At seven o'clock the next morning, Director Liu arrived at the hospital more than half an hour earlier than usual, and when he walked into the neurology ward, he saw the doctors on duty last night, and immediately asked, "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Xie, how are the patients who participated in the clinical trial yesterday?"

Although we haven't arranged for the patient to go for an examination, through our observation last night, the drug that Director Chen has developed can indeed treat spinal muscular atrophy. When the doctor surnamed Zhou heard Director Liu's inquiry, he remembered what he found when he was on duty last night and observed the babies in the clinical trial from time to time, and excitedly told Director Liu the news that the patient's condition had improved.

When Director Liu heard Dr. Zhou's report, an ecstatic expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he said, "You wait for me for a while, I'll go change my clothes first, and then go to see these babies." ”

Not long after, Director Liu led several doctors to a dormitory, and several parents of babies in the ward stood up from their chairs when they saw Director Liu's arrival, and one of the young people thanked Director Liu excitedly: "Director Liu! My child has slept from last night to this morning since he was injected with your new medicine, which is the best night my son has slept since he was diagnosed." ”

"Director Liu! My child had coughing from time to time before yesterday, but after the injection of the new medicine, the number of coughs has been significantly reduced, and the effect of this new medicine is simply great!" Another baby's mother, hearing the words of the family member of the hospital bed next door, thought of her son's performance last night, and answered excitedly.

Director Liu was also very excited when he heard the situation described by the families of the two patients, and hurriedly instructed the doctors behind him: "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Xie, immediately arrange for all the patients participating in the clinical trial to do relevant examinations, and let me know as soon as the results of the examinations come out." ”

After Director Liu finished making work arrangements, he immediately turned around and returned to his office, then picked up the phone on the desk and quickly pressed a set of phone numbers.

Director Liu didn't wait long for the phone to connect, and Director Liu didn't wait for the other party to speak, and said excitedly: "Dean Liu, good morning! I'm Luo Ping, and I have good news to tell you." ”

Liu Zhongming, who was on the other end of the phone, heard Director Liu mention the three words good news, and immediately thought of the clinical trial conducted yesterday, and asked with a smile: "Old Liu, you just conducted a clinical trial yesterday, how can there be good news today? Could it be that those babies who participated in the clinical trial have all recovered?"

When Liu Luoping heard Liu Zhongming's inquiry, he thought that the conditions of those babies were all starting to improve, and replied with a smile: "Dean Liu! The medicine that Director Xiao Chen is studying is not a miracle medicine, how can it be possible to cure these children's diseases overnight?"

"The good news I want to tell you is that these babies who participated in the clinical trial have all begun to improve after being injected with the new drugs researched by Director Chen, which means that the drugs researched by Director Chen have the hope of curing spinal muscular atrophy. ”

When Liu Zhongming heard the news that Liu Luoping told him, he was not surprised by this, but replied with a smile: "Old Liu, you don't want to see who Xiao Chen is, if the new drug he researches has no effect, will he let you conduct a clinical trial?" And Xiao Chen told me with great certainty yesterday that the new drug he studied has an 80% chance of curing spinal muscular atrophy, but he didn't expect that the babies who participated in the clinical trial would already start to improve in just one night. ”

When Director Liu heard Liu Zhongming's words, he thought that after the news spread, it would cause a sensation in the international medical community, so he hurriedly proposed to Liu Zhongming: "President Liu! I have arranged for people to examine these babies participating in the clinical trial, and I believe that the results will come out soon, and I think our hospital can immediately contact the news media to announce the news to the public!"

Regarding Liu Luoping's thoughts, Liu Zhongming also had them when he learned the news, but considering Chen Tianlin's character, he did not do it immediately, but called Chen Tianlin to discuss, but learned about the patent application from Chen Tianlin.

When Liu Zhongming heard Liu Luoping's suggestion, he thought of what Chen Tianlin had told him before, and replied: "Lao Liu! Xiao Chen is going to wait for the drug to pass the clinical trial and then apply for a patent with the relevant departments. ”

Liu Luoping had heard of the word patent, and when Liu Luoping learned of Chen Tianlin's decision, a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and he asked puzzledly: "Dean Liu! Applying for a patent is what foreigners like to do, how could Director Xiao Chen think about applying for a patent?"

Liu Zhongming didn't expect Liu Luoping to have heard of the patent, but what Liu Luoping said later made Liu Zhongming immediately realize. Although Liu Luoping had heard of patents, he did not attach importance to patent applications like him, thinking of the patent-related cases that Chen Tianlin told him, Liu Zhongming said with a serious face: "Lao Liu! The word patent, I just heard Xiao Chen mention it yesterday, just now I heard you say this, I originally thought that you know more about patents than me, but I didn't expect that your understanding of patents is only superficial. ”

"Since the reform and opening up, our country's scientific researchers have made significant progress in many fields, but because we do not attach much importance to patents, some foreign speculators, after stealing our research results, immediately applied for patents, and when our goods began to be exported abroad, the other party would take the patent to prevent the export of our goods, or take the opportunity to ask the manufacturer for high patent fees. ”

"Zhizhiling and Zhijialing are both Chinese patent medicines, and special production equipment is also required, even if medical institutions in other countries obtain the formulas of these two drugs, they will not be able to produce qualified drugs, but the drugs you use this time belong to authentic Western medicines, and Western medical experts can easily imitate these medicines as long as they obtain samples of the medicines. ”

In order to avoid similar things from happening again, Xiao Chen decided to wait for the medicine to pass the clinical trial and apply for a patent as soon as possible, even if a foreign medical institution cracked the formula of the drug, he would not dare to blatantly produce this medicine. ”

When Liu Luoping heard Liu Zhongming's introduction, he understood why Chen Tianlin applied for a patent, and said approvingly: "Dean Liu! Xiao Chen still has the foresight, in order to prevent the formula of the medicine from being stolen by other institutions, I think this news cannot be announced to the public for the time being." ”