Maybe it could work for a non profit, but the medical world has so many methods they start exploring but find are unfruitful (with many thousands to hundreds of

Maybe it could work for a non profit, but the medical world has so many methods they start exploring but find are unfruitful (with many thousands to hundreds of millions invested). You essentially have to make boatloads of money on some products over a long time frame to continue the research and development efforts.