Medical research is heavily government funded. I would be surprised, if the majority of the investment actually comes from pharma companies. Any R&D pharma comp

Medical research is heavily government funded. I would be surprised, if the majority of the investment actually comes from pharma companies. Any R&D pharma companies invest in is also going to be heavily focused on areas that have a high likelyhood of paying off reasonably soon, much like R&D in any other company.