Wei Kang was a little surprised after receiving Andre's call. He did not expect that overseas listing would be stuck in the FDA approval step.
But when I heard that MSD was behind it, I was immediately relieved.
With a market of more than 10 billion US dollars per year, it is strange that there is no crackdown on such a huge piece of meat.
Andre promised him that he would find a relationship to solve this problem as soon as possible.
Then he can only wait for follow-up news for the time being.
It seems that the US$2 billion milestone payment will be delayed.
At present, we can only focus on conquering the domestic market first.
He checked the status of Merck's broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug Keytruda in the domestic market.
Keytruda has only a few approved treatment indications in China, including lung cancer, melanoma, and colon cancer.
In foreign countries, Keytruda has been approved to treat more than 20 types of cancer.
Keyruda has a unified price in China. The price of a box is 18,000 yuan, and there is only one bottle in it. Intravenous injection every 3 weeks. Taking the patient weighing 50Kg as an example, one 100mg/4ml tube is required at a time, which costs more than 70,000 yuan in three months.
At first glance, this price may not seem unaffordable, but for cancer patients, the medication needs to be taken for a long time. A box of medicine may not be much, but the cost will be very expensive when the dosage is large.
For patients using Keytruda, three months is just a course of treatment, and subsequent treatment depends on individual circumstances.
Although Merck is also promoting charity drug donation measures, generally speaking, cancer patients’ out-of-pocket treatment costs about 300,000 yuan per year.
For many patients from ordinary families, it is difficult to afford the expensive treatment costs of hundreds of thousands per year.
Keytruda of the same specifications sold by Merck in Europe costs about 10,000 yuan each, which is much cheaper than the price in China.
But in general, the cost of anti-cancer drugs is unbearable, both at home and abroad.
The most important thing is that Keytruda is not covered by medical insurance and can only be paid for out-of-pocket, which makes it even worse for families who are not already wealthy.
Therefore, if Weikang wants to defeat Keytruda in the domestic market, it is actually very simple.
In one word, price!
As long as the price of Sanqing anti-cancer drugs comes down, it will definitely be possible to sweep the domestic market.
And if the price is lowered, you can join the medical insurance centralized purchasing, and there will be no problem with sales.
Most anti-cancer drugs cannot be included in the medical insurance centralized procurement because they are expensive and cannot be reduced.
Moreover, Sanqing anti-cancer drugs are very effective and have no side effects. Basically, they can be cured in one course of treatment. Although there is no guarantee of subsequent recurrence, one month of treatment is considered bearable compared with the courses of other anti-cancer drugs. .
Even for self-pay patients who are not eligible for medical insurance, as long as the price remains the same, it can beat other anti-cancer drugs with its miraculous efficacy.
What's more, Sanqing anti-cancer drug is still a domestically produced drug, and the country will definitely support it vigorously. It has a unique advantage in the domestic market. At least patients using Sanqing don’t have to worry about supply interruptions or shortages.
In addition, Sheng Changya's whitening product project plan was also recognized by him.
He has allocated funds to Sheng Changya to set up a cosmetics company to develop, approve and put into production whitening products.
The development and production of cosmetics is not a problem. There are very mature cosmetics OEMs on the market, as well as mature product line formulas. As long as you add whitening drug ingredients, debug a suitable product line, and pay for production, you can start production.
Like the sales of health care products, this part is temporarily outsourced. Sanqing is currently fully preparing to produce new anti-cancer drugs.
It’s just that whitening products belong to a special category of cosmetics, and it will take some time to get approved.
This time can be used for marketing activities.
In short, it all depends on Sheng Changya's ability. If the other party has the ability to handle the entire project, then he can naturally trust her to hand over the entire cosmetics company to her.
If that doesn't work, he will find other professional teams to take over the company.
Wei Kang made up his mind and got up to go to Kunming First People's Hospital.
The re-examination promised must be done.
This time, I was still accompanied by Jianlianyun, so I didn’t have to queue up and could just go through a complete set of examinations.
