Medical research

I read http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2011/07/peak-university.html and thought the following:

As best I can tell, medical research is being stifled by "careerism", in which researchers produce as little as possible about a topic which is as narrow and limited as possible, in order to publish a string of papers just important enough to publish. That way they can get the maximum number of papers from the minimum of real research, and preserve and extend their career.

This has the effect of delaying real breakthroughs as long as possible.

What do you think?