Professor Marit's tearful complaint in front of the reporter quickly spread through major newspapers and television.
The Don Quixote-like heroic image, coupled with the fact that doctors are the most trustworthy and caring people in society, has once again set the entire United States on fire with the support of caring people.
Chen Xia was truly unlucky. There was no doubt that those international pharmaceutical companies were vampires.
Taking advantage of patent fortresses and raising prices are all objective facts. In a capitalist society, everything is about money.
Not to mention the Americans in the 1980s, even in 2018, China still has a very popular movie "Dying to Survive".
In fact, the values of this movie are very wrong. The director and screenwriter are either stupid or bad.
Like Professor Marritt, the entire movie deliberately conceals and ignores the R&D costs of pharmaceutical companies, and focuses on production costs.
In order to create plot conflicts, the film maliciously portrays international pharmaceutical companies as vampires who insist on maintaining high drug prices regardless of the lives of the people.
The billions of box office revenue represent the public opinion, indicating that the vast majority of people agree with the view that drug prices should be reduced, or that pharmaceutical companies should open up their patents for free so that more people can afford drugs.
From the perspective of the people, is it wrong?
That’s right, ordinary people just want to take cheap medicine and save their lives, and it would be best if it were given for free.
But from the perspective of pharmaceutical companies, this is of course a big mistake.
If I open up my patents and license them for free, how will my pharmaceutical companies survive? Where will I get the funds to continue developing new drugs? Does pharmaceutical companies get their money from the wind?
So what is the best solution?
In fact, the government pays for it, which is also a common practice in developed countries in Europe and the United States, especially for children's medicines, which are almost completely free.
Because your government collects taxes, you have the responsibility and obligation to ensure free compulsory education and a medical insurance system that benefits all citizens.
At least universal free medical insurance should cover all children, right?
That's getting off topic.
Professor Marit kicked the ball back, and the group of reporters surrounded the Chinese and Hong Kong teams again.
Facing the reporters' barrage of cameras and gunfire, Chen Xia seemed remarkably calm:
"First, companies pursue profits, and reasonable profits can ensure the normal operation of the company and drug research and development. This is a normal behavior in a normal market economy and there is nothing to blame.
Secondly, if Professor Marit is really so great, why doesn't he lower his surgery fees? As far as I know, Professor Marit charges a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $800,000 for an organ transplant.
Anti-rejection drugs cost $50 per pill a day, which is just over $10,000 a year. However, the cost of his surgery is dozens of times the cost of the drugs. Do you think that's reasonable?
He might say that surgery is a reflection of his knowledge and a fair reward for mental labor. But then I wonder, isn't medicine a high-tech industry? Isn't it also a reflection of knowledge? This double standard is ridiculous."
Wow~~~~
The real action has arrived, the reporters are excited, and Chen Xia's angle is very tricky.
Medicines are expensive, but in Europe and the United States, doctors' incomes are among the highest, definitely exceeding that of the general public, and they are a high-income group.
Ordinary people are ignorant. They don't see how many years and how much money it takes to train a medical student, nor do they see the hard work that doctors put in.
They only have one idea: since you have a lot of money, you are a black-hearted person and you are guilty. This is a typical "hatred of the rich" mentality.
Marit can lead the public to hate pharmaceutical companies, but Chen Xia can also lead the public to hate doctors. Anyway, his main purpose is to muddy the waters.
Reporters love controversial topics like this one, and the flash cameras are clicking.
At this time, a reporter eagerly asked: "Mr. Chen, as far as I know, you are also a doctor. Don't you think that doctors should get higher incomes? If your colleagues know what you said, do you feel betrayed?"
Well, American reporters are so sharp, but it’s hard to say whether it was arranged by Johnson Pharmaceuticals.
Faced with such a life-threatening question, how could Chen Xia be stumped?
"No, no, no, it's only natural that doctors receive a fair salary. So I'm not against doctors earning high salaries. I'm against some doctors who, under the guise of justice, accept bribes from interest groups and harm the interests of the public."
Another reporter asked:
"Mr. Chen, am I to understand that you believe Professor Marit's actions are all in the service of certain capitalists, and have reaped their benefits, rather than from the perspective of the patients?"
Chen Xia shrugged: "I didn't say anything, you said it all."
Reporters don’t care whether you said it or not, the next day’s headlines will be:
"Chinese Doctors Suspect Marit Accepts Commercial Bribery," "Is Marit Really Considering the Public?", "Shocking: Patent Dispute Turns into Capital Dispute"
These days, Americans are eating as much melon as they can, and it seems that the dark side of the medical field is being exposed bit by bit by the war of words between the two sides.
The bigwigs in the medical field can no longer sit still.
We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Liao Zhai with me, Marit?
There were hundreds of doctors who went to China to watch the two teaching operations, and they were distributed in major hospitals. Everyone knew whether the operation was successful or not. What was there to deny?
The final proposal to acquire patents is even more despicable. As a medical association, why do you want these patents? Who do you plan to license the patents to?
This clearly violates the rules of the game and disrupts the good interactive relationship and interest transfer between doctors and pharmaceutical companies.
Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceuticals has contacted major pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical, and Switzerland's Novartis.
Everyone used their connections to remotely command their own pieces to attack the International Society for Organ Transplantation.
For a time, the medical circle was in a state of "involution".
But to this day, Marit is still quite confident. As long as the International Organ Transplant Conference controlled by him and Johnson Company does not approve, Pumpkin Vine's anti-rejection drugs will not be able to enter the American market normally.
Now that the matter has become a big deal, they no longer care whether they can obtain the patents or not. Instead, they want to destroy these patents and make Pumpkin Vine Company lose the trust and support of the people in the controversy.
Everyone has their own little plans, but Chen Xia is fed up with it all.
Some arrogant American media are not friendly to Chinese people, so there are more and more press releases attacking Pumpkin Vine.
The Americans will definitely help their own people, this is understandable.
So when Chen Xia saw that most public opinion supported and sympathized with Professor Marit, and portrayed him as a "American hero", or a symbol of "American spirit", freedom, resistance, and fairness.
Chen Xia took action.
Who doesn’t know how to slap someone in the face?
(It's very shameful to ask for next month's votes at the end of the month)
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