After 5:30 in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming, who had just returned home from work at the Armed Police General Hospital, felt a little dazed.
The house is really too lively.
Old Qin, Old Ye, Old Bai, Old Liu, Doctor Wang Wu, Doctor Qin Qiushi, Doctor Tang Jianxiong, Gu Qingran and others were drinking tea and chatting at the invitation of Yu's father and Qing Ning.
Old Qin chuckled and said, "Doctor Yu, I heard you have good wine at home, so I came here to ask for a glass of wine."
Yu Zhiming quickly replied politely, "No offense, you are all honored guests who bring honor to my humble home."
At this point, he came to his senses, "Shouldn't you all be brainstorming alternative potions in the capital?"
Yu Zhiming asked with delight, "Is this a breakthrough?"
"Done?"
Wang Wu said with a smile on his face: "It is indeed successful."
He further explained, "Two patients with advanced cancer who underwent surgery took a modified alternative drug, CAR-T therapy, yesterday morning. After 26 and 31 hours respectively, their body temperatures were successfully reduced from high fever to below 39 degrees Celsius."
"Really? False?" Yu Zhiming was a little bit unbelievable.
Tang Jianxiong smiled and said, "Doctor Yu, it's absolutely true. The patients are the two from the fourth batch you selected. They were originally scheduled to receive CAR-T treatment next week."
"In order to better test the efficacy of the improved alternative medicine, the treatment of these two people was moved forward to yesterday."
The joy on Yu Zhiming's face was still blooming, but suddenly he realized something was wrong.
"Wait a minute, the clinical trial started yesterday, and yesterday was Friday. Aren't you guys gathering in Beijing on Thursday?"
"Isn't this a bit too efficient?"
Under Yu Zhiming's scorching gaze, everyone fell silent.
Qin Lao coughed, breaking the silence, and said, "Mr. Ye, Doctor Yu at least calls you teacher, so please explain it briefly on our behalf."
Mr. Ye, who was named, was speechless, but he couldn't refuse.
He slowly said, "Doctor Yu, when we first developed the alternative to the Ginseng Life-Sustaining Pill, we also considered the possibility of having quantity but no quality."
"There's also an idea for improvement, which is to add a small amount of wild ginseng essence that's over fifty years old."
"It's just that the main, secondary, auxiliary and adjuvant components are linked together, and even adding a small amount of wild ginseng essence will inevitably lead to significant changes in the formula of the substitute medicine."
Mr. Ye took a sip of tea and continued, "The week of concentrated research was about to end, and we agreed to go back and do improvement experiments."
Yu Zhiming realized a problem and interrupted to ask, "This improved version of the alternative medicine also requires wild ginseng that is over fifty years old?"
Elder Ye nodded gently and said, "Yes, it is indispensable, but the amount is very small. It is like a medicine lead and catalyst."
Wang Wu interrupted, "Doctor Yu, a wild ginseng plant that's over fifty years old used to make eight to ten ginseng pills on average."
"But with this improved alternative medicine, we can produce up to 70 or 80 pills, significantly reducing the demand for wild ginseng."
Wang Wu further explained, "Considering the number of advanced cancer patients you, Doctor Yu, treat, there's basically no need to worry about the demand for wild ginseng for this improved medicine."
Yu Zhiming's expression changed, and he asked with concern, "What are the efficacy and cost of the medicine?"
Old Qin took the initiative to speak: "The efficacy of the medicine is about 70% of that of the ginseng life-extending pills, and the cost of one pill is around 60,000."
"Of course, this calculation assumes that wild ginseng was priced roughly at 200,000 a year ago."
Even if we calculate based on the price of three million for a wild ginseng head, the cost of a modified alternative medicine is around one hundred thousand, which is within an acceptable range compared to the three million treatment fee.
Yu Zhiming thought of something else and asked, "Did you know from the beginning that the clinical trial of the alternative drug would fail?"
Old Qin smiled softly and said, "Our judgment is our judgment, but we still have to verify it through experiments."
"What if it happens, right?"
Mr. Qin then went on to introduce: "After the collective research was over and everyone went back to their homes, we were busy all the time. During the day, we were experimenting with formulas, and at night we held video conferences to discuss."
"Finally, hard work paid off, and with a bit of luck, we were able to come up with an improved formula that's quite effective and requires less wild ginseng."
Yu Zhiming sighed and said with a smile, "Now that the improved medicine has been successfully developed, I can finally rest assured."
"This is a great and joyful event and worth celebrating."
Yu Zhiming heard the busy sounds in the kitchen and knew that it was his eldest sister and Yu Ma cooking.
He looked at Qing Ning and asked, "Have you ordered some dishes from the restaurant? Mom and Big Sister are just making some home-cooked dishes."
Old Qin stopped him and said, "Doctor Yu, don't bother. Just a few home-cooked dishes will do."
"To be frank, what kind of delicacies from land and sea have we not eaten?"
"What's most important to us now is what we celebrate and who we celebrate with."
