125. R&D costs and profits (6/28)
"He must be punished severely! His behavior is not just about infringing on our company's patent rights.
And it has almost caused a nationwide flood of counterfeit drugs, which has caused extremely great harm to our company and even our entire scientific research industry!"
The representative of Ruiguo Company sat in the conference room and looked at Cheng Yong opposite and said angrily, because of this incident, he scolded the head office I don't know how many times.
Cheng Yong lowered his head and said nothing, while several prosecutors sitting next to him were flipping through the documents in their hands.
When Zhang Wei heard this, he said, "But isn't the reason for this because the price of your medicine is too high?
"Heh, unreasonable?" The medical representative shook his head disdainfully when he heard this: "I saw many people on the Internet lamenting that the high price of drugs in our pharmaceutical companies forced people to be like this.
But we set prices because pharmaceutical companies have R&D costs, production costs, and operating costs.
Pharmaceutical companies need to survive in the market competition, feed scientific researchers, purchase experimental consumables, and have the funds and motivation to develop more drugs, cure more diseases, and save more people. ”
"Drugs are not food, they can be sold with small profits but quick turnover, drugs only have the only sales space for symptomatic patients, and pharmaceutical companies must face a limited number of people in the limited patent protection period to recover the high cost of the previous decades. The price of the medicine also includes taxes paid to the government. ”
"A product can be marketed after enterprise market research and government price and quality inspection department review.
In other words, the price of the drug is a check and balance achieved by the tripartite game of consumers, enterprises and regulators. At this balance, businesses can make a profit, the government can collect taxes, and consumers will not absolutely not be able to afford it. ”
"Our pricing is absolutely reasonable and legal!
The medical representative said very angrily that everything they did was completely in line with the law, but as a result, they were criticized every day, and they were blocked at the door of the company and threw rice fields, so it was no wonder that they were not angry.
"Please don't get too excited, we can understand your feelings, please understand us, calm down. ”
The prosecutor sitting in the first place glanced at the very excited medical representative and said.
"I'm sorry, I'm excited. The medical representative nodded when he heard this, straightened his clothes, and said that he would calm down.
"Okay, this time I called both sides to listen to everyone's opinions, and the above also attaches great importance to this case.
We are also working hard to solve this case, and we will give the best explanation within the scope of the law. ”
The prosecutor general sat on the top of the seat and said, "Then please ask the medical representative of Sweden to share your opinion." ”
"Okay, thanks, ahem. ”
The medical representative nodded, then coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said: "I am conveying our company's opinion, we agree that the matter of generic drugs must be severely punished, Cheng Yong's behavior has caused huge economic losses to our company, and seriously infringed our patent rights."
It took us 41 years from research and development to birth, and what is the concept of 41 years? Forty-one years ago, China was still in a state of ruin, but now it is at the forefront of the world.
And our scientific researchers, it took a full forty-one years, and these forty-one years can really be said to be a human life, and they put all their efforts into the research and development of this drug, which is their hard work.
But in this way, these people do not know what they are paying and trample on it wantonly.
I admit that those leukemia patients are pitiful, but is this their excuse? Isn't our R&D staff pitiful? Isn't our company pitiful?
In the course of forty-one years, we continued to invest money in it, which was a long and unrewarding process, and any mistake in the slightest link would cause us to lose all our money and be wiped out.
What is the concept that the cost we put into this period is the GDP of the whole country in China for a year?
Those patients can't hold the attitude that I am poor, I have you, and if you have money, you should give these things away for free!
What about our investors? What about the R&D personnel? They deserve to dedicate their lives to this, and then get nothing.
So why can't these patients put all their income, their property, into it for free? Why should they ask others for things that they can't do themselves?
I guess if the staff really did this kind of thing, those patients would praise on the surface, and then forget about it in the end, and even call them fools behind their backs!
It is because of this concept that when choosing a major in the college entrance examination now, all of them are persuaded to quit in biology, pharmaceutical, and chemical industry.
Persuade people to study medicine, the sky thunders, the sky destroys physics and chemistry, retreats to the pit to ensure safety, the computer Dafa is good, and the financial job bowl is treasured.
Therefore, this matter must be handled strictly, otherwise this will be a huge blow to our scientific research industry! In this way, who will be bothered to develop new drugs in the future?
This is my statement, this is the heart of our industry, so we ask that he must be dealt with strictly, so as to ensure the development of our industry and ensure a better future for mankind. ”
Hearing this, the prosecutor nodded, took notes on some things, and then turned to Zhang Wei and asked, "Is there anything the defense lawyer wants to say?"
"Well, the medical representative just said that your company is in trouble, but according to my investigation, Glenin has completely reached the profit of return in the second year after going public.
However, if it is the use of business skills, in the medical field, the unrestricted pursuit of high profits, this behavior seems a little unreasonable.
Your company has recovered all R&D costs in the second year of its launch, but Glenin still maintains high prices for many years, which even people in high-income countries such as Bald Eagle and Europe cannot afford.
In the end, more than 100 scientists, including Dr. Brian Druker, who contributed greatly to the development of Gleevec, issued a joint letter accusing the drug of being too expensive.
As it turns out, I don't know the specific scientific research industry, and I don't dare to make any more conclusions.
But you've made back your costs and you're starting to make a profit, and you've been making a profit for a long time.
So why should we keep the price of drugs at a high price, so that we can't properly reduce the price of drugs? ”
Zhang Wei looked at the information on his desk and asked.
When the medical representative heard this, he smiled: "Are you sure?"
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