The rare disease industry conference lasted for two full days before ending.
On the first day, all participating pharmaceutical companies signed an industry agreement and ensured that all companies would not attack or compete with each other through illegal means, and promised to communicate with each other, unite and cooperate in the field of rare diseases.
In fact, these pharmaceutical companies do not want everyone to get together to study a certain rare disease, resulting in too many results being produced at one time, and the competition is too fierce and they have to cut prices.
For example, there are only about 300 patients with Fabry disease in China. Two innovative drugs from Sanofi and Takeda are already on the market. After some competition, the cost has dropped from millions to hundreds of thousands.
If another competitor enters this situation, the price will inevitably drop further. This is undoubtedly a situation that the two pharmaceutical companies do not want to see, because 300 patients are divided among three pharmaceutical companies, and this market is too small. , it can’t support much profit.
Ideally, unless it is a rare disease with a large number of patients, the average rare disease only has a few hundred patients. It is naturally better for one or two pharmaceutical companies to divide this market. The investment will not be repeated and the price can reach a certain level. A balance that is neither too high nor too low.
Of course, if several pharmaceutical companies really collide, they can only roll up their sleeves and fight on their own strength.
After all, many multinational pharmaceutical companies are generally facing the problem of patent cliffs. If they really want to seize the life-saving straw of an innovative drug, they can only ignore it and launch it on the market first.
The patent cliff problem means that the business revenue of pharmaceutical companies is highly concentrated on certain products, which will bring great pressure when the drugs enter the maturity stage.
Because once the patent protection period ends, generic drugs will seize the market on a large scale. Without the relay of new products, pharmaceutical companies with highly concentrated products are very likely to experience a cliff-like decline in total revenue.
This is why in recent years, multinational pharmaceutical companies have divested themselves of mature products, focused on core businesses, and strive to develop the field of rare diseases.
During this period, there were some disputes about the price of orphan drugs, but overall, the whole situation was suppressed by Sanqing. No one dared to confront Wei Kang in person, for fear of provoking a powerful competitor who would lower their own drugs. Cruel hand.
The first day is a stage for the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies to show off their skills, and the second day is a time for the heads of rare diseases of the pharmaceutical companies to learn from each other and exchange technology.
Put aside business competition, immerse yourself in pure technology, exchange the latest developments in related fields with peers, and imagine some new ideas. This atmosphere is undoubtedly intoxicating.
At least Tang Que felt like he was not thinking about Shu. He spent the first day doing nothing and being drowsy in the audience.
The next day, he was surrounded by a group of familiar and unfamiliar colleagues in the center, and he enjoyed the treatment of stars.
After all, Sanqing's genetic medicine was really famous, and it attracted the curious eyes of countless colleagues. They all came forward to chat with Tang Que, and the conversation was lively.
Which gene editing tool is better? Have new Cas proteins been found? How to overcome some technical difficulties of lentivirus? Wait, these are topics of great interest to technology tycoons.
They used the conference hall as a discussion room, where everyone could take turns speaking on stage and accepting questions from the audience.
Tang Que was the one who was asked the most questions. His speech was very simple, and he roughly introduced the two genetic drugs of Sanqing. However, the questions came one after another, which made his mouth dry and his throat smoke.
He had to ask for an intermission, and everyone let him go and continued the next round of discussion.
However, this time, the CEOs were distracted and distracted.
They all sit in the corner, open their computers and reply to work emails. From time to time, some people go out to make phone calls. All in all, the business is quite busy.
Wei Kang is one of them. Chemical pharmaceuticals is the field he is familiar with. He does not know much about biopharmaceuticals.
So I took out my laptop and chatted online while doing my work.
This meeting has been reported by many international media and attracted widespread attention.
The media mainly reported on the industry agreement on the first day. As for the technical seminar on the second day, it was too advanced and most of the media could not understand it.
They didn't even write much about the industry agreement. Instead, they focused their main attention on Weikang. They reported Weikang's aggressive actions such as angrily criticizing multinational pharmaceutical companies, challenging sky-high-priced drugs, and announcing a price limit order in the Huaxia Pharmaceutical market in a high-profile manner. After a while.
"The Rare Disease Industry Conference was held in Haishi, where major pharmaceutical companies discussed the research and development of new drugs for rare diseases!"
"Shocked! Wei Kang actually issued a price limit order at the rare disease industry conference!"
