"Surely a company researching the cure for aging would have taken this possibility into account before starting." That only reinforces my point. Several of the

"Surely a company researching the cure for aging would have taken this possibility into account before starting." That only reinforces my point. Several of them never get started, much more silently. "Medical breakthroughs aren't a linear function of funding. What if making medicine more available slightly slows new drug development but drastically increases quality of life for most people? Would that be worth it?" That's a very good point, if actually progress is not that much dependant on cash.