Old Qin laughed heartily again and said, "Today's event, and the people sitting here, will make everyone happy just by eating pickles and drinking wine."
"But first, the wine must be good."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "I will definitely bring out the best wine. Let's go to the restaurant and take a seat..."
Everyone came to the restaurant and sat down. Yu Zhiming took Gu Qingran and Qing Ning to the storage room to move the wine.
Following Gu Qingran's suggestion, they took two kinds of red wine, one bottle of Gu's privately brewed wine, and the last two bottles of privately brewed wine given by the American foreigner Cesare. They took them all out.
I also took two kinds of liquor, the last two bottles of Gu's private brew, and the other two bottles of Moutai that was nearly thirty years old.
Yu Zhiming and his companions brought the wine to the dining table and saw that there were also several cold dishes on the table.
There are braised beef, braised pork head, cold cucumber, fried peanuts, mixed cold dishes, vegetable salad, etc., which are definitely home-cooked cold dishes.
Old Qin took a bottle of Maotai, which looked very historic, and examined it carefully. He smiled and said, "Sure enough, the rumors are true. Doctor Yu's family has good wine. I'll drink this."
Some people chose white wine, some chose red wine, and several bottles of wine were opened one after another.
However, those who drink red wine still need to wait, and the opened red wine needs to be left to linger for a while.
Old Qin took a sip of the white wine, praised it as "good wine", and turned his gaze to Yu Zhiming.
"Doctor Yu, do you have any questions about this improved medicine and the Chu family's ginseng purchase?"
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "It's enough for me to know that the alternative medicine has been successfully developed."
"The rest is irrelevant, so I won't ask."
After a pause, Yu Zhiming asked again, "Shouldn't we give it an official name? We can't just keep referring to it as an improved alternative medicine."
Old Qin smiled and said, "It was derived from Doctor Wang's Ginseng Life-Sustaining Pills, so it should be named by Doctor Wang."
Wang Wu saw that everyone at the table was looking at him, so he didn't refuse. He pondered and said, "The simpler the name, the better. Its main ingredient is ginseng, so let's just call it Ginseng Pills."
"As for how to distinguish it from other brands, since it is produced by the newly established Zhiming Life Science, it is named Zhiming Ginseng Pills."
Yu Zhiming just grinned, feeling a little dissatisfied.
But no one else objected, so this ordinary name with nothing special was decided.
In Yu Zhiming's opinion, the famous Chinese medicine experts present here have a very deep foundation in Chinese studies, so it is not difficult for them to come up with a resounding name that is both meaningful and easy to remember.
Unexpectedly, this group of people are too lazy to use their brains.
If Yu Zhiming himself could not think of a resounding name that was both meaningful and easy to remember, he would have snatched the naming rights from Dr. Wang at all costs.
"Doctor Yu, are you dissatisfied with this name?"
Facing Dr. Wang's question, Yu Zhiming quickly denied it and said, "I am satisfied, very satisfied!"
He then explained seriously, "For medicine, the name is not important; what matters is the efficacy."
"As long as doctors and patients approve of it, no matter how bad the name is, it won't prevent it from being popular."
Amidst the laughter, Old Qin said happily, "Doctor Yu, your expression just now didn't indicate that."
Yu Zhiming denied it and said, "Mr. Qin, please don't wrongly accuse me. This is what I think in my heart."
At this time, Yu Zhaoxia brought hot dishes...
Although Yu Chaoxia's cooking skills are just homely, the Yu family has a good stock of ingredients, such as free-range chickens, lamb and pork from well-known production areas, and sea cucumbers, fish maw, grouper, Hericium erinaceus, Alpinia chrysogenum and other ingredients. This table of dishes is quite presentable.
The last main course served was dumplings.
Qin Lao and his companions were quite satisfied with the meal...
After dinner, everyone moved to the living room to drink tea and talked about the treatment of advanced cancer again.
Yu Zhiming sighed, "Now that we have ginseng pills, the constraints on wild ginseng have been basically removed."
"Now the constraint is on me."
"I hope there will be a breakthrough in tumor fluorescence imaging technology so that more patients with advanced cancer can benefit."
Tang Jianxiong said, "Due to the complexity of the human body, I don't think it will be possible for tumor fluorescence imaging technology to achieve the same level of tumor resolution as Dr. Yu within 10 to 20 years."
“Unless there’s a revolutionary breakthrough in this technology.”
Yu Zhiming pondered and asked, "Well, what do you think? Should I cooperate with relevant research and development institutions of tumor fluorescence imaging technology to advance this matter?"
"Better not!"
Old Qin put away his casual expression and said solemnly, "Doctor Yu, let me say a few words that may not be so kind and compassionate..."
"Your ability to explore the body and identify cancer makes you who you are today. If your skills are no longer unique, and other people or institutions can also do so, your importance will plummet."
After a pause, Old Qin said slowly: "Doctor Yu, everyone has selfish desires, and organizations and countries are no exception. If your ability has always been unique..."
"In this way, you, those close to you, Huashan Hospital, your hometown, and even our country will benefit greatly..."
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