$800 million!
One hundred clinical treatment lists raised $800 million in donations in one month!
With this kind of money, it would be enough to develop a completely new drug from scratch.
On average, each wealthy person donated as much as $8 million.
This number is quite shocking and proves how hungry the sick wealthy people are for drugs that can completely cure themselves.
Moreover, in the eyes of the wealthy, being able to get treatment with the latest medical technology as soon as possible is a priority that, although expensive, is worth the money.
Of course, this is also related to the high cost of bone marrow transplantation in Eagle Country, which often starts at two to three million US dollars.
In China, an autologous bone marrow transplant costs 100,000 yuan and an allogeneic bone marrow transplant costs 300,000 yuan. Taking into account complications, the overall cost is about 500,000 yuan or more.
Compared with the Eagle Country, the cost of bone marrow transplantation in China is still a bit too cheap, so the donation threshold for wealthy people in China has been lowered a lot based on the national conditions, to one million yuan.
After comparing them in this way, they still feel that it is a very good deal.
Even if a little more is added, they are still willing to spend millions more RMB for the priority of treatment.
However, Weikang does not have many places for wealthy people in China, only fifty.
In this way, 200 million yuan of donations were raised domestically.
This fundraising can be described as an unimaginable success.
In the past, when genetic drugs for rare diseases were developed, the number of patients with some diseases was large, thousands, and the cost could be recovered after the drugs were launched.
There are still some rare diseases that only have a few dozen patients, and clinical trials cannot even meet the number of patients, so it is impossible to go to market.
For these patients, Sanqing conducts research and development and clinical trials at its own expense.
Although this is also a kind of charity, no one at Sanqing has any complaints about it, because the company is so profitable and needs to give back to society, but after all, it is not a long-term solution.
In the long run, in addition to enterprises, people at the top of the pyramid should also be allowed to take on more social responsibilities.
This is also another form of wealth redistribution, where the rich first drive the rich later.
The amount raised this time reached 5 billion yuan, which not only filled the previous shortfall in rare disease research and development, but also left a lot of money to be used for charity medicines after thalassemia is launched. It can be said that it is robbing the rich and giving to the poor, benefiting the common people.
Calculate, if we calculate the medical expenses of 300,000 per patient, we can pay for the treatment of 10,000 patients.
This is already half of the patients with severe thalassemia in the country.
If it were another patient, more people would be able to be treated.
Soon, clinical trials officially began.
Overseas patients fly to Kunming from all over the world, and domestic patients also come from all over the world.
There are a total of 500 trial quotas for the first and second clinical phases, 100 for the first phase and 400 for the second phase.
After excluding the quotas occupied by wealthy people at home and abroad, there are still 350 places left, all of which are given to seriously ill patients, especially infants and young children.
It's about a ratio of 2:1:7.
Mild forms of thalassemia are more common in adults. In addition to easy fatigue, mild anemia, and slightly enlarged spleen, the general symptoms are not obvious and there is no risk of death. Some people even have no obvious symptoms.
Medium-sized patients are not serious, and if treated properly, they can survive to adulthood. How long they can live after that depends on luck.
Severe cases are generally children because it is difficult for them to survive to adulthood.
Symptoms usually appear shortly after birth. Children with the disease have stunted growth since childhood, with enlarged liver and spleen and other organs. Their skin color is like loess, and they also develop a special anemic appearance.
A large head, convex forehead, convex roof, high cheekbones, low nose, small eyes, swollen face, protruding upper teeth, and dull facial expression are all typical facial features of anemia.
These lesions will accompany the child throughout his life and become increasingly apparent as he grows older.
Children with the disease are different from ordinary people since they were young. Not only do they have to travel between hospitals year after year, but they are also discriminated against by people around them. When they grow up, life is also very difficult and they have to endure indelible pain for a lifetime.
Therefore, Sanqing’s free clinical quotas will be given priority to severely ill children, hoping that they can receive treatment as soon as possible and completely escape the torture of the disease.
After careful selection, the first batch of 70 critically ill children came to Kunming First People's Hospital from the southern coastal provinces.
Because the production of genetic drugs is relatively complicated, Sanqing did not conduct clinical cooperation with hospitals outside the province this time, but placed them all in designated hospitals in Kunming.
All went well, and each of the one hundred patients, whether free or paid, received treatment.
Their genes were collected on the first day and individually analyzed and studied, customized to each person's mutated genes.
