Chapter 256 New Drug Launches and Differential Pricing
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The main plane of Yanhuang Continent Beijing, the scene of the press conference of the State Council.
At this time, the place was brightly lit, and the bright incandescent lights illuminated the entire press conference site as if it were day. On the light blue background wall, there are conspicuous words "State Council Press Conference". The hundreds of seats across the rostrum were already full, and in order to meet the demand for interviews from more countries, the government had to impose artificial limits on the number of people per newspaper and the number of people allowed in each country.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the press conference officially began. Under the illumination of the flashing lights one after another, the spokeswoman dressed in plain clothes calmly stepped onto the podium.
"Good evening, everyone. Below, I will authorize the publication of the following information. The spokeswoman adjusted her tone a little and said solemnly: "In view of the recent anti-cancer drugs and AIDS treatment drugs that have been widely publicized on the Internet and on television, as well as the rumors that they are another scientific research achievement of the '201 Project', I hereby solemnly announce that all speculations are true." The full name of the new anti-cancer drug is 'Cancer Pill', and the full name of the AIDS drug is 'Anti-Moxa Pill', both of which are two new molecular compounds found in hundreds of thousands of experiments by China's '201 Project' medical research team after more than ten years and tens of billions of scientific research funds. At present, these two new drugs have completed the animal experimental stage, and are conducting the first phase of clinical trials in several infectious disease hospitals and cancer hospitals in Yanhuang. ”
"According to the latest issue of yesterday's feedback to the Ministry of Health of the State Council on the treatment information of hospitals, the two new drugs have good efficacy, and there is no adverse reaction. Patients with early-stage cancer and AIDS, after taking the drug for 2 weeks, have shown obvious signs of recovery, and the cancer cells and HIV in the body have decreased significantly; Patients with advanced disease also begin to show signs of decreasing cancer cells and HIV. In addition, it is particularly important to mention that patients with terminal cancer who have metastasized cancer cells will have a significant inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in their bodies after taking 'Cancer Pill', and there is a slight trend of reduction, and it is expected that they will have the possibility and hope of recovery after taking the new drug for a longer time. That concludes the main points of my remarks today. If you have any questions, you can ask them. ”
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, does the advent of these two new drugs represent cancer and AIDS, two terminal human diseases that have plagued the world for decades, and have been overcome by us since then?"
"Well, strictly speaking, because there needs to be a three-phase clinical trial. That is, it will take at least half a year to verify the effect of the new drug, so it is not too early to assert it. At present, based on only animal experiments and the results of the first phase of clinical trials in the past two weeks, I can only say that it is very probable. ”
"Excuse me, are these two agents pure industrial synthetics? Or is it the reprocessing of extracts from plants and animals of origin? In the future, once it is put into production and listed, there will be no capacity limitations. A reporter with a Stars and Stripes tag around his neck asked loudly.
"It should be said that it is a semi-worker synthesis, although the final product requires industrial pharmaceutical equipment and special reactions to complete, but its raw materials, additives and catalysts require the cooperation of several natural plants, so in terms of capacity, the output of new drugs is not unlimited." The spokeswoman replied cautiously.
"Will that cause the result that the new drug is expensive and ordinary citizens can't afford it?" A reporter from a Hong Kong newspaper asked a little nervously.
"Judging from the information I have gotten at hand, strictly speaking, there should be no production capacity problem for yellow people, but there may be a gap between black people and white people in the world to a certain extent."
As soon as the spokeswoman finished saying this, hundreds of reporters in the audience couldn't help but "buzz", and all of them raised their hands and wanted to ask questions.
"Please listen to me first. According to the information I have at hand, there is a reaction preference among several important plant resources needed for new drugs. Just as human blood is divided into type A, type B, type O, and a very small number of scarce types. To put it simply, after a series of reactions of the raw material drug, the final product is temporarily called a therapeutic factor, about every 100 therapeutic factors, 90 are effective against the yellow race, 9 are effective against the black race, and the remaining 1 is effective against the white race. Therefore, if the annual production capacity reaches hundreds of millions of boxes in the future, there will be about 10 million boxes suitable for blacks, and only about 1 million boxes for whites. ”
"It's unimaginable, you must know that disease has no skin color 'borders'!" A Caucasian man suddenly stood up and said in disbelief.
"First, I would like to remind you that you need to raise your hand and be called by name before speaking. Second, I understand your feelings, but unfortunately, the medical team of Project 201 has tried all means, including the method of radiomutagenesis, but without exception, it has not been successful. At this stage, we can only accept this outcome. ”
"Hello, I'm a reporter from AFP, and I think your country should invite experts from pharmaceutical companies from all over the world to jointly study, analyze, and solve this problem."
"We're sorry, but we can't do this for the time being due to patent issues."
"Patents?"
"Yes, because in 2000, Yanhuang's finances were not wealthy, so a considerable part of the research funds for medicine were raised from private enterprises, and according to the agreement signed at that time, the enterprises that invested at that time would enjoy part of the patent rights of new drugs and the right to profit from drug sales."
