This is how the US DoD buys weapons and tanks and nukes: Contractor-Operated, Government-Owned (COGO).
It would sure be nice to have on-shore pharma manufacturing capacity for the next pandemic, and to have a supplier for generic drugs for Medicare that doesn't price gouge.