Fang Hanmin briefly introduced the general situation of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory to Director Lin, "The existing products are not only single in types, but also old products. If we cling to the incomplete and stand still, our company will face a survival crisis."
Lao Lin is well aware of the current situation of the pharmaceutical industry. He agrees with Fang Hanmin's point of view, "Several existing products of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory are not only challenged in terms of efficacy and toxic side effects, but also face fierce market competition. Fortunately, your advanced technology can ensure The current fairly good situation is only possible due to the high quality and low cost of raw materials, otherwise, the company would have been in trouble long ago."
"We believe that the current situation will not last long, and it will be unsustainable if we sit back and have nothing to offer."
Lao Lin felt that what he said made sense, "Director Fang, no wonder your superior authorities want to entrust this responsibility to you. It seems that they may have seen this a long time ago and made arrangements for personnel in advance, expecting young people to lead Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory breaks new ground.”
Because Director Lin was over 50 years old and had been tired for a day, the focus of the guests and hosts was not on drinking. They met for the first time and just chatted casually. After about an hour, Old Lin felt a little sleepy. Seeing this, Fang Hanmin proposed to end the dinner. Send him back to the hotel to rest.
At 8:30 a.m. the next day, Wan Cheng took Director Lin to the factory. Fang Hanmin took Lao Lin to the generic drug research group of the technology center. The testers were all busy at their respective posts. He wanted to introduce the drug synthesis to the guests in detail. Director Lin waved his hand and said, "No need, I can just take a look."
Fang Hanmin complied with the guest's wishes. He accompanied Director Lin and silently watched the operations of the test personnel at each position. However, Lao Lin did not care about the technical details of the generic drugs. He only occasionally asked Fang Hanmin when he saw familiar operating methods. A few words, because these familiar operating procedures were also what Lao Lin came into contact with almost every day when he worked in a certain research institute.
After watching the experimental process of the drug synthesis research team from beginning to end, Fang Hanmin asked: "We also have a raw material matching research team, Director Lin, would you like to take a look?"
This made Director Lin a little surprised, "There is also a special research group for supporting raw materials? Then we should check it out!" Lao Lin believed that Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory can develop supporting raw materials for this kind of generic drugs, and it must be out of sincerity. There should be no perfunctory elements.
Turning around and entering the raw material synthesis research group next door, he saw that some of the laboratory instruments and equipment were idle, and only five or six people were doing experiments in front of the equipment. Lao Lin couldn't help but be a little confused, "Director Fang, are there still some experiments that have not been carried out? "
Fang Hanmin explained: "Our generic drug requires a total of twelve raw materials, only nine of which are available in the domestic market, and the remaining three raw materials can only be developed by ourselves. Now, three raw materials have been developed and prepared There are enough samples for the generic drug research team to use, but the process technology of one of the raw materials is not mature enough. If it is put into production, the cost will be relatively high. We are conducting optimization tests in order to reduce production costs. Those idle test equipment are The synthesis equipment for the other two raw materials has been temporarily idle because the test has ended."
Through the conversation, we learned that the synthesis of the three raw materials is very difficult. While praising the pragmatic spirit of the scientific and technological personnel of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, Director Lin was surprised by the scientific and technological strength of the factory. He believes that including the three raw materials, this patented drug will take at least two or three years to be copied even if it is placed in a specialized drug research institute. If the scientific research institutions of large domestic pharmaceutical companies develop this drug, Director Lin I feel that if we extend the time span to three to five years, we may not be successful in the end.
Because it was still early, Fang Hanmin accompanied Director Lin on a tour of the technology center. Finally, he ordered a car and took Lao Lin around to several major production workshops.
Knowing that Director Lin would take the two o'clock train back to the provincial capital, around eleven o'clock, Fang Hanmin informed the technical section chief Wan Cheng and the two deputy directors of the technical center to accompany him at noon to see Director Lin off.
Several people took a car to the hotel where they had dinner last night. Fang Hanmin asked Wan Cheng to arrange the dishes and drinks, and told the hotel foreman to serve the food as soon as possible without delaying the guests' schedule.
On the one hand, the unit stipulates that drinking is prohibited at noon. In addition, Director Lin has to take a bus back to the provincial capital in the afternoon and cannot let him get drunk. Therefore, although the glasses in front of everyone are filled with wine, except Fang Hanmin, who is the first to propose a toast, Director Lin toasted to a pleasant journey and spent the rest of the time with tea instead of wine.
Wan Cheng met Director Lin first, and he is the specific person in charge of registration and declaration of generic drugs. He knows best the purpose of Lao Lin's visit to the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. Now, Lao Lin's field trip is over, before returning to the provincial capital , he wanted to know how Lao Lin felt, "Director Lin, you reviewed our test records yesterday, and today we went deep into the laboratory and production workshop to check. What impression do you have of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory?"
Lao Lin picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip, then put it down and said solemnly: "As for the test records, I said last night that they met the requirements and were done very well. I witnessed the operation of the laboratory with my own eyes today. The process is impressive, especially since you not only copied this patented drug, but also developed three key raw materials for it. If reading the test records is not enough to completely dispel my doubts, the facts I saw this morning , I completely believe that Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory not only successfully developed this generic drug, but also did a very solid technical job!"
