Let's just suppose it takes NNVC 2 weeks to get their first crude cut at a 'cide, and it takes Big Pharma 2 years to get a new drug of similar promise. That's not as big an advantage as it might seem when you consider that both are followed by 6 years or so of further development and testing before they are approved. It comes down to 6 years total vs. 8 years.
And that's just hypothetical since we have yet to see NNVC get any 'cide as far as completed tox testing.