Chapter 522: Turning the Tide
"One patient who received the super antibodies died." McCallan said.
"What's going on?" Steve secretly screamed in his heart.
"The patient's name is Spencer and it's been two weeks since he was injected with super antibodies. At first, the results were very good. All the diseases of the whole body are cured. But yesterday I found that I had a fever and found that I could not reduce the fever at all. Sent to the hospital, the fever did not subside. In the case that the drug is not effective in reducing fever, the hospital uses physical fever reduction. But the results are still not ideal. This morning, the patient experienced multiple organ failure. The hospital was not able to revive Spencer. We should recall all the super antibodies. McCallan said.
"Do you know what happens when you do that?" Steve asked.
McCallan looked up at his boss.
"Doing so will completely destroy our Bess Medicine. Do you know how many copies of Super Antibodies we've sold? 50,000 copies. Sales worth $2.5 billion. You let me recall? Steve yelled.
"But if we don't, if the problem worsens, our losses will be even worse." McCallan said.
Steve shook his head: "The official has bowed to Fahrenheit, and Fahrenheit has returned to the U.S. market." This time, they have no obstacles. Because of the pricing of super antibodies, we have completely messed with the authorities. If this time things come to light. Bess Medicine is completely finished. β
"But......" McCallan could not say anything before he was rudely interrupted by Steve.
"Now you're going to find out to me how this patient died? Is there a way to remedy it? Spencer's thing, I'll have someone figure it out. Steve grabbed McCallan by the collar with his hand and pushed McCallan into the corner.
The Spencer family was plunged into deep grief.
"Why? Why? Aren't super antibodies immune to all diseases? Spencer's mother, Sarah, said.
Hamish, the attending doctor, said in a deep voice: "We have found a strange virus in Spencer's body. We can be sure that it was this virus that led to Spencer's death. This is a new virus. We have reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They will soon come over and do research on this virus. Because this virus has an extremely strong ability to infect. And it is very resistant to all the antiviral drugs now. So anyone who has been in contact with Spencer has to be quarantined. β
Spencer's identity is truly compelling. After all, he was one of the first to use super antibodies. At the beginning, everyone blamed Bess Pharmaceutical's super antibody for not working. Instead, they were helpless against Spencer's death. Many people are beginning to suspect that the super antibody does not work as well as BS Pharmaceutical.
Steve's actions did not play a very good role, but it was the sensitivity of Bess Pharmaceutical, which made the media feel a little abnormal. As a result, the opinions of some scientists who were opposed to Bess Pharmaceutical's super antibodies were re-opened by these reporters.
"Super antibodies are potentially risky. It has the potential to turn some ordinary viruses into superviruses. Due to the very strong expression efficiency of super antibody, it will greatly improve the infection ability and pathogenicity of the virus. If this happens, it will raise very serious safety concerns......" a biologist told reporters.
A spokesperson for Bess Pharma believes that the incident is accidental: "After the super antibody vaccination, the patient's physique has improved significantly. Resistance has improved dramatically. This kind of is obvious to all. Spencer's death, Bess Medicine is also very sorry for this. But. Spencer's death does not negate the effects of super antibodies. Spencer was infected with a new virus. We will do our best to find a way to deal with this virus. β
McCallan looked at the test results. couldn't help frowning: "How can this be?" How so? β
The number of jΓΉ shows that this new super virus has a very high homology with the super antibody of Bess Pharmaceutical.
"The main sequence of this virus actually comes from a super antibody. How so? Vera was also very surprised.
"Actually, we thought about it before. At that time, it was supposed to be a period of safety verification before it could be commercialized, but ......" Cassidy did not continue.
"It's useless to talk about this now, the most important question in my heart is how to remedy it." McCallan said.
"It's too late." Milano said.
Everyone's expressions changed. Now there is a case of mutation. Then I'm afraid that there will be a second and third cases ...... soon. And. Each case is followed by a large number of infected people.
The prediction of the R&D staff of Bess Pharma is accurate. Not only Spencer's family tested positive. And the doctors and nurses who treated Spencer were also infected because of contact. The ability of this virus to infect is clearly beyond expectations.
At this time, many people just thought that a new virus had emerged. But by the time the second patient vaccinated with super antibodies died. Everyone's eyes began to focus on the super antibody of Bess Pharmaceutical.