"Weikang's domineering declaration, three sentences cost multinational pharmaceutical companies 100 million!"
"On the feasibility of price limit orders in the pharmaceutical industry."
"Sanqing launches a challenge to the world's sky-high-priced drugs, setting an industry first!"
It instantly aroused the emotions of netizens and set off an Internet craze.
"President Wei is domineering and mighty! He is simply promoting the prestige of our country!"
"That's it. The pharmaceutical industry really needs a price limit order. The government will take action when it's time to take action. We can't just sit idly by and ignore the sky-high price of drugs."
"The pharmaceutical industry is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and it is also a necessity. Why must food be controlled, but drugs can be set at high prices?"
"Sure enough, ordinary people still have to rely on their own pharmaceutical companies to afford medicines and get sick! You can't count on imported medicines anyway, they will just kill the patients like fat sheep!"
"Even if the cost of developing new drugs is high for pharmaceutical companies, they cannot set prices too outrageously. I hope drugs costing 14 million per shot will not appear again!"
"That's right, what's the point of the existence of this kind of drug? If you develop it and no one can afford it, isn't that a waste? Then I would rather you not develop it at all. This will make people less desperate!"
"That's right. Getting a terminal illness is not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is finding out that the terminal illness you have is a disease of poverty!"
"Life is already so difficult. I hope pharmaceutical companies can give patients a little hope instead of taking away everything from patients with sky-high-priced drugs and pushing them completely into the abyss."
"Support President Wei! President Wei is so socially responsible and worthy of being a national husband. He is a true national entrepreneur."
"The only thing I'm worried about now is that we can't let Mr. Wei sell medicines at a loss. Speaking of whether some Sanqing products should be increased in price, I always feel that they are sold too cheap, especially skin care products. I often do activities, and I feel like I'm in trouble." Give money back."
"You are overthinking it. Industry insiders will tell you that Sanqing's skin care products are so cheap mainly because they save a lot of marketing and advertising costs. They use unknown models and do not spend large sums of money to hire celebrity endorsements. , in order to benefit consumers.”
"What you said upstairs is right. The only traffic star in Sanqing is Mr. Wei himself, and he spends no money at all. The marketing expenses are rounded to approximately zero, and the cost can naturally be saved a lot. However, I support raising the price of health care products, so that you can buy health care products. People who are good-quality people should not be short of money. Increasing prices can be regarded as supporting terminally ill patients and doing charity."
Netizens are talking a lot and applauding Sanqing’s price limit order.
The news even spread abroad.
Overseas netizens were also shocked and all applauded Sanqing's feat.
Especially the netizens of Eagle Country, their eyes were full of tears, and they were moved to pieces by Sanqing's price limit order.
Because the medicines sold in Eagle Country were really too expensive, they really felt the same way. It was really painful when the sickle of this sky-high-priced medicine was cut on their bodies.
Moreover, this sky-high price of drugs does not only refer to high-tech innovative drugs such as rare disease genetic drugs. Even some old-fashioned drugs that have been available for many years are also very expensive, making them unbearable for most patients.
The most famous example is insulin. 100 years ago, Sir Banting, the medical scientist who invented insulin, sold the patent rights for $1 because he believed that 'insulin belongs to all mankind, not myself.'
However, in Eagle Country, the price of insulin continues to rise at an incredible rate every year.
The reason is that Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, the three major insulin manufacturers, have completely monopolized the insulin market in Eagle Country.
Note that there are only these three major pharmaceutical companies, and there are no other small pharmaceutical companies. Small pharmaceutical companies cannot enter this market at all.
In the past 25 years, the price of insulin in Eagle Country has increased by more than 10%, and in the past ten years, it has increased by 20% per year.
The roller-coaster price increase of insulin leaves patients with no choice but to skip meals, save money to buy insulin, or starve to death in the end? Or buy insulin for meals and eventually die of diabetes?
There are 34 million people with diabetes in the Eagle Country, more than 7 million of whom are dependent on insulin, and 25% of patients are unable to pay their monthly insulin costs in full.
The most outrageous thing is that the price of insulin in Eagle Country is 10 times higher than that in Maple Leaf Country next door.
According to reports, a mother from Eagle Country had to take a desperate risk and came to Maple Leaf Country to buy insulin for her 13-year-old daughter with Type I diabetes. She spent US$1,200 at one time to buy back the insulin that sold for US$12,000 in Eagle Country. drug.
