I think in the current research climate, you can replace "biotech company" with "university department" and most of your statements still hold true. Many purel

I think in the current research climate, you can replace "biotech company" with "university department" and most of your statements still hold true. Many purely academic studies are done with predefined strategic objectives of advancing one's own prestige, only publishing positive results that fit "your narrative", and indeed polluting the literature with results that are at best incremental improvements, at worst regressions made up to look like improvements.