"The culprit is super antibodies! Bess Pharma conceals the truth. As a result, more people are infected. Super antibodies turn ordinary viruses into super viruses. Two cases of super-antibody vaccination have been killed, and nearly 100 other family members and medical staff have been infected. ABC TV reporter Rodrigo reported on this fact. All of a sudden, Bess Medicine was pushed to the cusp of the wave.
Soon Wesley's death was revealed, and Bess Medicine was finally proven to be a great safety hazard. The current FDA commissioner, Dr. Jacobs, had to resign. Bess Pharmaceutical was also frozen all its assets for the crime of endangering public safety, and Steve and other main persons in charge were imprisoned.
Soon the death toll expanded from two to more than a hundred. The Americans could not hold on, and could only send out a plea for help like the whole world.
"The Americans can't hold on." Wang Jia hurried into Watson's office.
"What's wrong?" Watson asked.
"U.S. officials have sent us a request for help. The destructive power of the super virus is really as terrifying as we simulate. Now all the Chinese are boasting about the wisdom of what they did before the food and drug administration. The Americans simply simply have no way to solve the problem of a supervirus in a short time. So they had to ask for help all over the world. Master, you see, when are we going to launch new medicines? Wang Jia asked.
"Now that we have the information of Bess Pharmaceutical, let's launch our new drug in the near future. After all, these infected people are also innocent. Watson said.
"Okay. We will bring our new products to the U.S. market tomorrow. What is the price of our antidote? Wang Jia asked.
"The antidote to the super antibody is sold for $10,000 a piece, and the antidote to the elixir is $10 million a piece." Watson said.
Wang Jia smiled: "Okay." β
Although this price is very high, it is not expensive at all compared to the price of 50,000 US dollars a copy of Bess Pharmaceutical. Since Americans had the money to buy a $50,000 antibody, they should be willing to buy an antidote worth $10,000. Compared with the elixir that is often auctioned for tens of millions of dollars, the drug that costs 10 million dollars a piece is really cheap. At that time, there were already safe and efficient special drugs of Fahrenheit Pharmaceutical, and they did not buy them, but they wanted to choose the high-priced drugs of Bess Pharmaceutical, and they should have the consciousness of being slaughtered by Fahrenheit Pharmaceutical.
This time, even the harsh American media was embarrassed to scold Fahrenheit for taking advantage of the fire. Instead, they are grateful to Fahrenheit for being able to develop the antidote in such a short period of time, rather than waiting for the U.S. patient population to increase to a frightening number before bringing the antidote to market. Moreover, 10,000 dollars a detoxification is not expensive for Americans, because an antidote means saving a life. The antidote to the elixir is ridiculously expensive. But what does this concern ordinary people? Since those rich people are not bad for money, they naturally have the money to buy the antidote to Fahrenheit Pharmaceutical.
All of the hard-earned money went to Fahrenheit's account. And in the end, when the assets of Bess Pharmaceutical could not repay the medical expenses, the assets of Bess Pharma were auctioned. Fahrenheit Group purchased the R&D department of Bess Pharma and the corresponding technology patents.
At the same time as the launch of the antidote, the Fahrenheit Group also released another new product of its own, Gu Bendan. This is a recipe calculated by Hu Zhijie after analyzing thousands of Chinese medicinal materials using ducklings. After the continuous improvement of Wang Jia's pharmaceutical R&D team, the best formula was obtained. This formula has no other effect, the only effect is to eliminate the adverse effects of the elixir and maintain the effect of the elixir.
This Guben Dan is not cheap. A serving of Gubendan is directly priced at $50 million. In the future, the elixir will be sold as a package with Gubendan.
"Xiaosheng, if you don't study medicine, it's a good material to do business." Zhao Yumeng said.
"You're not the same? Also MD yet. In the end, I found that I was the most suitable to be a general manager. Our test-taking education kills people. How many people's talents have been erased. Watson said.
"Hmm. But you're more gifted as a doctor. You're not doing the wrong thing. Zhao Yumeng said.
"To be a man, you still have to be kind, Bess Medicine is bent on harming others, and as a result, it hurts others and hurts yourself. In the end, he picked up a stone and shot himself in the foot. I was bent on saving people, and my kindness was rewarded. It not only saved people, but also made money. There's no way around it. Watson said.
"yes. He is the cause of the day, and the result of the day. Zhao Yumeng nodded. Looking back at the whole thing, it's true. Bess Pharmaceutical originally wanted to use this drug to defeat the Fahrenheit Group, and even did not hesitate to go the wrong way. (To be continued......)