One April morning, Sidya had just walked into his headquarters office in New York, and as usual, he first glanced at the work arrangements given to him by his secretary, and everything else was normal, except that when he saw the last thing, his brow furrowed unconsciously, and then he called his secretary: "Tony, what's the matter with this Indian?" ”

Secretary Tony hurriedly replied respectfully: "Boss, there is a Mr. Shakru Pandit from India who wants to buy a scientific research and research patent from us. ”

Upon hearing this, Sidya snorted coldly and said, "They Indians still know that there is such a thing as a patent in this world? Isn't India the largest production base for counterfeit drugs? It is also the most arrogant and upright production base of counterfeit drugs. ”

It's no wonder that Sidia is so angry, almost all the large drug developers in Europe and the United States have no good impression of Indians, and can even be said to hate them, for the reason mentioned earlier, that is, because the new version of the patent law promulgated in India in 1972 has a provision that has had a great impact on the Indian pharmaceutical industry: no product patents are granted for drugs, only process patents are granted for production processes, so that as long as the expensive drugs in Europe and the United States are on the market, Indian pharmaceutical companies can imitate similar products under the protection of their own laws.

Because India's generic drugs are exactly the same as patented drugs in terms of dose, safety, efficacy, quality, effect, and indications, and because there is no need to pay patent fees, the average price of generic drugs is only one-fifth to two-fifths of that of patented drugs, and individual varieties are even more than ten times different, so India's pharmaceutical industry has developed rapidly and has the title of "world pharmacy". (For example, Novartis in Switzerland, Gleevec, a famous cancer drug, costs $4,000 a month, but a generic drug in India costs only $73.) As for why I know this, because I'm the pharmaceutical accountant of the hospital)

Of course, the major pharmaceutical giants in Europe and the United States are extremely dissatisfied with this, because this is a blatant robbery of their labor results and profits, so pharmaceutical giants including Bayer in Germany and Novartis in Switzerland have sued India for this kind of infringement, and played a clear slogan "There are no innovative drugs, where are the generic drugs?" "If everybody does that, who's going to invest heavily in product development?" However, in order to defend the generic drug industry in its country, the Indian government has repeatedly issued "compulsory licenses" for compulsory intervention, so all pharmaceutical giants have a straight itch of hatred for Indians.

Although Pfizer does not have any drugs that have been copied by India, it has no good feelings for Indians out of sympathy. (Pfizer is now the largest pharmaceutical company in the United States, and the oxytetracycline and tetracycline we are familiar with are all developed by this company, and of course, the most famous and profitable project is Viagra, which is also the purpose of the protagonist's trip.) ）

Seeing that the boss was angry, Secretary Tony also echoed and said: "Boss, you are right, I was surprised when I first heard that this Indian came to buy a patent, especially since they wanted to buy the new drug for the treatment of heart disease that we just failed in the experiment, which made me even more puzzled." ”

"What do you say? This Indian wants to buy sildenafil? Sidia asked incredulously.

Secretary Tony nodded: "That's right, he said that he wanted to buy sildenafil, I really don't understand, what's the use of him buying this patent, our Pfizer project has failed, can Indians without the slightest innovation ability succeed?" ”

Sidya thought for a moment, then said to his secretary, Tony, "Go and call this Indian, and I'll talk to him." ”

"Boss, you don't really want to sell it to him, do you?" The secretary asked, puzzled.

Sidia nodded: "If the price he offers is right, why not sell it to him?" It's true that I hate Indians, but I don't hate money. ”

Although Sidia said this, his expression was still cold when Shakru came in, and he said proudly: "Mr. Pandit, I heard that you want to buy the patent rights of sildenafil, a new drug developed by our company?" ”

"To be precise, what I want to buy is the patent rights of your company's new unformed drug sildenafil, which has just failed in the experiment." Shakru corrected.

Sidia didn't pay attention to Shakru's provocation, and said with a frown: "Mr. Pandit's news is very fast, we just announced that this project has failed for less than three days, and you made a request for purchase, how can this make me feel very uneasy?" ”

"Because I am also very interested in this project, I have been very concerned, although your company's trial failed, but your R&D process and R&D data can give me a lot of inspiration for the new drug I am developing, so when I heard that your company's trial failed, I came to buy it." Shakru explained.

Sidia sneered: "But to be honest, I don't have any confidence in the ability of your counterparts in the research and development of new drugs, so I'm curious about where your confidence comes from, Mr. Pandit?" Could it be that your pharmaceutical plant is bigger than our Pfizer? ”

Shakru understands that the implication of Sidia's words is that you Indian pharmacists have developed their own drugs over the years, and they have not all copied us, and now that our Pfizer experiments have failed, how can you have the confidence to take over and continue to develop them?

For this problem, Shaklu is naturally confident, because Pfizer's entire previous research and development direction is wrong, they are using sildenafil as a new drug for the treatment of cardiovascular disease to conduct experiments, but in fact, the biggest effect of sildenafil is not here, his real effect is to stimulate male X function, you are in the wrong direction, how can the experiment not fail. (The development of Viagra is one of the most famous examples of inadvertent insertion in the pharmaceutical industry, and to this day, the inventor refuses to admit that he is the father of Viagra, and he always believes that the drug has no meaning in curing pain and saving lives.) ）

But Shakru naturally wouldn't tell Sidia about this kind of thing, and at this time, it is estimated that even if he did, Sidia would not necessarily believe it, so Shakru replied without humility or arrogance: "This is my trade secret, please forgive me for not telling you before my experiment is successful." But to be honest, I am probably the only person in the world who is willing to pay 30 million dollars to buy this patent right now, so I hope you can think about it carefully, President Sidia. ”

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