"You have seen it inside and out. You also think that our technology development work is very solid. Now that the doubts have been eliminated, Director Lin, there should be no problem with the registration of our drug, right?"
Wan Cheng's words made the other party feel embarrassed for a moment, but Director Lin, who was used to seeing big scenes, would not care about such a trivial matter at all. He said very frankly: "As a gatekeeper of the drug regulatory agency, my previous attitude may I am too cautious and insist on conducting on-site inspections of the technical development process of registered products. This is not only my responsibility, but also responsible for the company. Otherwise, if a problem occurs, everyone will be responsible. I also ask Factory Director Fang and several leaders to do this. understand."
It was the first time for Wan Cheng to deal with the regulatory authorities. He didn’t understand the regulatory procedures and might have thought that Lao Lin was deliberately making things difficult. However, Fang Hanmin felt that drug supervision was a very serious matter and he understood Lao Lin’s approach very well. “Director Lin, we welcome him very much. You go to the enterprise to supervise and inspect. Drugs are special commodities that treat diseases and save lives. As a regulatory agency, I think there is no excessive demand for enterprises. Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory is willing to accept any form of supervision."
Lao Lin offered tea instead of wine and said, "Thank you, Director Fang and several leaders for your understanding! With such a solid experimental foundation, this generic drug from Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory will be registered soon! But I have something unclear. As a large-scale company And local companies that are not well-known in the same industry across the country, how could you think of copying this drug? Although this drug is very effective, its patent protection has just expired. As far as I know, large domestic pharmaceutical companies have not listened. Tell me who is copying and developing it.”
In order to answer Director Lin's question, Fang Hanmin briefly introduced the short, medium and long-term science and technology development plan of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory, "As the first step to implement the plan, we chose to copy this patent-expired drug for two purposes. One is to To prepare for the product upgrading and replacement of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory, and the second is to cultivate talents for the implementation of the science and technology development plan."
Director Lin was engaged in scientific research in a research institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in his early years. In the past few years, he was transferred to the Provincial Food and Drug Administration to engage in management work. He is considered a well-informed person. He listened to Fang Hanmin’s talk about the short, medium and long-term scientific and technological progress plans of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. , as well as the specific measures to implement the plan, he was shocked by it! Not to mention a medium-sized local state-owned enterprise, even those well-known industry giants, I have never heard of any enterprise having such ambitious plans. This is the first enterprise in the country to attach such great importance to scientific and technological progress.
Fang Hanmin's words aroused Director Lin's curiosity even more, "Director Fang, with all due respect, as a local enterprise with weak scientific and technological strength and no scientific research atmosphere before, how did you come up with such a plan? "
Without waiting for Fang Hanmin to answer, Wan Cheng took over, "Because Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory has tasted the sweetness of scientific and technological progress. Director Lin, the production process of these old products in our factory is the most advanced in the same industry in the country. I wonder if this morning Did you notice when we visited the production workshop?"
Lao Lin tried hard to recall the visit to several production workshops in the morning, "Chief Wanke reminded me, no wonder what I saw in the workshop in the morning was different from what I had seen in other manufacturers of similar products. It turns out that you Isn’t it using traditional craftsmanship?”
"Five or six years ago, we transformed the traditional process with new technology. Now we have not only eliminated the three waste pollution of traditional production methods, but also have the best product quality and the lowest production cost in the industry. Our hydrogenation reduction process, We also won the first prize of the province’s Science and Technology Progress Award!” Wan Cheng said proudly.
"You are really good at making old products reach this level! This is the power of science and technology!" Director Lin sincerely praised.
"However, we can't sit back and relax! No matter how well these products are done now, they are still old products after all. In the increasingly competitive pharmaceutical market, they may be replaced by new products with better efficacy at any time. This is why we pay attention to the development of our enterprise. Because we focus on scientific and technological progress, we have formulated the company's short, medium and long-term scientific and technological progress plan." Fang Hanmin explained.
Director Lin nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, if you don't think long term, you will have immediate worries. If a company wants to be prosperous, it must plan ahead. If you stop making progress, you will be eliminated sooner or later. Director Fang, as far as I know , planning for an enterprise, especially medium and long-term planning, is not an easy task. We can formulate a short, medium and long-term scientific and technological development plan for your enterprise, which shows that the enterprise has capable people. It seems that Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory has hidden dragons and tigers, and talents are emerging in large numbers. ah!"
Fang Hanmin smiled and said nothing, and Wan Cheng took over, "Actually, whether it is the technological transformation of old products, the company's technological development plan, or the ongoing development of generic drugs, all of this is led by Factory Director Fang. He is carrying the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory forward alone. It is true to say that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but whether it is a dragon or a tiger, it should all refer to Director Fang, and others are not qualified."
Director Lin couldn't believe his ears. He was very surprised and asked: "Did I hear correctly? All of this was led by Director Fang? He single-handedly carried the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. Director Fang, you are amazing." La!"
Fang Hanmin waved his hand, "Chief Wanke exaggerated, how could I have such great abilities! Without the support of the old factory director and these young scientific and technical personnel, I can't do anything!"
