Chapter 31 Pfizer
"Ziyi, did that friend of yours mention that Professor Fleming has ever experimented on animals?" Murong Youheng suddenly asked again.
At this time, Murong Youheng was immersed in the pathological effects of penicillin. In fact, when Fleming discovered penicillin, he didn't really understand the role of penicillin, he just used penicillin as a new antibiotic, although he published a paper on penicillin in a medical journal, but it did not attract attention from all sides. Including Murong Youheng, who has read this paper, is the same. Otherwise, penicillin would not have been systematically studied by Flora and Chann ten years after Fleming's discovery, thus giving birth to the first antibiotic in human history. But Qin Feng proposed that penicillin could be used for postoperative infection, which immediately attracted Murong Youheng's attention, and he carefully recalled the paper that Murong Jing had read, and it seemed that something new came out of his brain, but he couldn't grasp it.
Where did Qin Feng know this, and smiled apologetically: "At that time, my friend just said that, I don't know whether Dr. Fleming conducted animal experiments or not. β
Murong Youheng's face showed a look of disappointment, and then he hurriedly asked, "Your friend is still not in Shanghai, can you introduce him to me." β
This so-called British friend was originally made up by Qin Feng, shook his head and said, "This friend of mine returned to the UK two years ago. Then he smiled and said, "If you want to go to England to find him, you might as well go directly to Dr. Fleming." β
Murong Youheng also said with regret: "If you have the opportunity to meet Dr. Fleming in the future, you can discuss penicillin." β
Qin Feng saw that Murong Youheng was not generally interested in penicillin, and asked tentatively: "Brother Youheng, if you hand over Dr. Fleming's research materials to you, do you see if you can use penicillin in clinical practice?" β
Murong Youheng shook his head and said, "This is very difficult, first of all, we don't know if penicillin can really be used for postoperative infection; Secondly, from research and refining to animal experiments, this is a rigorous scientific process, and it cannot be used in clinical trials until it is certain. β
"So what if we knew it could actually be used for post-operative infections?" Qin Feng then asked.
Murong Youheng's face showed a slight expression of excitement, and then he sighed and said, "Even if I can confirm it, I can't do it with my own strength, and I still need a complete research team and equipment." If the pharmaceutical company I used to work in the U.S. might have the conditions to do research, but it's a pityΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·" Speaking of this, Murong Youheng suddenly sighed again and did not continue.
Because the people sent by Smith hadn't found Fleming yet, and his research patent hadn't been obtained, Qin Feng didn't know what to say to Murong Youheng, so he asked casually: "I don't know which pharmaceutical company Brother Heng originally had in the United States?" β
Because everyone has a common language, Murong Youheng's attitude towards Qin Feng is not as cold as just now, and he smiled bitterly and said: "After I graduated, I worked in a pharmaceutical company in the United States, called Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, but unfortunately after the Great Depression, it collapsed and was about to go bankrupt. Otherwise, I wouldn't have returned home so soon. β
"Oh, Pfizer, what, you're talking about Pfizer?" Qin Feng felt that this name was very familiar at first, and while answering casually, a blue diamond-shaped pill suddenly appeared in his head, and he immediately jumped up from his chair. Viagra, commonly known as "Viagra", is produced by this company, and Pfizer, yes, is this company, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, with a market value of nearly more than 200 billion US dollars. is about to go out of business in this era, which sounds very incredible to Qin Feng.
Murong Youheng was taken aback by Qin Feng's actions, and asked with a strange expression, "Why, Ziyi knows about this pharmaceutical company?" This company can only be regarded as an average medium-sized company in the United States, which is not very large. β
Qin Feng couldn't care about Murong Youheng's question, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Youheng, you said that Pfizer is about to go out of business?" β
"Yes, after the Great Recession, the company's orders fell sharply, and the company laid off employees significantly. Even researchers like us are given long vacations and receive only 30% of our salaries. Murong Youheng nodded and replied.
"Well, there is Brother Heng, so you are still an employee of Pfizer. By the way, you just said that Pfizer is not big, so does it sell now? If so, how much will it cost? Qin Feng was really carried away by this amazing news, and asked a little incoherently.
Murong Youheng was also confused, he didn't understand why Qin Feng wanted to see a treasure from a little-known pharmaceutical company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. He also replied with Qin Feng's train of thought: "I don't know if it's sold or not, but if the company doesn't improve in the near future and someone wants to sell it, I think they should consider it, it's better than going bankrupt, okay?" When it comes to how much it's worth, I can't say it, but looking at the scale and equipment, it is estimated to be around three or four million dollars. β
Three or four million US dollars, hearing this figure, Qin Feng was not surprised, the current foreign banks and investments can be said to be making money every day. When Qin Feng came back to his senses, he found that the three people of the Murong family in the house were looking at him with surprised eyes. Murong Qingqing, the curious baby, asked with a look of disbelief: "Ziyi, do you want to buy my eldest brother's pharmaceutical company in the United States?" β
"Ziyi, I can see that you are very interested in pathology and pharmaceuticals, but if you want to buy Pfizer, I still want to advise you, you should consider it seriously. Although I personally would love it to get out of the way. Murong Youheng said to Qin Feng with a serious face.
"Ziyi, did your grandfather have the idea of investing in a pharmaceutical company?" Murong Qi also asked with some surprise.
"Well, that's my personal idea for the time being. I heard an American friend mention the Pfizer pharmaceutical company before, and he said that it is a very promising pharmaceutical company. Now that the domestic situation is unstable, I would like to advise my grandfather to increase overseas investment and take precautions. Qin Feng had to move out another American friend.
"Ziyi, I didn't expect you to have a lot of foreign friends."
Qin Feng couldn't help but smile awkwardly.
Murong Qi looked at Qin Feng meaningfully and said, "Ziyi, although the current situation is unstable, overseas investment must be cautious. β
Qin Feng knew that he was a little abrupt, and nodded again and again: "What my father-in-law reminded me is that I just think that the acquisition of Hengrui Pharmaceutical is very promising, but in the end, it still needs to be decided by my grandfather." β