[maxioatic]

Agreed. However, the NIH, as mentioned in the article, is trying to accomplish similar goals.

I would think though, that the private corporation compared to a non-profit government agency is going to be faster at finding a solution given the same data. This will of course come with a $$$ cost.

Naively this sounds alright to me.

[aaavl2821]

You aren't naive, almost all medicines require for profit funding to get to market. In 2017 92% of new approved drugs were owned by companies. Non profits don't have the money or infrastructure