Chapter 920: Unite
Speaking of which, Yang Rui still pays attention to the use of lawyers. Pharmaceutical companies are almost all in a state of lifelong litigation, today either you sue me, or tomorrow I sue you, the industry will inevitably be affected, at this point, not only abroad, but also in China, just look at the state of Guangzhou Medicine, litigation has become a daily task.
Despite this, if it weren't for Mei Qiwei's reminder, Yang Rui really couldn't remember to use a lawyer to do clinical tests.
This is mainly because the cost of clinical testing is too high, even if it is just a part of the content, it will cost tens of millions of dollars, not to mention time and energy. Although lawyers are rich, there are probably not many who can have money to this extent.
However, after all, Yang Rui is not familiar with American law, and he has forgotten that the American people have also carried forward the practice of class action lawsuits.
In fact, class action lawsuits are the most annoying situation that pharmaceutical companies encounter, in short, many people join forces to sue, and the best thing is that many people don't really have to sue, they only need to fill out some documents, and one or several representatives can sue for themselves. If you win the lawsuit, everyone will happily share the money, and if you lose the lawsuit, there will not be too much loss.
Class actions are crucial in large-scale lawsuits that often need to be protracted for years or even decades, and they also discourage large enterprises from acting rashly, because the amount of litigation for one person is small, and the amount of litigation for everyone together is high.
For example, the problem of counterfeit goods that often occurs in China, in terms of the current law, the amount of compensation after a successful lawsuit is only three or five times, not more than ten times, except for the so-called professional anti-counterfeiters, there are basically no ordinary consumers to sue for counterfeit goods, and the money lost is not enough to pay for lawyers' fees. Increasing the amount of compensation is also contrary to the spirit of the law, which is tantamount to giving the rich and powerful a weapon to bring down competitors or small enterprises.
However, if a class action lawsuit is adopted, where a professional anti-counterfeiter comes forward, a lawyer contributes money and efforts, and others only need to sit back and enjoy the results.
Triple or five times the amount of compensation can play a very strong role, its deterrent effect on enterprises is even more terrifying, and it increases the cost of manipulation by the privileged class. How much will be paid three times or five times the amount of compensation in a class action lawsuit involving hundreds or even thousands of people? How much will a class action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of people have? If a normal enterprise makes a fake product, it will become more than worth the loss. Counterfeit factories have become an illegal phenomenon rather than a common phenomenon.
As for why lawyers should pay for and contribute to lawsuits, the root of it lies in the high proportion of shares. The series of lawsuits between the state of Florida and the tobacco company resulted in a final compensation of $13.2 billion and legal fees of $3.4 billion, which were shared by 11 law firms. The law firm that represented Enron shareholders in the lawsuit recovered a hefty $7.2 billion in damages and received $688 million in legal fees. And in the pharmaceutical space, Merck paid $4.85 billion for the false claims of their painkiller Vioxx, Pfizer paid $2.3 billion for settling lawsuits for illegal sales and other drugs, and Eli Lilly spent $1.4 billion for similar causes of different drugs......
The scale of Miki may not be as high as Pfizer's, but it is also one of the world's top 500.
Yang Rui believes that such a company is still very tempting for a locust-like lawyer.
It is important to note that once the harm caused by the company is determined, the compensation is a certainty, and the question is only how much to pay.
With Miki's annual sales of millions and tens of millions of dollars in clinical testing costs, it is really a drizzle.
However, if you think about it again, tens of millions of dollars is really not a small amount of money, and any one or several law firms want to make such a decision, which can be regarded as "courageous", and with Yang Rui's scope of influence, he has no way to promote this matter.
At best, he knew a few patent attorneys, and the relationship was based on monetary transactions, just as a prostitute would not believe what her client said, and a lawyer would not take her client's words seriously.
Moreover, Yang Rui is not suitable to promote this matter.
He is now playing the role of a scholar, and if he goes directly to engage in a class action lawsuit, he will immediately be tainted by holy money.
Scholars glued to the golden light of money, just like a steak smeared with, only a few people will carefully distinguish between cow and human, and finally decide whether to eat or not, regardless of whether to eat or not, the audience is less is certain, scholars also need to be praised, no matter how powerful the scholar is, it is not a starvation death.
