Honestly, I have to disagree with the current information. It is just like that - ‘I have an idea to find a medicine to cure a disease’, but it is at the very beginning of the exploration of research.
The idea of VDP-156 is kind of a startup project that involves not only basic research, compound synthesis, and clinical trials, but also marketing, selling, distribution, etc.
In terms of business, 50,000$ may be not still enough to last to the marketing stage.
More evidence or information is needed for me to support the idea.