Faced with the boss's trick, the senior executive in charge of intelligence work hesitated and said:
"Boss, after our investigation, we found that Xiangjiang Lingnan Pharmaceutical has a rather impressive background. They previously invented the anti-tuberculosis drug Epyridamole tablets, which were a huge success.
Lingnan Pharmaceutical has a very close cooperative relationship with Anthony Pharmaceuticals and Eagle Country's Vit Pharmaceuticals. The three companies have stakes in each other and are allies, so they can't be moved for the time being."
Oh~~~
Everyone suddenly understood and thought to themselves that it was no wonder that this little-known Hong Kong company had suddenly become so popular. It turned out that it was backed by two major medical academic giants.
Scott, a big shot in the medical field, was also a little surprised:
"Anthony? Witte? The president and vice-president of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease?"
"Yes, Professor Anthony is also the Vice President of Massachusetts General Hospital and an internationally renowned pulmonologist. Professor Witte is also the Dean of the University College London Medical School. Streptomycin was invented by his team."
The executives knew immediately that this was not going to be easy.
If it were just two ordinary doctors, it would be easier for a pharmaceutical company to control them.
But if these two doctors have actually formed an "academic clique", own pharmaceutical companies, and have complex relationships with other financial groups, then they can also be considered "capital" that can be put on the table.
It is not impossible for capital to go to war with each other, but the cost will be very high and it is not certain who will win.
Scott said helplessly:
"We can still talk about the acquisition, but the price just needs to be higher. If we can get these three antibiotic patents, they will become our biggest core products, and we will have a lot of money to make.
In addition, we cannot sit idly by and wait for death. At worst, we can just circumvent Lingnan Medicine’s patent.
For example, we can design products or technologies with similar functions but without infringing patents, such as adjusting the drug crystal form, changing the preparation process, or selecting materials that are not covered by patents. There is always a way.
Professor Hoffman, you've been conducting research for a week and have done all the necessary tests and experiments. Now tell me, can you invent a similar new antibiotic?"
In the pharmaceutical industry, it is actually very difficult to secure one's own patent rights and then use the monopoly to make money.
For example, if you invented cefuroxime and applied for a patent, other pharmaceutical companies can adjust some molecular structures or other structures based on the drug you invented.
Then other similar drugs were invented, such as cefotiam, cefamandole, cefaclor, etc.
This is also a technique commonly used by pharmaceutical companies.
Just like when you invented omeprazole, other pharmaceutical companies immediately launched lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, etc. to compete with you for business.
You invented sildenafil, and other pharmaceutical companies immediately followed suit and launched tadalafil, eukinafide, avanafil, etc.
Who knew that Professor Hoffman would hesitate and not dare to pat his chest.
Scott was surprised when he saw it: "Why? You can't prevent it? No way, you are a top international pharmaceutical expert."
Professor Hoffman knew he couldn't avoid it, so rather than taking the blame later, he decided to speak out directly from the beginning:
"General Manager, it's like this. We have already researched the specific ingredients of Xiangjiang's three antibiotics. As long as we are given some time, it won't be difficult to imitate similar antibiotics.
But the difficulty lies in mass production.
I don't know how Xiangjiang Lingnan Hall produces these medicines, but I suspect they must have advanced production lines and techniques that we don't know about, which are beyond the reach of our artificial cultivation."
If Lin Sanqi heard this, he would definitely give Professor Hoffman a thumbs up. He is indeed worthy of being a top pharmaceutical expert.
Because the raw material factory of Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory adopts the black technology from the 21st century, all raw materials use the biopharmaceutical perfusion culture system.
For example, cefuroxime is produced in large quantities on a production line using microbial fermentation technology in a specific culture medium as a raw material drug.
Such cephalosporin raw materials are very cheap, like the previous Zibo Kenfu Pharmaceutical, which only costs one million per ton.
In the 1960s, the pharmaceutical industry was limited by production processes and backward production lines and could only artificially culture cephalosporins using agarose culture media, which was quite costly.
Professor Hoffman asked his assistant to hand over a document to the Pfizer executives, then picked up a box of antibiotics and said,
"After our calculations, if we want to produce similar cefuroxime, our cost for just one box of this medicine would be at least $100.
Converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is about 556 yuan per box, and Lingnan Pharmaceutical's current retail price is only 20 Hong Kong dollars, so the cost will be even lower.
