Two days later, Li Zheng got the molecular formula from the Indian side.
The Indian formula product and Li Zheng's Bamisatin contain the same active ingredients, with slightly different inactive ingredients. Xu Mingsheng called it "paminesatine mixed with water".
"India's drug testing is relatively lax, and I believe their drugs will be available earlier than paminesadine." Xu Mingsheng has a topic of drug-resistant strains at hand, because of his speech at the National Medical College of Singapore at the last Asian Biopharmaceutical Conference, so He got new inspiration. No, even though he is not young, he still stays in the laboratory all day and all night.
"So what? It is impossible for global large pharmaceutical companies to cooperate with Indian pharmaceutical companies. Their drug sales channels are too narrow, and they may even be limited to domestic and a few third world countries. Teacher, have you heard a sentence? Channel is king."
Channel is king.
In the 1980s, unlike the 21st century, when Internet retailing had not yet emerged, pharmaceutical companies and their distributors controlled the global drug supply channels. They wouldn't agree with Indian generics to move their ready-made cheese.
Xu Mingsheng took a deep look at Li Zheng, and the more he came into contact with him, the more terrifying he found this young man. Some things, even the old man who had eaten for decades, could not see clearly, but in Li Zheng's eyes, it was clear.
So wise and close to a demon, the word suddenly popped up in Xu Mingsheng's mind.
He hadn't left the lab for nearly a week, and when Li Zheng walked out of the lab, he was still a little uncomfortable. The sun shone on his face, giving people an extremely dazzling feeling. The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
"Oh! It hurts!" David exclaimed exaggeratedly.
Li Zheng's slightly pale face showed a helpless expression, "Why do you look like a ghost..." He was clearly wearing a neat suit and tie, but he tied the tie loosely, like a pink rope hanging around his neck. The suit pants are wrinkled at the front and back of the knees, which is really not beautiful.
David patted his trousers and stood up from the ground, "Li, you've been in the lab for eight days, and you've been in the lab for eight days!"
In fact, David has been to Hong Kong University several times, but every time he comes, Li Zheng happens to be in the laboratory. He waited from morning to night, bumping into that annoying Daniel several times, but he never saw Li Zheng.
According to reliable sources, the speed of generic drugs in India is very fast, and it has entered the stage of clinical trials for infants and young children in just one and a half months, which makes David unable to sit still. He has been at Hong Kong University for two days. He lives in the guest house of Hong Kong University. Every morning, he goes to the entrance of the laboratory as a statue and stands until the evening.
A tall and handsome foreign friend was waiting at the entrance of the laboratory every day, causing quite a stir in the campus of Hong Kong University.
However, Emperor Tian paid off, he finally waited for his little genius.
"Oh? It's been so long?" I don't know the year in the mountains. This is a word used in ancient Chinese mythology to describe the cultivation of immortals. When Li Zheng came here, it was "I don't know the day and night in the laboratory".
"But it was just right when you came out." David moved his legs, which were slightly numb because he had not moved for a long time, and smiled smugly.
Because Daniel just left an hour ago. Although he kept people before he left, the weight of the people under him is naturally not the same as the weight of David, the real executive vice president of Roche Asia.
Li Zheng glanced at the Pfizer employee who was being forced to speak by several Roche employees, and couldn't help laughing.
"Take me a meal, just in time, I'm a little hungry," he said.
David was overjoyed, "My pleasure. What western or Chinese food do you like to eat, or I tried Malaysian food recently, and it tasted very strange."
While talking, the two walked towards the school gate. When passing by the school gate, Li Zheng raised his eyes and saw He Zhongming was arguing with a middle-aged man, and his emotions seemed a little excited.
In Li Zheng's impression, He Zhongming is a person who cherishes feathers very much. Yelling at the school gate, attracting passing classmates' constant glances, is not something he would do.
And that middle-aged man...
Li Zheng's eyes narrowed, as if he was a little kind.
"Li, someone you know?" David followed Li Zheng's gaze, just in time to see He Zhongming's distorted face due to excitement.
"I know, but I'm not familiar with it." Li Zheng glanced lightly and turned his head back.
The two sat down at a Cantonese restaurant not far from the school entrance. The restaurant is not big. The owner and the proprietress are both Cantonese, a typical mom-and-pop shop.
There were no boxes in the store, so Li Zheng chose a seat by the window.
"Li, you are really approachable." David has contacted many scholars, and most of them are very particular about details, and such small shops generally do not come in.
Li Zheng laughed, "That's because they are old and pay attention to their health. I am young and can eat anything." Some of the seniors he met in his previous life were also very particular about eating. It doesn't matter.
David had a good acceptance of the Chinese table culture, and he went straight to the topic when he put down his chopsticks.
"Li, I think you have guessed the reason why I came to you. Are you interested in working with Roche?"
Li Zheng's chopsticks paused, "The market expectation of pamibutin is not optimistic, and India already has generic drugs, and some countries around him that suffer from cold blood will be covered by the sales scope of generic drugs. To be honest, if the price is not good If it's high, there's not much profit to be made of betadine."