By the way, cow dung barbecue is a good delicacy, cow dung meat is rare, and it is not delicious to think about, otherwise, in the history of mankind for thousands of years, so many cow dung barbecue, there is always a piece of meat that will be roasted and roasted and fall into the cow dung, and there are always people who are reluctant to throw it away, pick it up and continue to roast, however, this way of eating has never spread like cow dung barbecue, stinky tofu or cheese, it must be not delicious - complete logical thinking, it is possible for you to get the right answer in a bad situation.
In the final analysis, Yang Rui can only wait.
It's not a good feeling, but I can only admit it.
The road is chosen by yourself, and no matter how far away you are, you can't complain.
In addition, with the release of the report of China Youth Daily, the pressure on Yang Rui in China has not increased.
Jingxi Pharmaceutical General Factory will not give up Lu Boding, whether it is the current situation of the factory or the pressure of Miki Company, Qin Hanchi is sinking deeper and deeper, and it is vaguely a banner of resistance to Yang Rui.
Qin Hanchi naturally doesn't want this banner, what's good about rebelling against the members of the GMP committee, don't look at the Ministry of Health who is very sympathetic to him now, it's a matter of time, don't wait to see him more.
Qin Hanchi also knew this, so he tried his best to gather allies.
Jiang Tonghua re-entered Qin Hanchi's eyes at this time.
"I have a suggestion, how about you unite various enterprises and set up an association?" Jiang Tonghua found Qin Hanchi this time, but he came up with a draft of tens of thousands of words.
Qin Hanchi looked at the front, a little moved, and said with some hesitation: "You are letting me work against the GMP committee." ”
"If you can't say yes, you agree, and if you don't agree, there's no reason to disagree. Jiang Tonghua smiled and said, "I am also a member of the GMP committee, I can't even see Yang Rui's approach, are you just going to forget it?"
"Of course you can't count it......"
"So, I'm not providing you with a solution? You unite several companies and go to the leaders of the ministry to talk about it, no matter how much Yang Rui does, as long as the leaders of the ministry speak, the GMP committee will be useless. ”
"We also want to talk about it, but there is never a good opportunity. ”
"The leader must be unwilling to mix now, so you have to set up an association, with the name of the association, no matter how unwilling the leader is, you have to understand the situation first. Jiang assimilated this not only to respond to Yang Rui, but also to worry about his status in the GMP committee. After this incident, Yang Rui has at least established a tough reputation, but his assimilation is still in a small and transparent state, and at the same time, he has no confidence to compete with Yang Rui in academics, so naturally he can only look for forces outside the hospital.
If Qin Hanchi can really set up an out-of-hospital pharmaceutical company association, Jiang Tonghua thinks that he is still qualified to contact in the middle and gain some power.
It's just that in this way, Qin Hanchi's responsibility is greater.
If the leaders of the ministry did not think that it was a pestle, an association outside the hospital would be established, but if the leaders of the ministry were unhappy, Qin Hanchi would inevitably have to bear the anger.
Jingxi Pharmaceutical General Factory has lost money, which is a non-war crime, and Qin Hanchi's position as factory director is still stable. But the leaders of the ministry were unhappy, and Qin Hanchi's position was shaky.
Qin Hanchi hesitated and said, "Read the book ("
Jiang Tonghua smiled and said, "What other way do you have to go now except to force the palace?"
Qin Hanchi smiled bitterly: "I have no way out, and other companies may not." ”
"Your factory can't pass in a hurry for the sake of the law, is it possible that other factories are all the way to the green light?" Jiang Tonghua said, handing over a piece of paper.
"What is this?" Qin Hanchi didn't answer.
"The list of factories that have been 'rejected' by the GMP committee has recently increased by several times. ”
Qin Hanchi hesitated for a moment, but still took it in his hand.
Jiang Tonghua relaxed suddenly, and now there are Sino-foreign joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned pharmaceutical companies, but they are mainly state-owned enterprises, and they are all state-owned enterprises that can earn foreign exchange.
In Jiang Tonghua's view, Yang Rui's "refusal" is really a lack of reason.
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