"Post-illness follow-up results showed that the survival rate of 51 patients with advanced heart failure within 3 months after artificial heart implantation was as high as 100%."
In the spacious and luxurious CEO's office, Wei Kang carefully browsed the artificial heart clinical trial report in front of him with a satisfied smile on his face.
However, as he glanced down, the smile suddenly solidified on his face.
"The six-month survival rate is as high as 96%. Uh, why are there two dead?"
"It's impossible. With such a good product, how could the patient die?"
He quickly scrolled down and finally found the causes of death of the two patients on the second page.
"Wang, 59 years old, was originally a truck driver. He was hospitalized for emergency treatment due to end-stage heart failure. He received an artificial heart transplant. The prognosis of the surgery was good. He resumed work four months later. He died in a car accident on the highway due to fatigue driving. Fortunately, he was Driving in the middle of the night, there were no casualties.”
When Wei Kang saw this cause of death, his mouth suddenly twitched.
If it weren't for people's death being a big deal, he would have wanted to curse.
You are an old man who is almost 60 years old. If you don’t drive Didi, why don’t you drive a big truck?
Even if you want to make money, you don't care about your body and still run long distances?
That’s all, especially driving while fatigued.
You think your life is too long, right?
"Well, after all, he is running for a living. Just treat him as having difficulties and look at the next case."
Wei Kang rubbed his eyebrows and looked at the next death case.
Seeing this, he almost got up and cursed loudly.
"Xie, a 68-year-old retiree, was a patient with end-stage heart failure. After transplantation of an artificial heart, the prognosis was good. The patient had long-term alcoholism and relapsed after surgery. He died of acute liver failure due to alcoholism and failed rescue efforts."
"I'll go, it's really a desperate act. It was dilated cardiomyopathy caused by long-term alcoholism. I sent you to the hospital for heart failure and replaced you with an artificial heart. As a result, you were fine. The scars healed and you forgot about the pain. You ran away every day again. Drinking too much alcohol is simply asking for death.”
His whole body was numb, and he was completely speechless towards this old troublemaker. He really didn't know what to say.
Why didn't this man know what he was doing? He had worked so hard to develop an artificial heart and saved his life, but in the end he gave it all away.
"I won't stop you if you want to die. Please don't mess with my data!"
"Nah, this is 100% survival rate data. It's very difficult, okay?"
Wei Kang felt like he wanted to cry without tears.
If time could go back again, he would definitely not give these two people an artificial heart for free.
He will give the artificial heart to people who need it more and cherish their lives more.
"No wonder some people say that a doctor's biggest enemy is not various diseases, but disobedient patients. It's absolutely true."
"Some people are like a stubborn donkey who has been a spirit for five hundred years. You tell him to go west and he will go east. Even if you put a knife to his neck, you can't pull him back."
"When he was young, you asked him to have a regular schedule, eat less unhealthy food, and not drink or smoke, but he wouldn't listen. When he gets older, you ask him to take medicine on time, exercise, and not to commit suicide, and he won't listen either."
"What I want is someone who can follow my heart and love her to death."
"Maybe this is nature's metabolism."
Wei Kang shook his head, sighed, and decided not to think about it anymore.
He is a pharmaceutical company, not a Bodhisattva. He only has medicine to cure diseases and has no hope of re-opening.
I've given you the chance to extend your life, but it's in vain if you don't cherish it.
However, except for these two terrible patients, everything else is good news.
"Clinical trial of artificial heart concluded successfully."
"The clinical data of these 51 patients not only meet the three-month survival rate requirement of more than 80%, but also greatly exceed it."
"The listing application has been submitted and should be approved within the next two days."
Thinking of this, Wei Kang couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Then comes another issue, which is the pricing of artificial hearts.
This is related to product sales and must be taken seriously.
Although Sanqing's artificial heart is very capable and is in a lonely position, it also faces a series of competitors.
There are already manufacturers with a monopoly on the artificial heart market. Although they have various problems, they are not unusable for patients.
Latecomers must challenge. Not only must their products be strong, but their prices must also be affordable, and they must not be out of reach for users.
"The current price of artificial hearts is quite high. An imported one costs one million, and a domestically produced ventricular assist device costs at least hundreds of thousands more, which is not affordable for ordinary people."
"The artificial heart itself is expensive, and the cost of the transplant operation is not even 1.8 million, so it is simply unaffordable."
"Even if it is a free organ transplant, the cost of the surgery plus late-stage rejection drugs will total five to six hundred thousand."
"These expenses can be reimbursed by medical insurance in some places, but they are not universal."
"Even after reimbursement, the patient's self-care expenses will be nearly 200,000."