After reading the examination report, Jian Jianyun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a satisfied smile: "No cancer cells can be detected in the body. Congratulations, you are completely cured."
Seeing Wei Kang's happy face, she hurriedly warned: "You got liver cancer before because of unhealthy living habits. You must pay more attention to your health in the future. Don't drink, smoke, and don't stay up late every day. Only in this way can you stay healthy. Otherwise, if it relapses, you will be ill again." It’s going to be hard.”
Wei Kang nodded in agreement. Seeing Jian Lian Yun still looking at him with a happy face, he couldn't help but touch his face and wondered: "What's wrong? I remember washing my face. Is there something growing somewhere?"
Jian Jianyun raised his finger and hissed, then looked around and found that there was no one else in the office.
She was overjoyed and said: "I have two pieces of good news to tell you. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Wei Kang was stunned: "Two good news? Isn't it usually one good news and one bad news?"
Jian Jian Yun's expression changed: "Do you want to hear it or not?"
Wei Kang smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have a choice? You can tell me one by one."
Jian Jian Yun said happily: "Actually, there is a piece of good news that belongs to me, but it also belongs to you, so I will tell you this first."
"I recorded all patient clinical trials of Sanqing anti-cancer drugs, and then wrote a paper, which was published in the top international clinical oncology journal "Lancet Oncology" (Lancet-Oncology, impact factor 36.4). "
"Since you developed the anti-cancer drug, I also put your name on it."
"However," a blush appeared on her face, she lowered her head and said softly: "Because this paper is more important to our oncology department, I will only put you as the second author. If you mind, I can put you as the second author. The author gives it to you."
"Haha, no need." Wei Kang couldn't help but laugh: "Dr. Jian, you are too polite. This paper has nothing to do with me in the first place. Even if it is not signed, it is fine. It is all the work of the doctors in your department."
He scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed: "You said I am a pharmaceutical company owner, why do I need a paper? I can't sell it for much money, haha."
After thinking about it carefully, I was still a little excited after all: "I am just a wild master in pharmaceuticals, and I can actually publish a paper in a top international journal. The impact factor must be very high. This can be regarded as an academic achievement, haha."
Jian Jianyun smiled and handed over a printed publication and explained: "This is the electronic printout of The Lancet-Oncology. The official publication is still being mailed. I will give you another copy when it arrives."
Wei Kang took it and was very happy to turn to the paper signed by himself. He found that it was all in English. It couldn't be said that he couldn't understand it at all, it could only be said that it was a bit difficult.
After all, he was not good at writing papers back then, so he put it away happily and continued to ask: "Thank you so much, what is the other good news?"
Jian Jian Yunpai clapped his hands and said, "Hey, I almost forgot, it's like this..."
Now I talked about the use of anti-cancer drugs to treat Academician Qi's pancreatic cancer, but he didn't go into too many details. He just said that Academician Qi happened to be a patient of his father Jian Guohua, so he recommended this drug after the operation, and the effect was very good. good.
At present, Academician Qi is out of danger, his condition has stabilized, and the cancer cells in his body have stopped metastasizing. His body is constantly recovering. Even because of his age, he believes he can be completely cured within three months.
"So that's what happened. After Academician Qi woke up, he was very happy and asked me to convey his gratitude to you. He is very grateful to you for inventing such a special anti-cancer drug that can save his life."
"But he is still in hospital for treatment. When he fully recovers, he will come to thank you."
"Also, Academician Qi said that it would be a pity if such a miraculous anti-cancer drug cannot be launched as soon as possible, so he will fully promote the approval process and hopes to get special approval and quickly launch it."
This good news came so fast, like a tornado, immediately drowning Wei Kang.
He was stunned for a moment before he could fully digest everything, and he was instantly ecstatic.
At the same time he grinned uncontrollably.
"Dr. Jane, you are so kind. I really don't know how to thank you."
"This is really good news, just what I need, hahaha."
"Dr. Jian, I must treat you to dinner. You must not refuse."
