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Do you really think the CEOs of big pharma don't know they themselves have a 20% chance to die of cancer? (Not to speak of their relatives). Would the selfish and rich big pharma company leader not do everything to prevent its early death?
It's not like their effort would reduce that number to 0%. Id expect something more in line with a reduction from 20% to 18% at best.
And I have no problem believing that CEOs of huge corporations would give up a few percent of their chance to survive an eventual cancer to ensure that their wealth continues to grow greedily.
Yes, obviously there isn't one cancer, but about every cancer is different. So yeah I give you that. Now, my other argument is you can make the same or more money with one time, possible curative therapies than with live prolonging one. See for example Kymriah. Sure, big and small pharma invest most in development were they can expect a high revenue. Either were there is a big patient population or a small population which have a high medical need. (And therefore are willing to pay a high price).
Yea, you have a point there. My cynical streak got the better of me there for a bit.