"But this is a medical and pharmaceutical progress and revolution for the benefit of the whole world, and it should belong to the whole world and play a role on the world stage. Wouldn't your country consider donating it to the relief of the massive victims of the disease in the Third World around the world? A reporter from the Star-Spangled Banner asked.
"This reporter, if you can persuade your country's 'Pfizer', 'Johnson & Johnson' and other pharmaceutical multinational giants to announce that they will henceforth give up and disclose thousands of various pharmaceutical patents under their names, and give up their annual turnover of hundreds of billions of medical drug revenues, I think our country will immediately follow the pace at that time."
"What about the pricing of the new drug?"
"Because it hasn't reached the launch stage yet, the final pricing hasn't come out yet. But certainly not too high. Considering the fact that each patient needs one box per week and 4 boxes a month, although there have been more than 30 billion yuan of research funding in front of us, we still try our best to persuade companies to reduce profits, the current plan price is 99 yuan per box for the treatment of yellow people, 990 yuan per box for the black version (about 160 US dollars), and 9990 yuan per box (about 1600 US dollars) for white people, in addition, the new production line is already under construction, but limited to raw materials, we have no ability to supply the world, At present, it can only be exported in a small range, and the domestic market is mainly used in the short term, please understand~~"
At 9 o'clock in the evening, after the press conference, a public forum on the domestic Internet in Yanhuang was held.
"Wowhaha, it's so cool, it's so cool, the country is so powerful, it has developed such an awesome new drug!" The owner of the first floor opened the post.
"It's, it's like, it's up to us what to do with those people in foreign countries. However, the 'limited' supply smells of conspiracy no matter how you look at it. The second floor replied.
"Hey! Upstairs, pay attention, be careful that the people from Guoan will come back to the house to look for you, because you told the truth, haha. ”
"But what makes me unhappy is that the little devil and we are all yellows, let them pick up a cheap ~~" The reply on the fourth floor "cut the devil's head with a big knife" said.
"Don't worry, the little devil just experienced the Fukushima nuclear leak. It's been more than a year now. Think about what is the most terrible thing about nuclear radiation? Long duration? There is a high probability of inducing cancer! There are more than 100 million people in the country, almost 200 million, right? So many people, even if it is prevention, they have to buy some medicine to eat. According to 100 million people, 400 yuan per person per month, 54 weeks a year, let's calculate 5,000 yuan, which is 500 billion yuan! And their Amaterasu doesn't stipulate that people are only allowed to get cancer once in their lifetime, if this comes a few times, or becomes a regular medicine, our country will send it! The "money fan" on the fifth floor took the ledger and calculated.
"Anyway, how to see how not to suffer, and didn't the press conference say, for domestic patients who are incapacitated, seriously ill, and have no financial resources, they can receive 'cancer pills' and 'anti-moxa pills' for free from designated health institutions in the future, but they can only receive a week's amount at a time, and it's just a little troublesome."
"Haha, anyway, this time it's for the people, and I'm angry~~"
"We people, we should be happy today, we people, we should be happy today!"
Stars and Stripes Republic, White House, Washington.
Due to the huge market prospects and danger index of Yanhuang's "new drugs", which pose a real threat to pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson of the Stars and Stripes, they greeted Obama and his think tanks through their respective agents, hoping to prohibit the "new drugs" of Yanhuang from entering the domestic market of the Stars and Stripes without testing and verification.
"Gentlemen, how many times has Yanhuang's 'Project 201' been mentioned by us recently?" Obama asked, looking at who owed him millions of dollars.
"Maybe it's the fourth or fifth time, right? I don't remember exactly! It seems that every time something happens to Yanhuang, the source is this '201 Project'. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton replied.
"Isn't it time for our pawns in Yanhuang to act?" Obama asked CIA Director Leon Panetta.
"It should be this half a month, and they promise to make 'gratifying' progress. According to the information received so far, their personnel have entered the outer and middle levels of the '201 Project', and are only one step away from finally coming into contact with the computer database where the results of the '201 Project' are stored. Leon Panetta replied.
"Okay, if necessary, the military needs to provide the necessary support and guarantees." Obama nodded.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured that our air force and Central Asian bases are ready, and as soon as they get something, we can ensure air support and a safe evacuation." Chuck Hagel, the current Secretary of State for Defense of the Stars and Stripes, affirmed.
"If necessary, the Navy's four aircraft carrier battle groups will also approach the coastal waters of the Yanhuang Republic to form a flanking situation." Jim, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added.
"Okay, so we can sit back and relax." Obama nodded.
"Your Excellency the President, what about Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's requests?" Hillary thought of the request of the consortium behind her, and was afraid that a few people in the room would forget, so she reminded her.
"Let the FDA (Stars and Stripes Banner Food and Drug Administration) come forward and follow the normal review procedures, which is enough to delay for 3~5 years, and by then, our country's 'similar' new drugs have already been put into production and marketed."
"Haha, good_idea!"