Chapter 4: What Does ED Mean?
What kind of response is it that makes 4 of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies in the world, two of them or the top three, actually willing to run to Silicon Valley?
Because......
The 1988 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Sir James Black White, a renowned Scottish pharmacologist, read these academic papers by Abel.
Sir James, speaking to the Times reporter when he was interviewed in The Times:
"I think the future of medical talent inside. There must be a place for Mr. Abel Sephorosa, whose paper, while radical, has benefited me a lot. I've got some new ideas that might make my β-blocker treatment better! Mr. Sephorosa, if I succeed in making medicine better and heart disease patients better treated, then you have a share of the credit!"
This is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, and his words have naturally attracted the attention of many in the medical community. The key is that this Abel Sephorosa's papers really have content in them.
For example, an article called "Conjecture on the Signaling Function of Nitric Oxide in the Blood Vessels of the Heart" aroused great interest and devoted three famous medical geniuses in the United States, Rob Folchgoth, Louie Gnalow, and Ferry Murad......
Of course they will be interested.
Eight years later, these three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998 for their research in this area.
A certain "medical genius" just relied on some mysterious ability to take some of the initial findings of the three people who studied eight years later and posted them in medical academic journals.
The key is that this coercion seems to have been very successful, and the success of making him, a 19-year-old who is too young, actually send representatives from four big pharmaceutical companies after sending out the invitation.
Except for the representatives of Pfizer, who said why they would be here.
Of the remaining three representatives, two are representatives of the United States, and one is the representative of Bristol-Myers Squibb, the number one drug seller this year, and now in 1990, this company is the world's largest pharmaceutical company in terms of sales.
Also in the present day of the 1990's, representatives of the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company by sales, Merck Sharp & Dohme, are here.
The last representative of the pharmaceutical company was an Asian, and he came from an Asian book.
The representatives of the two local pharmaceutical giants did not speak, and the representatives of the pharmaceutical companies who came from the book smiled at Abel with some flattery:
"I'll tell you the truth. I am a medical doctor and graduated from Waseda. I read your paper and I was blown away by some of the contents! So I volunteered to come here and witness your product!"
"In addition to my personal wishes, Takeda Pharma also admires the genius of you, Mr. Abel Sephorosa! Takeda Pharma is willing to pay $1 million for Takeda Pharmaceutical, provided you can work for Takeda Pharma and become one of our scientists. ”
The other three representatives of the local pharmaceutical company invariably looked at the representative of this pharmaceutical company.
Before the product came out, they were willing to spend $1 million?
That's right, it's $1 million, what kind of number is that? more or less?
Don't forget, it's 1990, and although the economy of the United States at that time is quite developed, $1 million is definitely a considerable number, a surprising number.
In this era, the median annual average income of the United States is only about $30,000. With an annual income of $1 million, it can definitely be called the lowest rich class in this era.
Even after 30 years, an annual income of $1 million is at the top of the middle class. And Abel is only 19 years old now, and he can have such an income immediately.
That's amazing enough.
But then again.
The annual salary of $1 million is very exaggerated. But it doesn't seem expensive to hire such a genius to work for the company?
Although listening to what he said just now, he was arrogant to the extreme. But young people, without going through the beating of society, it is normal to be more confident and arrogant.
The representatives of the other three local pharmaceutical companies thought in their hearts.
I listened to the words of this one.
Abel raised an eyebrow.
Takeda is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia, headquartered in Osaka Prefecture and employing approximately 30,000 people. At this time in the 1990s, Takeda was still a little-known company in other countries and regions. However, after 20 years of careful construction, by the end of the 20th century, Takeda had developed into a world-class pharmaceutical giant.
More than a dozen large pharmaceutical companies invited by myself were represented by these four. Two of them are the giants of the future, and two are the giants of the present and the giants of the future. However, the attitude of the two representatives who are not yet giants is better, and the attitude of the two representatives who are already giants is relatively worse.
I haven't spoken until now.
Looking at a flattering expression, Abel shook his head with a smile and continued:
"Words in other respects. Let's wait for this private product launch to end and discuss it in private. I'm not a person who likes to talk nonsense, so please take a look at the data on the slide......"
With that, Abel gestured to Alvertley across the table. Alvertelli was already ready over there, and went straight to the slideshow.
Something similar to statistics appeared on the slide, and Abel's clear voice echoed in the conference room:
According to the United Nations, as of 1990, the total population of the world was about 5,278.91 million. If we assume that half of these 5,278.91 million people are men, then there are about 2.6 billion ...... of men in the world."
Syllable!
With a crisp snap of fingers, the content on the slide switched.
"Of these 2.6 billion men, minors under the age of 18 are excluded, and the elderly over the age of 60 are excluded. According to the World Health Agency, there are about 1.8 billion people. ”
Syllable!
Another snap of the fingers.
Continue to switch between the content on the slide.
"Among these 1.8 billion adults, according to medical statistics, there will be one ED patient for every five people, and one person with mild ED for every three people...... According to this data, there are about 300 million ED patients among men in the world. This also includes about 500 million people with mild ED......"
"I believe it's going to be a big market! If 30 percent of them are willing to get treatment, then that's an exaggerated market of 240 million people!"
"Coincidentally, I had some accidents and discovered some ...... during a drug medical experiment to treat heart disease."
Abel's words were halfway through.
The representative of the book, who is also said to be a doctor of medicine, couldn't help but raise his hand:
"Forgive me for being foolish. Mr. Sephorosa. Can I ask you a question?"
"Excuse me. Abel was not displeased to be interrupted, and said with a smile.
"What is an ED patient, and what is ED shorthand?"
Abel was stunned.
In his time before he was reborn, basically anyone who knew more about information knew what ED was.
Anyone doesn't know?
And this guy is still a medical doctor?!This doctorate can't be bought, right?!
But he thought about it.
It's normal to don't seem to know.
Before "it" came along, the abbreviation ED didn't have any specific target. It was only after 2004 that "it" was officially launched, setting off a frenzy in the global men's market.
That's the shorthand.