One month later, with the powerful assistance of artificial intelligence, genetic medicine unique to each person was successfully produced, and the results of cell experiments were also very satisfactory.
The patients underwent autologous bone marrow transplants in batches, and then the gene-edited bone marrow was reinfused into the body, followed by a waiting period of several days.
A week later, cheers rang out one after another in the hematology ward.
The patients and their families hugged each other tightly and burst into tears, celebrating this moment of victory that completely eliminated the disease.
They waved the examination reports in their hands and felt the rebirth of hemoglobin in their bodies. Each of them felt full of the power of life.
Even the sick children howled more vigorously than before.
The parents held them in their arms, their faces showing the joy of rebirth.
Next, they only need to come back for the second treatment two months later, and if there is no problem if they persist for half a year, the disease will be completely cured.
The patients who were blessed with new life left one after another.
News of their cure spread quickly among fellow patients.
At the same time, Sanqing Charity Foundation also updated the new donation income and expenditure on its website.
Some caring people often pay attention to the news about Sanqing. They were surprised to find that the Sanqing Foundation has a strong fundraising ability. It has raised 5 billion yuan in donations in such a short period of time, and the whereabouts of the donations every month are clear. transparent.
The management fee clearly lists the salary and welfare expenses of each staff member, and the administrative office expenses are also listed in detail.
The most eye-catching ones are the costs of clinical trials and thousands of charitable donations of drugs.
Soon the media came to interview me, conducted in-depth research, and planned to make a special report.
As one of the first batch of people to participate in the first phase of clinical trials, Chen Yong has received treatment and has completely recovered.
Although he donated 3 million yuan, he was still very satisfied with being able to get treatment so quickly.
Because he is a well-known actor, he was the first one approached by reporters.
Facing the camera, he was overjoyed to tell his whole story, as detailed as he wanted.
"I am really lucky to get this clinical quota. As you know, I have had this disease since I was a child. I have to have blood transfusions every month. It is really painful and affects me in having children. My wife has a lot of objections. .”
"I paid attention to this drug as soon as it came out, and then contacted Sanqing. They responded to me very politely, saying that there are a lot of people applying for clinical trials and there are not that many places, but if I can donate, they can help me Priority will be given to getting a spot.”
The reporter opened his eyes wide and interjected: "So you donated? How much did you donate to get the quota?"
Chen Yong said proudly: "I have made money in mainland China in the past few years. You don't know, I am very popular and have many job opportunities, so I saved a fortune. I donated 3 million yuan and was notified soon. I can participate in the first batch of clinical trials. Look at my luck."
The reporter frowned and said, "But shouldn't clinical trials be free? As a pharmaceutical giant, is it inappropriate for Sanqing to make money like this?"
Chen Yong's face darkened: "Are you being unreasonable? Who told you that testing medicines is free? You go to the hospital for free? Do you usually like to go to restaurants to eat Overlord meals? I am not short of money, so in order to get it as soon as possible For treatment, what’s wrong with me donating some money? This money should be collected based on emotion and reason.”
The reporter smiled maliciously and said: "But as far as I know, there are some patients who participated in the experiment like you. They all received treatment for free without paying a penny. So why do you have to pay?"
A trace of anger flashed across Chen Yong's face: "Yes, there are indeed many people who receive free treatment. We all know this, and I stayed in the ward with them to receive treatment, but you know what? They are all Small children of one or two years old, and even babies of a few months old.”
He said sadly: "I don't know what your intentions are, why you ask this, doesn't your conscience hurt?"
"Such a young child whose family is very poor, shouldn't they receive free treatment when they are sick? My donation is to a charity foundation, isn't this charity? Giving free treatment to children is the original intention of my donation ah."
The reporter was at a loss for words, and then said after a while: "It is said that some foreign patients donated tens of millions of dollars to obtain clinical quotas. What do you think of this?"
Chen Yong sneered: "What do I think? Of course I applauded. As a Chinese, of course I should get preferential treatment when seeing a doctor in my own home. What's wrong with foreigners who have money and donate more? I will just cheer loudly." "
The reporter reluctantly asked: "Don't you think that Sanqing's different treatment of domestic and foreign patients will cause dissatisfaction among international friends and create a bad impression on our country's reputation?"
Chen Yong's expression changed and he cursed loudly: "It's none of my business if they are satisfied or dissatisfied. You are so lenient in controlling them. People who paid for them didn't say anything. You think about others instead. Do you think you are a bitch?" ah?"
