Kunming City, Sanqing Headquarters.
Sanqing officially held a new drug press conference and announced the clinical phase III data report of a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease.
He also stated that the new drug will be approved soon and will be officially launched for sale in one month.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately spread all over the Internet.
Many patients and their families who had not signed up for the clinical trials burst into tears and looked forward to it.
Now everyone has no objection to the efficacy, so they are talking about it. The main focus is on the price.
"This drug is probably the only effective AD drug in the world. We also have a technological monopoly. I wonder how much Sanqing will sell for?"
"Although everyone is equal in the face of Alzheimer's disease, we ordinary people are not as good as those rich and powerful people, and we don't know whether we can afford to eat."
“Even if a bottle of this life-saving medicine sells for 10,000 yuan, there are still people rushing to buy it.”
"Nowadays, medical treatment in China is getting more and more expensive, and we don't dare to get sick casually. In order to make more money, unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies sell a box of cold medicine for dozens of yuan, for fear that our medicines will be too cheap."
"Maybe they think the medicine we take should be worth the price, so I just give in."
"There are also various pharmacies selling Chinese patent medicines. I accidentally lost one or two hundred dollars and couldn't eat well. I was ripped off several times."
"Domestic pharmaceutical companies are like this, and foreign pharmaceutical companies are even more extreme. Many niche special effects drugs are sold for hundreds of thousands per shot. They want to rip off the patients' skin and plunder them all."
"However, Sanqing has always been conscientious in terms of price. I have confidence in Mr. Wei."
"That's right, anti-cancer drugs used to be included in medical insurance as soon as new drugs were launched, and the prices were very high."
"President Wei will definitely not set a high price, and ordinary people will definitely be able to afford it."
"Just wait and see, this drug will probably be covered by medical insurance, and the price won't be too expensive."
#三清ADSpecial Effect Drug Price# suddenly made headlines all over the Internet.
Many hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and even experts in related fields have made speculations.
These speculations are based on the prices of some new AD drugs that have been launched, and the prices of these drugs are not cheap.
Needless to say, Yingguo Bogen's AD specific medicine costs 30,000 US dollars per year. The people of Yingguo cannot afford it, let alone import it into the country. Most people in the country certainly cannot afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars. of.
As for domestically, the trehalose capsules launched by Green Sunshine were relatively expensive before they were covered by medical insurance.
Each box costs 900 yuan. Based on 4 boxes per month for one course of treatment, the patient’s medication cost reaches 3,600 yuan per month, and the annual cost is as high as more than 40,000 yuan, which is a huge burden for most families.
Since enrolling in medical insurance, the price has dropped to 300 yuan per box, and the monthly cost has dropped to 1,200 yuan, which is more than 10,000 yuan a year. Although it is still expensive, for the people, the burden has been reduced a lot.
However, this is based on the fact that the drug is effective. If the effect is not obvious, the price will be sky-high.
Because if it cannot be completely cured, this drug is treated as a long-term drug for chronic diseases, and the patient must continue to take it.
And even if you continue to take it, if the patient cannot restore normal self-care ability, the burden on the patient's family will still be heavy. Coupled with the annual drug expenses, it will be even worse for the already poor family.
Generally speaking, long-term medication for chronic diseases must be low-priced so that patients can use it for a long time. Take trehalose capsules as an example. The average daily cost for patients is about 40 yuan.
Is this price high or low?
Take the sglt2 inhibitor, a diabetes treatment drug that is also an innovative drug for chronic diseases, as an example. After medical insurance negotiations, the price of etogliflozin is 3.46 yuan per tablet, and the average daily cost for patients is less than 4 yuan.
In comparison, Green Sunshine's special AD medicine is obviously more expensive.
Therefore, people are becoming more and more concerned about the price of Sanqing's AD specific drugs.
Ning City, People's Hospital.
48-year-old Zhao Lizheng helped his trembling old father back to the ward, holding a bag of medicine in his hand.
He is a security guard with a monthly salary of only 3,500 yuan, and his 70-year-old father is an Alzheimer's patient and has been ill for three years.