Li Zheng put down his chopsticks and sat up slightly, "But if the price is too high, it doesn't meet my original intention."
David shrugged, "So my price won't be very high, but you know, Roche is not short of money."
Yes, Roche is not short of money, what is lacking is medicine, original medicine.
Due to the particularity of the industry, the market has always been in short supply. The pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer, Novartis, Merck, and Roche have similar drug sales channels and similar production line scales. The only difference is the ability of drug research and development.
For these pharmaceutical giants, a new drug is not only a market and profit, but also resources and competitiveness. Moreover, these pharmaceutical companies will be labeled as anti-humanitarian by those associations almost every once in a while, and every year they donate tens of millions of charitable funds to maintain their corporate image.
What if you use this money to buy an original drug? David submitted the proposal a week ago. Mr. Robert personally called to his office and repeatedly urged him to win the patent right of betadine!
If you donate tens of millions, it will only cover several pages in the media, not necessarily the front page headlines. But an original drug! An original medicine for special diseases! If Roche successfully wins the patent rights and sells it at a low price in the name of charity, then every time the cold blood is mentioned, the charity of Roche will be mentioned, which is a lucrative business.
As for profit. The biggest cost of drugs, especially Western drugs, is drug research and development. Western medicine is actually composed of compounds, and the production cost is really not high. There have always been rumors that the cost of drugs is only a few cents, but it costs hundreds or even thousands of yuan to sell to patients. This sentence is not an exaggeration when it comes to the cost of drug materials alone.
Therefore, although the profit of paminosatin is low, there is no problem in breaking the capital.
Li Zheng put a piece of beef in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said after a while, "Tell me about your plan."
David was overjoyed. He was about to speak when the store door was pushed open, and Daniel strode in.
He probably trotted all the way, and his breath was still a little disordered. With a reserved and polite smile on Daniel's face, he slowly calmed his breath and walked towards Li Zheng's table.
Most of the customers in the small shop were students and office workers nearby. They were a little excited when they saw two handsome foreign friends in a row, and many tables let out low exclamations.
"Mr. Li Zheng, I finally saw you. I just went back in a hurry because of something in the company. I didn't expect to miss you." Daniel moved a chair and sat down beside David.
David Pi pulled out his mouth without a smile, "Mr. Watson is really well-informed. You came over as soon as we sat down."
Daniel took out his handkerchief and wiped the glass, "Mr. David is very polite. If it wasn't for the enthusiasm of the staff at Roche, I believe I would have arrived earlier."
Li Zheng touched his nose and raised his hand, "Boss, add a pair of chopsticks."
With Pfizer hitting the bar, the two sides have formed a competitive situation again, which is beneficial to Li Zheng, but Li Zheng does not plan to start the price this time.
He leaned back slightly, "Roche and Pfizer are both the world's top pharmaceutical companies. As I said at the Asian Biopharmaceutical Conference, all my patent fees for paminesatine will be donated to Li Zheng's special disease research. Foundation. Therefore, the emergence of paminosatin is to cure the disease and bring hope to those children who are poor and plagued by disease.”
Li Zheng's words made both David and Daniel serious. The chopsticks in their hands and the smell of gunpowder and smoke between them also dissipated most of the time.
"Li, don't worry. The price of betadine will definitely not be high, and Roche is a socially responsible company." David assured Roche at the same time.
"Mr. Li Zheng, Pfizer has won the Outstanding Corporate Award for the Most Social Responsibility in the United States for three consecutive years. From 1980 to 1982, Pfizer successively launched the Cyril Charity Drug Donation Project and the Cardoin Charity Drug Donation Project, and after the malaria outbreak in Africa , mobilized more than five million US dollars in cash and relief materials at the first time. Pfizer is willing to join you in this grand event." Daniel's words were very beautiful.
Li Zheng coughed dryly, glanced at David's livid face from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help laughing. It seems that against Daniel, David is always deflated.
Li Zheng put his hands on the table, his eyes swept over the two of them, and he said, "My request is very simple, first, the price should be within the acceptable range of the people of the third world countries, and second, the price of paminesadine should be within the acceptable range. For further publicity, we should bring the name of Li Zheng's laboratory"
When Li Zheng's words fell, both David and Daniel were stunned. Li Zheng's conditions were not harsh. The first condition is that Roche and Pfizer didn't expect to make too much profit from the special disease drug, paminosatin. As for the second condition... Daniel's mouth pursed into a straight line.
This condition sounds easy, but it is not so easy to do. There must be a hurdle for Pfizer headquarters.
If it was an internationally renowned laboratory such as Cold Spring Harbor, it would be better to make this request, but now Li Zheng's laboratory is not well-known. Presumably the gap is still too big. There was a saying in ancient China that "injuring Zhongyong", who can not guarantee that Li Zheng will be the next Zhongyong
"Mr. Li Zheng, I have to go back and discuss your request with the headquarters."
"Li, I promise!"
David and Daniel spoke at the same time, and Daniel almost looked at David Andorio who was sitting next to him with astonishment. Brightly written in his eyes, are you crazy? !