"It can be seen that no matter what kind of organ, it is very expensive, which also proves the preciousness of life."
"The main difficulties in transplanting organs are scarcity and subsequent maintenance costs, which can be supplemented by artificial hearts."
"Sanqing's artificial heart basically doesn't cost much money for later maintenance. It can save a lot on the cost of rejection drugs, mainly the cost of surgery and the heart itself."
"Most surgical fees are now reimbursed by medical insurance. It mainly depends on how much the artificial heart costs."
"The cheaper it is sold, the more quickly it can be popularized and save millions of heart failure patients."
Wei Kang kept weighing it in his mind, trying to calculate the most suitable price.
Organ transplantation may seem free, but in fact, there are hidden rules, that is, priority is generally given to young people and healthy people, while the elderly and people with major underlying diseases are basically excluded.
At the same time, for patients with poor financial conditions, this is also an unattainable dream.
If a patient wants to obtain a matching organ for transplant, luck, money, and health are all indispensable.
For the same patient, one has viral hepatitis and the other does not, the queue priority for a healthy liver will definitely belong to the latter.
After all, a healthy organ will quickly wither when transplanted into a dilapidated body.
No one wants to see this outcome.
For such patients, only artificial organs can save them.
They have no choice.
After thinking hard for a long time, Wei Kang finally made a difficult decision.
The listing price was given based on the psychological bottom line.
"I can't decide on medical insurance, so I can only give a listing price first, and then discounts or activities will depend on the situation."
"299,000, this is the final listing price. In the future, the price will only be lower, not higher."
"The cost of an artificial heart is lower than that of an organ transplant. Including medical expenses, intensive care unit, hospitalization and other treatment costs are estimated to be around 100,000 yuan. Fortunately, these expenses can be reimbursed."
"In this way, the total cost of the artificial heart should be over 300,000. If medical insurance can reimburse part of the cost of the organ, even if it is only 30%, the overall price can be reduced to over 200,000."
"In economically wealthy areas, the reimbursement ratio may be higher. If it reaches 50%, the cost can be reduced to hundreds of thousands."
“Coupled with policies to support the poor and moderate charitable donations, we should be able to cover most patients.”
"Of course, centralized procurement of medical insurance will definitely lower prices, and I am mentally prepared for this."
After making the decision, Wei Kang breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately thought of another question.
“How are prices priced in overseas markets?”
"Let's keep things as usual and set the price according to their market price."
"Overseas patients who can afford artificial hearts are either rich or have medical insurance. They will definitely not care about the price, but only the efficacy."
"Sanqing's artificial heart has a wireless mode. If it goes overseas, won't it lead to a massacre?"
"There is absolutely no need to worry about sales. Besides, we should leave room for competitors to cut prices, lest they jump over the wall in a hurry."
He chuckled and continued the overseas high-price policy without hesitation.
"With such a good product and such a favorable price, we must hold a press conference to publicize it and let every patient know the good news."
"By the way, the brain-computer interface project has also made phased progress. Although it has not yet been launched, it can be warmed up."
A few days later, the marketing approval for the artificial heart was approved.
Sanqing officials also made the news public and announced that they would hold a grand press conference.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens.
"Dear me, Sanqing has come up with another artificial heart?"
"Mr. Wei, doesn't he have any bottlenecks?"
"Everyone can use this thing. Who doesn't have cardiovascular disease in old age? When you reach your seventies or eighty, you might suffer from heart failure or something like that."
"Don't curse me upstairs. I'm as healthy as a cow, but my old man is in his early 60s and his heart is really not in good condition. I decided to pay attention."
"Don't be too happy too early. Artificial hearts are very expensive, much more expensive than free transplanted organs."
"Haha, I remember that a comedian had a congenital heart disease, so he was installed with an artificial heart. It is said to be the most advanced imported product in the world, and there is one in a million."
"Hey, it turns out it's so expensive. I can't afford it. Say goodbye."
"Are you stupid? Of course imported goods are expensive, but which imported goods have ever been cheaper? We are domestically produced, so there is no way it could be that expensive."
"Come on, let's vote and see what price you think an artificial heart should be."
A certain big V opened a poll, and people curiously went in and saw that the voting was divided into five levels: 100,000, 300,000, 500,000, 700,000, and 1 million.
Netizens laughed out loud instantly.
"Aren't you funny? How can it be less than 500,000?"
"That's right, there are still 100,000 and 300,000, which is simply a fantasy."
"Dream on you. I bet that the minimum for Sanqing is 500,000. It can't be any lower."
