Pfizer's headquarters.

Chen Shuqin and Chen Xia are here for a friendly visit today, and Pfizer's senior management are very welcoming of their arrival.

After all, these are two gods of wealth,

The quadruple therapy alone can earn Pfizer tens of billions of dollars every year, and with the large-scale promotion of this therapy, annual sales of tens of billions of dollars are no longer a dream.

Don't forget, although Pfizer was ranked first in the United States at that time, it was not yet the company with hundreds of billions of assets that it would become in the future. A few billion dollars could easily be equivalent to half of their company's assets.

He can make so much money in a year. Not to mention a small welcome party, he can even make these chairmen and CEOs kneel down and call him dad.

In a capitalist society, money comes first.

Of course, if Chen Xia gets into trouble one day, Pfizer probably won’t mind stepping on him a few times. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

While visiting Pfizer's laboratory, Vice President Marcia suddenly pulled Chen Shuqin and Chen Xia into a room.

"Chen, I received confidential information that Lilai Pharmaceuticals is also preparing to produce inhaled drugs to treat asthma."

Chen Xia raised his eyebrows. This shouldn't be the case. He had already applied for patents for all the fog-inhaling potions in the Space Hospital. There was absolutely no way any of them would slip through the net. Where did Lilai Pharmaceutical get the original drugs?

"Marcia, is the information you received accurate? Do you have any detailed information?"

Marcia took a box from her assistant, which contained several potions. It was obvious that they had been prepared.

"Chen, this is a sample of the potion we obtained through special channels. After our testing, the ingredients are exactly the same as the fog-inhalation medicine developed by your company, even the proportions of the ingredients are the same."

Chen Shuqin immediately reacted: "Is Lilai Pharmaceutical planning to infringe our patent?"

Marcia nodded.

"We are very sure that they have infringed our patent, but the problem is that our drug has not yet been launched on the market. If they can get the FDA's approval before us, we will have to fight a lawsuit."

Chen Xia was a little confused. They clearly owned the patent, so why was it so troublesome to go to court?

"Marcia, if we file a lawsuit, what are the general procedures?"

Marcia has consulted a lawyer and is of course very clear about the process and consequences.

"First, we have to find a third party to conduct testing to prove that this drug infringes our patent, but they also have ways to circumvent it, such as adding or reducing a few ingredients and proportions, so that they can say that this is their own original research drug and apply for a patent.

The problem lies here. Our drug hasn't been launched yet. If Lilai Pharmaceuticals launches it first, it will give people the impression that they have first-mover advantage. How can a company that launches first infringe on the patent of a company that launched later? This will easily gain public support.

Another key point is that because this is a new drug that has never been seen before, it is difficult for neutral testing laboratories or pharmacists to determine whether the two drugs belong to the same type of patent?

Adding these factors together, plus the ongoing legal wrangling in the US, this lawsuit will take three to five years to complete. Whether we can win is a question. We at Pfizer have a financial consortium, and they also have financial consortium support behind them, and even have connections in Washington.”

Chen Shuqin frowned: "According to you, we have no way to deal with them?"

Marcia pushed up her glasses, her eyes filled with reluctance.

She is a senior official who actively advocates cooperation with Pumpkin Vine Company. If the fog-absorbing potion can be successfully put into production and promoted, and generate benefits for the company, her career will be able to go further.

Now that the company suddenly did this, she was really disgusted.

If it were any other small company, Pfizer or the capital behind Pfizer would have crushed them long ago.

But Lili Pharmaceutical is also one of the top three pharmaceutical giants in the United States. It is not something that can be crushed to death by anyone, which is a headache.

Chen Xia didn't know much about Lilai Pharmaceutical, so he asked, "What kind of drugs does Lilai Pharmaceutical mainly produce? How many pharmaceutical factories and laboratories does it have now?"

Marcia blurted out:

"Lili Pharmaceuticals mainly produces insulin and biologics, and secondly, oral diabetes medications. They are headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and their laboratories and research centers are located at their headquarters."

Chen Xia nodded and asked, "How valuable is their laboratory?"

Marcia was a little moved:

"Biologics rely heavily on experiments. The commercial value of any resulting product is enormous, so the research center at Lilai Pharmaceuticals is their core department, and security is usually very strict."

Strict? Haha, Chen Xia snorted.

If Chen Shuqin and Marcia were still considering how to take legal action, Chen Xia was thinking about how to use his golden finger to teach them a lesson.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Lilai Pharmaceuticals.

President Swift was reporting to Chairman Paul, and there were bottles of potions on the table.

"Chairman, these drugs are all reverse-engineered by us. We have slightly changed the raw material formula. We have already applied to the FDA for clinical trials, and the patent application is also in progress."

Paulk picked up a few pills and asked with a smile, "How effective is it? How does it compare to PV's original drug?"

Swift smiled apologetically:

"The efficacy is exactly the same; after all, it's the same drug. However, once Pfizer learns of this, they might file a patent lawsuit."

Paulk waved his hand nonchalantly:

"This lawsuit will take several years to complete, which is enough time for us to squeeze out their nebulizer products. They have patent costs, and we don't, so we implemented a low-price strategy from the beginning.

By then, the two companies' products will have the same efficacy, but ours will be priced lower, and those greedy insurance companies will definitely recommend hospitals to use our products.

Once we have captured the market, the drugs will be completely upgraded, and whether they infringe copyright or not will be a muddled lawsuit.”

Swift, like the puppet army, gave a thumbs up: "Excellent, indeed, the chairman's strategy is very good."

Hahaha, the old man obviously really likes this flattery.

The history of Lilai Pharmaceutical's rise is not very glorious. You can imagine that a company specializing in the production of biological agents has sufficient capabilities to produce some white powder or certain hallucinogens.

Yes, that’s how they made their fortune.

So for such a company with no bottom line, they don’t talk to you about laws, rules, and morals. For them, as long as they can make money, they can use any means.

But they never dreamed that a boy from the East was not going to reason with them.