What is the concept of $12,000? The average annual household income in Eagle Country is only about $61,000!
For another example, in order to buy cheap insulin, diabetic patients working in Eagle Country will form a group with other patients to go to Cactus Country. They can buy insulin from San Diego to Tijuana for a round-trip ticket of only 5 US dollars.
A 6-month supply is almost US$100, and if purchased in Eagle Country, it would cost US$1,300 even with medical insurance payment!
Therefore, diabetic patients in Eagle Country suffer from high-priced medicines. They have seen through the nature of Eagle Country’s medical system, which is that the Eagle Country government and pharmaceutical capital are in cahoots.
In their minds, pharmaceutical companies are all vampires, and now that they have seen the spectacle of Chinese pharmaceutical companies taking the initiative to issue price limit orders, they are so envious that their eyes glow red with envy.
"God, there is such a great pharmaceutical company in China. Not only does it voluntarily limit prices, but it also cracks down on competitors' high-priced drugs."
"Why don't we in Eagle Country have such a great pharmaceutical company, but only a bunch of greedy and disgusting vampires?"
"Eagle Nation has the best health care system in the world, a mythical purification system for humanity, a system whose purpose is to drive Eagle Nation people bankrupt or dead because they can't afford medicine."
"This is the soil where the flowers of evil are born, this is the soil where the tree of despair sprouts. All of this is a problem of our conquest and system."
"I have never had the desire to immigrate to China at this moment. I want to be a healthy and happy new Chinese. There is a strong Sanqing there. When I get sick, I don't have to worry about not being able to afford medicine or see a doctor. There is no need to worry about not being able to afford medicine or see a doctor. There is a good environment for patients in Eagle Country." For me, it’s heaven.”
"Brother, you can go to China to see a doctor without immigrating. The experience is really great. I went there to see a doctor once, and then I fell in love with it. I go on vacation every year."
"I really envy you. It seems that I have to work hard and try to go to China for treatment next time I get sick."
"The abominable capitalism is no match for socialism after all. I miss the existence of the red country now. It left too early."
While the netizens of Eagle Country were envious and jealous, Wei Kang couldn't help but smile as he browsed the comments on the Internet.
At this time, Jian Lian Yun sent a message: "Issuing purchase restriction orders to multinational pharmaceutical companies, you really belong to us, our national entrepreneur! [Compare your heart]"
The corners of Wei Kang's mouth rose crazily. If it weren't for the fact that he was still at the venue, he would have almost laughed.
"No matter where it is, it should be right. After all, the purpose of Sanqing is to make all patients afford medical treatment and medicine."
"That's right. When you said this before, no one believed you could do it. Now that you say this, everyone believes you can do it." Jian Jianyun said with emotion.
"Of course, Sanqing has been conquering patients step by step with actions, which is why it has today's reputation and status."
"I really admire you more and more. [Shy]"
Wei Kang chuckled: "Then I have to keep working hard so that you can always admire me like this."
Jian Lian said: "..."
Suddenly I wanted to throw my phone. Why is this person so thick-skinned? He is not humble at all.
She covered her hot cheeks and planned to change the topic, but the messages from the other side kept coming.
"But Dr. Jian has been very busy recently. Why do you always think of me when you see the news?"
"The main thing is that you don't post on Moments. I can't see your situation except in the news. [Grgrievance]"
Wei Kang suddenly realized: "Indeed, I am too busy to bother posting on Moments. Hey, how many beauties have I missed chatting up like this!"
He raised his phone, took a few photos of the venue, and then posted it on his WeChat Moments: "On the second day of the Rare Disease Industry Conference, I listened closely to the conversations of the technical leaders. It was very rewarding!"
Sure enough, there were countless likes as soon as I posted it.
Not only did Jian Lian Yun and Sheng Changya like it immediately, there was even a beautiful girl named Yan Anan who liked it.
Although he couldn't remember when he added this beauty, he still remembered the name. It seemed to be a female star.
So, Wei Kang pondered for a second and happily made a decision.
"Anmei, as my electronic secretary, I will leave it to you to post my WeChat Moments from now on."
"No problem, Anmei will do a great job."
"What you said is not very professional. Remember to use my tone when posting status in the future."
"Okay, Mr. Wei, I wonder what your requirements are for the frequency and content of status posts?"
"Well, just post about your daily life. You can also post about some activities. By the way, you can also take over my Langbo account."
"Dear President Wei, as you wish!"
(End of chapter)
