"Why are you asking this, but I do have news on this matter. Novartis and the University of Chicago Biolab are deadlocked. The patent for the UW solution has not expired. Except for Novartis, there are no other buyers for this project. It stands to reason, Novartis has the upper hand in this deal. However, the organ transplant association and civil society continue to put pressure on Novartis to apply the technology from the Chicago laboratory to the UW solution as soon as possible, so now both sides have no fear and are deadlocked.”
"But I guess, it won't last long. As long as the Chicago lab doesn't open up, Novartis will eventually agree." David on the other end of the phone looked a little helpless. "The hegemony of knowledge..." He sighed.
Li Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes, "David, don't be too absolute in everything. Things in the world change a lot."
Three days later, Novartis announced that it would sign a contract with the University of Chicago Biolab.
Hilton Chicago Ballroom
The attendants in the venue were busy, and there were quite a few people at the scene, including staff from Novartis, staff from the University of Chicago Biological Laboratory, as well as representatives of the American Organ Transplant Association, the International Organ Transplant Association, civil society representatives, and representatives of the Chicago government. and many more.
The contract signing ceremony will take place on time at nine in the morning.
"Congratulations, Professor O'Neill, this will be an extremely exciting addition to your resume." A man from the Organ Transplant Association congratulated a man in his early thirties.
The man was tall and burly, with brown curly hair, black eyes, deep facial features, and a handsome appearance. He was the director of this experimental project at the University of Chicago Biological Laboratory, Professor Oni.
"This is the success of everyone's joint efforts." Oni's face flashed with pride, but he said extremely modest words.
Due to external pressure, the price Novartis gave this time is really not low, which is already a great success for a biologist in his early thirties.
"It's good that you know." An abrupt voice sounded, and an old professor with gray hair came from outside the venue surrounded by several people. His expression was serious, and the ridges on his face became more obvious because of his expression.
Oni's expression became a little stiff, he stood up and called out, "Teacher."
The old professor ignored him and walked straight to the front row of guests.
Oni's complexion turned blue, white and blue. After all, he was young and a little less shrewd. He couldn't help but say: "Teacher, doing scientific research is to work for the progress of mankind. If you still require others to sponsor scientific research funds, then So sad."
The old professor's footsteps paused. He turned his head and glanced at O'Neill like a sharp sword, "You know what I said." After speaking, he continued to walk forward regardless of O'Neill's reaction.
Oni's good mood in the morning was gone. He took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and then turned his head to continue talking to the person next to him.
The banquet hall was filled one after another, and the hour hand slowly approached the 9 position.
People from Novartis entered the arena in the last five minutes. The leaders had fake smiles on their faces, and their expressions were really not good-looking.
Also, in their opinion, Oni's eating is too ugly. First, he published papers in international journals in the first phase of the project, and then he was frequently interviewed by the media, hyping the powerful role of his laboratory technology in reducing the side effects of UW solution.
That's not to say the other way around, the UW solution they produce has huge side effects.
But because of the technical patents, they had to hold their noses and talk to him about business, and the people at Novartis felt a bit of anger in their hearts.
The small copper bell "Dangdang" was struck a few times, and the noise in the venue slowly subsided.
The contract signing ceremony began.
The waiters spread a red cloth on the long table in the center of the venue.
The representatives of Oni and Novartis stood up and walked towards the middle of the table under everyone's attention. Novartis' legal affairs handed the two contracts to Oni and the person in charge.
O'Neill signed the contract and the two sides exchanged contracts.
At this moment, a young man with a Novartis work card trotted in from outside the banquet hall, ran to the Novartis staff area, and whispered something to the middle-aged man sitting in the first seat.
The middle-aged man's complexion changed greatly, and regardless of other people's reactions, he quickly walked to the long table and held down the person in charge who was about to start writing.
He whispered a few words in the ear of the person in charge.
The face of the person in charge of Novartis was surprised at first, and then he was deeply afraid, and he put down the pen in his hand.
Turning his head, he looked at Oni with a half-smile, "Sorry, professor, I think we can't sign our contract today."
Oni's hand holding the contract froze in place, he frowned and said, "Mr. Bryce, I know that our negotiation made you not so pleasant, but I think as the person in charge of Novartis, you have encountered There are quite a few things like this. Now is the official occasion of the contract signing, and there are a lot of people sitting there."
He pointed to the representatives of the association sitting in the first row and the media workers next to him with the contract.
