> would you rather be stuck with a delibitating disease and die 10 years early, or have to take a medication for the rest of your life?
I'd rather have a cure for that disease instead of lifelong medication. While not nearly as profitable it is far preferable over a lifelong dependency.
Nor do the therapeutic preparations, these are developed just like curative treatments are. There is far more profit to be had from therapeutic treatments in the absence of curative treatments so there is a perverse incentive to develop the former in lieu of the latter.
I'd rather have a cure for that disease instead of lifelong medication. While not nearly as profitable it is far preferable over a lifelong dependency.