In a patient group with more than 600 people, messages are popping up one after another, and in the blink of an eye there are 99+ messages.
"Have you seen it? Novartis and Roche's genetic medicines have reduced their prices, and they seem to be 50% off."
"It's useless to look at it. It costs millions even with a 50% discount. I can't afford it."
"This is a good sign. They were very stubborn before and never lowered the price. Now as soon as the Sanqing medicine comes out, the price is lowered faster than anyone else."
"I also think that this should be just the beginning. The two major pharmaceutical companies are still testing the market. Once the price of Sanqing's drugs comes out, they will probably follow suit and maintain a reasonable market price."
"Hey, these are too far away from me. My family can't even afford the medicine worth 20,000 yuan a year. I still think about these."
"Don't think too much about it. Rensanqing is not a charity. All companies want to make money. How low can the price be for you?"
"That's right, this is a medicine that cures the disease with one injection. It's not the kind of medicine that you take every year. Think about Bogen's medicine. A child costs 20,000 yuan per year, which means it will cost more than a million in a lifetime. This is a one-time medicine. It won’t be much cheaper.”
"Yeah, right now I just don't know how much the Sanqing medicine sells for. I just don't know how much it costs."
"I guess we won't know the price until it goes on the market. In the meantime, let's use Bogen's medicine instead."
"Hey, actually I can accept it for less than 1 million. Anyway, it has already cost hundreds of thousands for medical treatment so far."
"That's you, you're rich, I'm so poor, I'm the one who takes care of the doctor!"
"Sanqing is still very considerate of the poor. It does not select wealthy people for clinical trials, but only those whose families have a heavy financial burden."
"Come on, if your family has this disease, who can't bear the heavy burden? If I have money, I have to pay for the medicine. If you are poor, you can get it for free, haha."
"Who told you that you were slow and didn't sign up? It would be good to have medicine to buy. Otherwise, if you are so rich, you can buy 14 million per injection."
The patient group was noisy, and netizens were also discussing, speculating on how much Sanqing’s genetic medicine would cost this time.
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Sanqing headquarters, conference room.
Company executives and laboratory directors all gathered together and spoke enthusiastically.
Wei Kang spoke first: "As an original rare disease drug, SMA gene medicine has received praise and encouragement from the Food and Drug Administration, so it is eligible to apply for rapid marketing. It is expected that it will be launched on the market in two months after the completion of the third phase of clinical trials. ”
The crowd applauded enthusiastically.
"The launch of this new drug is of great significance. It means that we have made a breakthrough in the field of gene therapy. Sanqing has reached the level of top international scientific research institutions in terms of research and development capabilities, and can compete with the established pharmaceutical giants. .”
"Currently this aspect is our advantage, especially domestically, so today we will discuss the launch price of new drugs. Please feel free to speak out."
All the executives at the scene started a heated discussion.
“Mr. price."
The financial director was the first to make suggestions. He was afraid that the boss would set the price too cheap and cause a book loss.
Wei Kang nodded to express his understanding.
You know, the research and development of every new drug requires a huge amount of money and manpower.
Pharmaceutical companies invest huge sums of money every year to develop new drugs, and finally achieve results. They must make money to form a virtuous cycle and continue to conquer various medical terminal diseases.
Sanqing's research and development expenses this year have exceeded one billion. Recently, they have been recruiting people in various ways and are building Pangu Research Institute. Overall, they have spent a lot of money, and these are all included in the cost of the drugs.
However, Sanqing can be considered a special case. Due to system reasons, the cost of drug research and development is not that high, so he will try his best to give profits to patients. However, this kind of thing cannot be said openly, just know it in his heart.
And he has always been dissatisfied with some profit-seeking pharmaceutical companies.
These pharmaceutical companies have really invested a lot in researching and developing new drugs, with one billion invested, and then earned hundreds of billions from the new drugs. However, relying on the advantages of their own original drugs, they have never lowered the price and continue to rob patients of their last lives. A little hard-earned money is unjustifiable.
Sanqing cannot be reduced to such a pharmaceutical company. This is the bottom line in Wei Kang's heart.
Not only that, Wei Kang also wants to change this situation as much as possible, forcing blood-sucking pharmaceutical companies to have no choice but to cut prices.