"You bad boy, it's really unlucky for me to meet you!"
After speaking, he turned around and left angrily, leaving the reporter standing there with an embarrassed look on his face.
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On the Internet, a report about the Sanqing Charity Foundation suddenly appeared, instantly attracting the attention of the entire Internet.
"Sanqing Charity Foundation, robbing the rich and giving to the poor in the new era?"
I have to say that this title is very gimmicky, attracting netizens to click on it one after another.
This report details the establishment of the Sanqing Charitable Foundation and the fundraising from wealthy people at home and abroad to pay for the high research and development and clinical costs.
The article seems to be praising the practices of Sanqing but is actually criticizing them, speaking plausibly.
"At first glance, Sanqing's approach seems to mean robbing the rich and giving to the poor, but this is not an approach worthy of praise. It may be a bad start, that is, it hijacks the patients' wishes and forces people to donate."
"The cost of drug development is indeed very high for pharmaceutical companies, but even if they are eager to recover the cost, they should not use this crude method to make money. Drug research and development should return to market behavior instead of kidnapping patients' wallets. Doing so will greatly harm our country. The reputation of pharmaceutical companies.”
"Is that really a good thing for our society when you need a donation to get medication? Isn't that another moral kidnapping?"
However, after netizens watched it, the painting style went in an unexpected direction.
"This article is very well written. I suggest you not write it again in the future."
"Apart from Sanqing, what kind of reputation do Chinese pharmaceutical companies have? Is it Lotus Pharmaceuticals, which was caught for falsifying R&D expenses?"
"Writing such a long call means that donations should not be made, and rich people should also receive free clinical treatment, right? To this, I only want to say one word, bah!"
"Don't kidnap the will of the public. We don't care whether the rich are forced to donate. I only care about whether the poor receive charity."
"Having said all that, as a proletarian, I just feel so happy when I see the damn capitalists bowing their heads for the sake of health, hahaha."
"Which company is better at robbing the rich and giving to the poor? It depends on the Three Purifications. We have been talking about equalizing the wealth and the poor for decades, but the Three Purifications are actually realized?"
"Is this author blind? Can't he see the hundreds of free clinical patients?"
"You click on the Longtu app and enter the clinical application page. The conditions are clearly written, and priority will be given to severely ill and poor patients."
"These are other people's conditions. If you want to apply for clinical trials, you must abide by them. Otherwise, don't apply and just wait for the drug to be launched. If rich people want to jump in line, they can just pay. Is this reasonable? It's very reasonable."
"To put it bluntly, the article seems to make some sense. If you don't donate money, you won't be given medicine. Does this really constitute coercion?"
"I'm surprised to see the Holy Mother upstairs. Why don't you look at the balance in your card and then consider which side to sit on?"
"You should understand that this is a patient begging to participate in a clinical trial. Pharmaceutical companies are not obliged to provide drugs to everyone. If this is not possible, pharmaceutical companies can even stop research and development and throw the drugs directly into the warehouse. Is this the result you want?"
"Let me educate you, do you know about compassionate use? Compassionate use means that patients with serious or life-threatening diseases can apply for use outside of clinical trials when they cannot be effectively treated with existing drugs or enrolled in clinical trials. Investigational drugs without marketing authorization.”
"Compassionate use medicine is a type of clinical trial, also called extended clinical trial. The cost is generally not included in the scope of insurance reimbursement. Pharmaceutical companies can decide whether to charge. The cost can cover drug production, research, development and other processes. Although charging is not allowed in China , but it is legal and compliant abroad.”
"So it is absolutely reasonable for Sanqing to charge foreign patients drug research and development fees as compassionate use drugs. The foreigners themselves have not raised any objections. I don't know why our own people have come out to reflect."
"Thank you for the popular science upstairs. Some people always think that it is strange. They are born with calcium deficiency and can only blame their bad genes."
The news reports failed to make netizens reflect and soon died down, disappearing into the ever-changing online news.
But people have not forgotten the Sanqing Charitable Foundation. They continue to flock to the foundation's website and browse various detailed donation information.
"This charity seems quite reliable. It focuses on donations in the medical industry, mainly reimbursing some medical expenses for patients with family difficulties, and also provides charitable donations of medicines at cost prices."
Someone discovered the New World: "Hey, there is a donation entrance here, and it seems that it also accepts donations from ordinary people."
He clicked in without hesitation.
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