Gu Feng didn't say anything, just asked rhetorically, and said:

"I have the impression that you Melchior family also seem to have a pharmaceutical factory under the name, right?"

"Yes!" said Madame Melchior, nodding, "our family's inheritance is spread across all fields. In fact, many large families with a long tradition do just that.

Not only in a few industries, but even in several countries. Eggs cannot be put in the same basket.

This is the common sense that many large families can be passed down from generation to generation and have survived until now. In the field of medicine, we at Melchior also have an investment.

Even, there was a time when I was particularly optimistic about the pharmaceutical industry and invested heavily in this industry.

It's just a pity that this industry is not just a capital investment to be able to enter the industry.

In fact, the current medical industry has been controlled by several major companies. After a hundred years of development, they all hold a large number of patent rights.

Moreover, they also have the right to speak in the pharmaceutical industry, and relying on the protection of patent rights that are extremely beneficial to them, it is almost difficult for any newly developed drug to bypass the threshold of patents they set.

They have relied on this means to form a de facto monopoly on the global pharmaceutical industry. It is almost impossible for any newcomer to the industry to get around this barrier.

In fact, this is not good for the development of the pharmaceutical industry. However, those large pharmaceutical companies occupy the moral high ground, saying that they invested a lot of money in the development and research at the beginning, so to protect these patents, in order to protect people's enthusiasm......

In fact, people with a discerning eye can't see it, they don't know that they have earned back the profits they made several times or more than ten times the profits they originally invested.

Now, they are not trying to recover their costs or anything like that, they are just trying to monopolize the market and not allow others to step in and cut the cake.

Although our Melchior family is also a long-established family in Citi, we have no say in the pharmaceutical industry.

When I increased my investment, it immediately aroused the alarm of some people. It was targeted and suppressed.

Although I have made some efforts, I found that the entire pharmaceutical industry is like an iron plate, and it is difficult for newcomers to enter the industry.

They hold those so-called patent rights in their hands, and no matter how much money we invest in developing new drugs, it is almost impossible to circumvent those patent rights. ”

At this, Madame Melchior smiled wryly.

"Who would have thought that the patent right set up in order to promote the development of the pharmaceutical industry has now been used by others to form a barrier to exclude all outsiders?

To tell you the truth, our family invested a lot of money at the beginning, and we originally developed several good medicines. If it can be promoted, it will be a great boon to mankind.

However, under the current medical system, it is almost impossible to avoid the patents held by those major pharmaceutical companies.

In the end, the huge amount of money we invested was only to make wedding clothes for others. ”

Madame Melchior sighed softly, with a little regret and a little emotion in her tone.

"Investors in the pharmaceutical industry really deserve the benefits they deserve. I have never objected or denied this.

If investors don't get a return, who wants to invest in this industry, and how does this industry develop?

However, just like the current pharmaceutical industry, several of the world's top pharmaceutical companies have monopolized the entire industry, making it difficult to inject fresh blood......

Even, it has become a huge barrier and barrier for newcomers. The only option is to take refuge in them......

In this way, it is already deformed and unreasonable. However, for the time being, this situation may be difficult to break.

At the beginning, I also retreated. After losing some funds, we no longer increase investment, and our family's pharmaceutical factory is still there, but it only produces some conventional medicines, which are small in scale and low in profit.

It's almost impossible to make a profit from it. I didn't undo them completely, maybe because there was a hint of luck in my mind, right?

I think that one day, maybe there will be changes in the pharmaceutical industry. Then, we, the Melchior family, will have the opportunity to get involved.

But I know that this chance is actually very slim. ”

"Is it slim?" Gu Feng smiled faintly, "That's not necessarily. ”

Nowadays, Western medicine has indeed formed a fixed pattern.

As Mrs. Melchior said, patent protection in the pharmaceutical industry would have been a good thing.

However, it has developed to the present, but it has become a barrier, an iron wall.

Because the inherent patents are almost always in the hands of the first mover. In particular, several major pharmaceutical companies in the world have mastered the vast majority of patents and have the right to speak.

It is almost impossible for newcomers to bypass this barrier.

The remaining choice is either to withdraw from the pharmaceutical industry or to join these major pharmaceutical companies......

"The reason why human civilization can continue and develop continuously, who does not stand on the shoulders of our ancestors?

We are able to see further because we stand on the shoulders of giants. However, the current situation in the pharmaceutical industry is that the giants of the past are unwilling to let us stand on their shoulders......"

Speaking of this, Gu Feng paused slightly, changed his tone, and said:

"Oh, of course, strictly speaking, it's the giants of Western medicine who don't want everyone to stand on their shoulders. Go up and stand for a stop, it's not just a matter of charging, but also a review of qualifications......"

Madame Melchior was speechless for a moment.

I have to admit that what Gu Feng said is the truth.

The reason why human civilization has been able to develop to this point is because of the experience of its predecessors, little by little accumulated and passed down to the present, it has reached a height.

But now, someone is artificially erecting barriers to this inheritance.

For Citi people, that's true.

For Xia Guo, it is even more special......

If you have money, you can't use these patents.

"However, not everyone has to use their patents. ”

Gu Feng knew very well why Dr. Bailey was so excited after getting these ointments, and he would immediately invest heavily in research and development and wanted mass production.

Not only because of the unique and miraculous efficacy of this ointment, but also because this ointment can bypass the barriers of the Western medical community!

The pharmacology of this ointment is very different from the pharmacology of modern medicine.