During this time, my father's condition became serious and he was admitted to the hospital for examination and treatment.
He and his wife take turns taking care of his old father every day. In the eyes of other patients in the ward, he is a filial son. He is also very lucky. He has found a sensible and hard-working wife. She does not dislike the old father and is willing to take care of him together. If the old father hadn't been ill, he would have been... China's perfect family.
After the examination, I helped my father to bed and watched him close his eyes and fall asleep.
Zhao Li took out his bankbook from his pocket, looked at the numbers on it, frowned, shook his head and sighed.
A patient's family member walked into the ward, saw his sad face, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Li leaned over, pulled the other person out of the door, walked to the window, and sighed: "My savings are at the bottom again. The medicine I take for this disease is expensive, but it has no effect. I keep taking it all the time." It’s not going to be good, my family really can’t bear it anymore, my child is about to take the college entrance examination, my wife takes care of me at home, and she can’t go out to work, so I have to rely on my little income, how can I do this, ugh.”
The patient's family members also shook their heads and sighed, their eyes moistened. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and said in surprise: "I almost forgot one thing. My son just told me some good news. Recently, a special drug for Alzheimer's disease will be launched on the market. He asked me to wait with peace of mind, saying that my wife would be fine after eating it.”
"It is said that this is the first drug in the world that can treat this disease. It is very effective and has cured many patients during the clinical trial stage. This drug will definitely cure your dad."
When Zhao Li heard this, his face turned into a smile, and he said in surprise: "Is it true? Then this medicine is not cheap, right?"
The family member glanced at him, scratched his head, and whispered: "I guess you have to be prepared."
Zhao Li's body trembled, he held on to the wall to regain his composure, and gritted his teeth and said: "As long as it is effective and can really be cured, I have to give this medicine to my father even if he is a swindler. We can't put it off like this any longer."
After saying that, he returned to the ward excitedly. Looking at his old father's old face, he was in a daze, and countless pictures flashed through his mind.
After a while, he lowered his head and looked at the pitiful numbers on the passbook. He secretly made up his mind that even if he went bankrupt or even asked relatives to borrow money, he would cure his old father's disease. When his father was cured, his children would also go. After going to college, he and his wife worked double jobs to earn more money to pay off their debts.
The same scene happened all over China.
More and more family members of Alzheimer's patients are aware of this matter.
They are extremely excited and are always paying attention to this matter. When they wake up every day, they either read the news on the Internet or call the hospital to ask when this drug will be launched.
Time passes like this day by day.
Every patient spends days in this kind of torture.
As the launch time approaches, the price controversy on the Internet has become increasingly fierce.
"The price is coming out soon. Can you guess whether it is expensive or low?"
"I'm so excited. Our Chinese pharmaceutical company is finally on the rise. Such a new drug with breakthrough effects has brought huge benefits to our country. I think it's understandable even if it's a bit expensive."
"A bottle of this new medicine must cost several thousand yuan."
"Just look at similar drugs on the market and you will know that they are more expensive than these drugs, but certainly not much more expensive."
"Based on previous predictions of anti-cancer drugs, I predict that the price should be around tens of thousands of yuan per year."
"Although the price is still not cheap, the effect is good. Compared with similar drugs on the market, it is considered conscientious."
"That's right, my grandma is taking trehalose capsules, but the effect is not very obvious. It costs 10,000 yuan a year. When Sanqing's medicine comes on the market, I will definitely give it to her. Even if it is twice as expensive, it is worth it. "
"Although tens of thousands of yuan a year to buy medicine is still a burden for many people, it is nothing compared to the misfortune and pain Alzheimer's disease brings to families."
Generally speaking, patients and netizens are quite tolerant about the price. As long as it is not too expensive, they all express understanding and accept it. After all, Sanqing's drugs are really effective and are not some so-called placebos. You can't eat people to death, and you can't eat them well. You can only drag them on and hope for a miracle to happen.
Finally, I made it to this day.
Sanqing Pharmaceutical announced the official launch of new effective AD drugs.
At the same time, the price of this new drug was officially announced.
