I don't understand why you think tech companies will be any better at this than biomedical companies. All businesses have the same incentives to make things chronic issues (subscription revenue!) rather than curing them.
Because I recently read a really interesting story that talked about how science tends to get in the way of real progress. I hope you don't mind me sharing it with you but it struck a real note with me. http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/saving-science