Bryce shrugged his shoulders and stood up straight. "I think they'll understand what I'm doing soon."
"George, book the nearest flight, I'm going to Huajing in China right away!" Bryce commanded loudly, without any intention of concealing.
The project at Huajing is different from the technology developed by Oni to reduce side effects based on UW solution. CH5 solution is a brand-new organ storage solution, and the patent of CH5 solution as a blood growth solution has expired. In other words, all pharmaceutical companies are on the same starting line when it comes to CH5 organ storage solution.
As long as the Huajing project is signed, it can monopolize the organ storage solution market, just like Novartis now.
Bryce's heart couldn't help but mention, although for Novartis, the profit of organ storage solution is almost negligible, but organ storage solution is a big cake in the linkage market.
With the continuous development of artificial organs and organ long-term storage technology, and the continuous improvement of medical technology, it is definitely a trend to use organ replacement and transplantation to prolong life. The benefits are endless.
"Novartis must not lose its advantage in this battle!" Bryce secretly decided in his heart.
David was much earlier than Bryce.
David and Li Zheng have been together for so long, and he naturally knows that Li Zheng is not a gossip person. After receiving the phone call two days ago, he paid attention and asked the people below to pay close attention to the project of human organ storage. No, in Half an hour before Novartis signed the UChicago Biolab, he got a very interesting piece of news.
The Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University published a paper on a new application of CH5 solution in their national journal.
The CH5 solution has been specially processed by their laboratory, and it will become a better organ storage solution than the UW solution, and there is no side effect!
This news made David stand up suddenly.
"Li deserves to be Li, oh, I haven't seen him for a long time, I have to find him. By the way, this project was developed in the laboratory we donated, I remember that we have the priority to cooperate. Notify the legal affairs Department, draft the contract, and follow the best terms." David smiled with sixteen teeth.
He touched his chin, turned his head and said to the person next to him, "Find someone and tell him the good news after Bryce signs the contract."
"Okay, Mr. Andorio."
Here, David and Bryce both got on the plane to Huajing.
And Li Zheng, who had just caused all these earthquakes, stretched lazily.
"You can leave work early today. Well, let me invite you to dinner. It's been so hard for you all these days."
Sun Bin and Lu Keke looked at each other, that's all? A paper in a regular journal
A day ago, in their own eyes, the use of CH5 solution as an organ storage solution was discovered, and the performance of the adjusted CH5 solution was much better than that of the UW solution, which made everyone in the laboratory excited.
However, they all believed that this was an accidental gain. After all, science has progressed through inadvertent discoveries. Only Liu Sichao, who knew the inside story, looked at Li Zheng several times with his small eyes.
Looking at his eyes, it seems that he wants to cut Li Zheng's brain open to see if it looks different from ordinary people.
Why is his luck so good, whatever comes to his mind.
"Tsk tsk tsk" It's a pity, it's a pity, such a good brain and luck are not used for scientific research competitions, Liu Sichao couldn't help shaking his head secretly.
Li Zheng looked at the experimental data with a gentle smile on his face. He glanced at the table in the laboratory and picked up the journal on top.
"What is this?" Li Zheng didn't know much about domestic journals. When he was the director of the National Institute of Materia Medica, he started a journal.
Ahem, to be precise, someone else borrowed his name to run a journal, and I heard that the response was not bad.
Sun Bin glanced at the journal in Li Zheng's hand, and said with a smile, "Professor, this is a journal co-organized by Yan University and our Department of Biology. It is considered authoritative in the domestic biology circle." He didn't say that, the excellent graduate papers from the two schools will also be published in this journal and spread to the whole country.
This is also what many biology students are striving for, such as him.
"Oh~" Li Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Then let him."
"Zheng Guangye, please contact the person in charge of the journal. I hope to see our paper published in the journal before nine o'clock tomorrow morning." The current Li Zheng speaks with such confidence.
Zheng Guangye looked at Liu Sichao.
Liu Sichao couldn't help it for a long time, "Hey, Li Zheng, big boss, are you kidding me, the Golden Bull Project! The Golden Bull Project! You put it on the journals run by the two schools??"
Before Li Zheng could answer, Sun Bin couldn't help but said, "Researcher Liu, 'Exploring Biology' is also one of the best in the domestic biology journals!"
Liu Sichao turned his head sharply and shouted, "Shut up!"