It would require an implausibly massive level of groupthink for pharma companies and other charities to have overlooked a potential solution for such a prominent
If you have 10000 possible solutions and can only test 1000 than you have to make choices about not persuing some avenues.
But I would be surprised if there not also big pharma research looking at AIDS vaccines. In this case the people behind the immunity project seem to have made a patentable finding in 2010. Then they run a successful animal study.
They chose to to the innovative road of being a kickstarter charity and seeking tech money from Microsoft and Y-Combinator.
At this stage some Big Pharma company would probably also buy them and do the trial if they wanted to pursue that road.
If you have 10000 possible solutions and can only test 1000 than you have to make choices about not persuing some avenues.
But I would be surprised if there not also big pharma research looking at AIDS vaccines. In this case the people behind the immunity project seem to have made a patentable finding in 2010. Then they run a successful animal study. They chose to to the innovative road of being a kickstarter charity and seeking tech money from Microsoft and Y-Combinator.
At this stage some Big Pharma company would probably also buy them and do the trial if they wanted to pursue that road.