IMO, you are exactly right. IMO, this process inflection is analogous to when Microprocessors began to replace discrete components in electronic systems. Technology lead by leaps and bounds as cost/function lead, only constrained by knowledge. That took about 10 years to catch on.
We are seeing the transition of medicine/research to an application of hard/soft science w/less to almost no emphasis on the historical art form. In this context AVXL is a new Apple, IMO.