Have you ever considered this: the cost gap between ours and Xiangjiang's cefuroxime is over 30 times. How can we, the US-based Chinese medicine, still be competitive in the market?"
hiss~~~
Pfizer's executives were all furious when they heard this.
If we can neither acquire nor imitate the product, then we will just be watching this piece of fat meat without being able to take action?
This is more painful for capitalists than killing them.
The same scene occurred in all pharmaceutical companies around the world. After corporate spies "smuggled" three antibiotics to various countries, everyone secretly wanted to imitate them.
The results showed without exception that imitation is easy but mass production is too difficult. Even if it is forced to be produced, the product will not be competitive.
Lingnan Hospital, Hong Kong.
Lin Sanqi was listening to the report from Fengtang Master Wang Jin:
"Boss, according to our current observations, we have seen an increase in the number of familiar faces coming to the hospital to get their medicines filled. Previously, many Caucasians would come and queue up for treatment on their own, but the situation has changed recently.
Some people hired local Hong Kong gangs, who did not fight or seize territory, but instead acted as smugglers and queued up to buy medicine at the hospital.
These gang members come in without asking the doctor about the patient's condition. They just start by asking for a certain number of boxes of Ceftriaxone or Aqi. They are very easy to identify."
Lin Sanqi was also happy when he heard this. He was happy to see all of this.
"So what's the current ratio of actual patients to swindlers?"
Wang Jin thought for a moment and said:
"It's not optimistic. Now, it's the smugglers who make up the majority, squeezing out a lot of medical appointments. This has caused Hong Kong residents to complain again and again, and they're constantly asking us to control these gang members."
In the 1960s, there was no need to use real names when seeing a doctor in Hong Kong. You could just fill in any name in the medical record.
So this group of smugglers came once in the morning and again in the afternoon. Every time they lined up obediently, without making any noise or making any noise, and just took the medicine and left. It was impossible for the hospital security to interfere.
Those who come are the God of Wealth, why should we interfere?
Wang Jin then took out a telescope and handed it to Lin Sanqi:
"Boss, come and take a look. It's just north of the hospital, at the foot of King's Park Hill. It's become a hub for smugglers."
"oh?"
Lin Sanqi became interested, picked up the telescope and looked towards the uninhabited corners at the foot of the mountain.
Sure enough, there were crowds of people gathered at the foot of the mountain, and it was obvious that there was a person in charge in the middle, sitting on a small stool.
After the smugglers took the medicine from the hospital, they would walk along the hospital wall to the foot of King's Hill and hand over the medicine to this group of people, paying for the medicine.
Lin Sanqi almost laughed out loud, and thought of the news from another time and space.
At several ports between the mainland and Hong Kong, there is a group of smugglers who carry milk powder, electronic products and the like from Hong Kong on their backs every day.
After passing through customs, there will be someone to pick you up in the mainland. No matter how much a can of milk powder or a mobile phone costs, the money is paid and the goods are delivered. The smugglers make money from the head fee.
This is where Lin Sanqi got the inspiration to encourage smuggling.
However, a hospital’s daily shipment volume is always limited, so at this time, pharmacies throughout Hong Kong are the layout for the next stage.
All that’s left is to wait for the fish to take the bait.
Lin Sanqi is not planning to hand over the sales rights to Anthony Pharmaceuticals and Witt Pharmaceuticals this time.
Even if the two sides can continue to cooperate based on their good relationship, they will have to negotiate with each country one by one, rather than selling in packages on a continental basis.
Initially, Lin Sanqi had no say in anti-tuberculosis drugs, not even the basic pricing power, so it could only earn a little hard-earned money.
And now, he wants to try to eat at the table.
"By the way, I asked you to recruit a group of pharmacy sales, finance, and warehousing staff. How is it going now?"
Lingnantang is going to open a chain of drug stores, so it definitely needs handsome men and beautiful women as sales clerks. Those ferocious-looking veterans are not suitable, and won’t they scare away all the customers?
Wang Jin quickly replied:
"Boss, we're hiring in Tiu Keng Leng and Tiger Rock. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Tiu Keng Leng and Lao Hu Yan Village are the areas where the largest number of mainland Chinese people who have fled to Hong Kong live in "rooftop wooden houses." Lin Sanqi was also quite curious:
"Let's go and take a look." (End of this chapter)
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