"Who are you looking down on? There's no one on the Internet with an annual salary of one million. Is 500,000 enough to buy my life?"
"Haha, 500,000 yuan is not enough for my car. Is everyone's life so cheap?"
"Brother Fu, don't leave upstairs. V me 50 to see how strong I am."
Netizens cursed and cast their votes one after another.
700,000 and 500,000 are the ideal price ranges in the minds of netizens.
As for less than 500,000, they can't even think about it.
This is the heart, it can’t be cheaper than a luxury car.
This is what everyone is thinking.
Within two days, Sanqing's press conference was broadcast live on major platforms, attracting a large number of onlookers.
Wei Kang stood on the stage and talked eloquently, dishing out the technical parameters of the artificial heart one after another with a calm expression.
Netizens were shocked and offered their knees one after another.
"Here I go, the wireless charging mode only weighs 80 grams, which is awesome."
"It makes me want to have one for myself."
“Is this year going to be the first year of cyberspace?”
"Kneel down. At this moment, I declare that Mr. Wei is officially a god. He is the new god of the cyber era."
"No, wait until Mr. Wei develops some artificial liver, kidney, and lung. A heart alone won't do the job."
"If we develop an artificial heart now, I can't even imagine what kind of artificial organs we can develop in the future."
"It would be great if this wireless mode could be used on mobile phones."
"Where are those mobile phone factories that are talking about it every day? A few years ago, Dami said it had developed wireless charging, but now? Not even a ghost can be seen, and some pharmaceutical companies have taken the lead."
"To be honest, what shocked me most after seeing it now is this wireless charging function. Let's not talk about the convenience it brings to patients with artificial heart. Let's talk about myself. This function is also very urgently needed."
"That's right. I play games every day and never leave my phone. I urgently need a mobile phone that can be charged wirelessly."
"Don't Sanqing consider decentralizing technology?"
"Have you seen clearly? Sanqing's wireless charging power is only 5w. Can you tolerate such a slow charging speed?"
"With a 5w charging head, if it were a fruit that was passed down from generation to generation, everyone would definitely be pissed off, but if you switch to wireless charging, it will smell really good instantly."
"This is easy. As long as it can be charged without interruption, 5w is not unusable."
"Then the heat dissipation shouldn't explode? It's really just for fever."
"Is this something you should consider? Leave it to the manufacturers to deal with the headache. Just prepare the money."
"If wireless charging is really mass-produced, I can only say something awesome and tell him to shut up and take the money away immediately. I don't want to wait for a moment."
Netizens were talking a lot.
There are also some anxious family members who have family members with heart disease and are eagerly waiting for the price to be announced.
"What about the price? How much is it?"
"God bless, I hope it won't be too expensive."
"My father has been waiting for eight years and has been unable to find a matching heart. He has become desperate. Unexpectedly, Sanqing has an artificial heart. Now he is finally saved."
"Mr. Wei, don't talk about technical parameters. I know you are awesome. Just jump to the price."
Not long after, they finally got the price.
When Wei Kang waved his hand, the price was announced on the screen.
The entire Chinese network is in a state of excitement.
"299,000? Am I right?" A family member rubbed his eyes in disbelief and lost his voice when he saw this number.
"Ah, I can't survive. Get me some medicine."
When a patient saw this number in front of the screen, his face was deformed with excitement. He suddenly covered his chest, leaned on the sofa, and slowly fell down.
As for other netizens, they were sending barrages like crazy.
"Are you crazy? If not charity, what is this?"
"I have always had a question, does Mr. Wei have a grudge against money?"
"I knew that Mr. Wei had a bodhisattva heart and couldn't bear to see us poor people suffering so much, so he was so generous and set such a low price."
"Not 990,000, not 590,000, just 299,000, a heart to take home."
"I only say the word awesome once."
"Sanqing should develop other artificial organs quickly. Let me calculate how much it will cost to replace the whole body."
"I would like to ask, can this be covered by medical insurance?"
"It's not that fast when it first goes on the market. It has to wait three to five years."
"People say it's not profitable, but you really want them not to make money."
Amidst the internet noise.
The artificial heart manufacturers all looked pale, as if they were mourning for their heirs.
"It's all over now. Apart from price cuts, there is only bankruptcy!"
They wailed one by one and quickly made a decision in their hearts.
At the same time, manufacturers in the consumer electronics industry also paid attention to this conference in the news everywhere.
In addition to mobile phone manufacturers such as Juwei and Dami, there are also some manufacturers of small electronic products.
Their eyes lit up and they all noticed this unique wireless charging feature.
"The 5W wireless charging function seems to be useful for our products in addition to artificial hearts."
(End of chapter)