That’s why the domestic prices of previous anti-cancer drugs and AD drugs were so low.
This time, he resolutely planned to implement a low-price policy.
After all, most of the patients are babies, and every one can be saved.
The birth rate has been gradually decreasing every year, and the children born are suffering from rare genetic diseases and do not live for a few years.
Gu Shu
He really couldn't afford to watch these innocent and cute children die just to make money.
"I think the price should not be too expensive, and it is best to make this drug available to most patients. This is the position of our R&D staff."
To everyone's surprise, Tang Que was the second to speak, and his attitude was extremely firm.
The financial director couldn't help but retort: "You can't deviate too far from the market price, otherwise how will you cover the cost."
Tang Que stared at him with bright eyes and sneered: "Market price? The current market price is several million. If you want to sell it at this price, I will be the first to refuse."
"This..." The financial director was silent.
Tang Que looked around and added: "If we had to consider the cost in the first place, we shouldn't have developed drugs to treat rare diseases."
"Haha, we have something to discuss." Sun Chengren said with a smile: "The cost has to be calculated, but the price cannot exceed the patient's ability to bear, otherwise the medicine will not be sold."
Chen Yiqing nodded: "I agree with Tang Que on this point. If the drug cannot be sold because it is too expensive, it is meaningless and will eventually be delisted. This must be taken into consideration when setting the price."
"When developing other drugs, due to the large number of patients, there is no need to consider pricing at all, because the cost will definitely be recovered. However, the number of rare patients is too small, and sometimes it can only be done as basic research. I think everyone knows this. .So there is nothing to argue about, the final decision still depends on the boss.”
Wen Renlong rarely made a serious analysis, and everyone nodded frequently.
Wei Kang tapped his fingers on the table and pondered for half a minute, finally setting the tone for this matter.
"The price should not be too expensive, nor too cheap. We can compare it with the original pricing strategy for anti-cancer drugs."
Finally, after some discussion, the price was finally decided.
The domestic selling price is set at 300,000 per shot.
The overseas selling price is also 300,000 per shot, but the unit is US dollars.
As for whether it will be covered by medical insurance, this will have to be negotiated when it is launched.
At this price, everyone thinks that Wei Kang is already very conscientious.
After all, the prices offered by friendly merchants are too expensive, none are lower than 1 million. The price of Sanqing is simply outrageous.
Didn’t you see that Nosinaxin Sodium Injection costs 700,000 per injection before it is included in the medical insurance?
If you have medical insurance, you only need 30,000 per injection, which shows that the pricing of pharmaceutical companies is also quite flexible.
Of course, the price difference is mainly due to medical insurance negotiations, and most of the costs are borne by the country, a huge institution.
If Sanqing's SMA gene medicine is included in medical insurance, the price may be even lower.
As for foreign patients, they don’t have to worry about not getting treatment. They also have their own country’s medical insurance and commercial insurance to bear part of the cost.
In any case, it’s still a lot more cost-effective than Novartis’s millions of dollars, and Roche’s hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Generally speaking, it still adheres to the consistent line of collecting money from foreign developed countries to subsidize domestic patients.
Everyone gave a thumbs up and praised Wei Kang.
"The boss set the price well."
"Mr. Wei is awesome!"
"The boss is so wise and powerful, I am ashamed of myself."
Wei Kang smiled slightly, accepted everyone's flattery, and then concluded: "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way."
"In the case of rare disease drugs, the company originally planned not to make any money, and it will continue to do so even if it loses money."
"I have decided to open another channel for charitable drug donation. In the future, patients whose families are too poor and cannot afford to buy medicine for treatment can apply during the process. After review, they will receive Sanqing's charitable drug donation."
"In short, we have to make money, but we cannot become a shady pharmaceutical company. We can definitely make money while treating diseases and saving people, and help countless families of patients."
After the meeting, Wei Kang came to his office.
As soon as I sat down, I received a call from the administration.
"What? A family member of a patient came to our door? He said he wanted to seek help?"
"Huh? His situation is very special? Is he still a celebrity?"
Wei Kang was suddenly curious: "Okay, then you arrange to come to the conference room and I will meet him."
