You and other investigators were selected for your positions because of your proven ability to uncover nature's secrets. You have been given an unusual amount of flexibility and support to follow your scientific instincts. Extraordinary biomedical talent like yours, the Institute believes, will make lasting scientific contributions if given sufficient time and scope. But the search for discoveries must not be constrained in any way by commercial incentives. HHMI researchers must avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest that interfere with the free conduct of research.
Science comes first.