Chapter 350: Profits Industry (First update, please subscribe)
Ten minutes later, Li Yian arrived at Jianmin Company.
Now Jianmin Company is not only the largest pharmaceutical company in Nanyang, but also the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia. It not only has the largest penicillin production line in Asia, but also has the only streptomycin production line in the world. Of course, this is based on patent monopoly.
“The company’s current flagship product is streptomycin. At the beginning of the year, it passed tests in the United States, Britain and other countries and was approved to enter the market. Streptomycin has significant bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Once launched, It has been used by various countries as a specific drug to treat tuberculosis, and has achieved good results.”
As a company manager, Zhu Huayun is not a pharmacist, but he studied business and is indeed a good hand in business management. .
"So, what is the price of streptomycin?"
Li Yian asked.
“Sir, considering the R&D and production costs, the current price of streptomycin is still very expensive. However, out of humanitarian considerations, we have adopted a differentiated pricing method based on regional economic conditions. Sales in the United States The price is US$70 per dose, which is US$60 in the UK and US$55 in continental Europe..."
Li Yian is very familiar with this pricing method. The price of drugs in economically developed countries High, prices are low in poor countries. The typical business approach of Western pharmaceutical companies focuses on profit.
“So how much does it cost per dose?”
As soon as he asked, Li Yian waved his hand and said.
“Forget it, there is no need to answer this question.”
Although he is the largest shareholder of Jianmin Company, Li Yian decided not to ask, so as not to worry about it after asking, he After reading the report, Jianmin Company's profit margin is astonishing.
$60!
That’s more than 50 grams of gold!
How much does one dose of streptomycin weigh?
The huge profits can be imagined. But on the other hand, Jianmin Company is currently the largest "foreign exchange earning enterprise" in Borneo. After all, tuberculosis patients are very common in this era, and streptomycin is the only specific drug.
"...The high pricing of new drugs is not only to recover investment, but also to generate higher profits for the research of new drugs."
Nodding, Li Yian said.
“The company’s profits must be maintained, but it must also be remembered that the purpose of pharmaceutical companies is to treat diseases and save lives. I think we can do a drug donation, such as funding the treatment of some patients every year, which can not only reflect the company’s Responsibility is also good for the company’s image, don’t you think? ”
"What you said is true. I will go back and ask someone to study it. However, I think drug donations should be mainly domestic. After all, the income of Chinese people is much lower than that of Americans. They can afford it, but our compatriots cannot afford it."
You won my heart, it’s for sure!
Li Yian almost didn't laugh out loud. It's human nature to be more generous than others. Of course, good things should be given to your own people first. Earning foreigners' money to subsidize your own people is the right way!
"At present, we have built the world's largest comprehensive laboratory, which is not only engaged in drug research, but also disease vaccine research..."
After a brief explanation, Zhu Huayun understood As the president and his party entered the laboratory, Li Yian just followed him, listening to him with a smile as he introduced the research and other aspects of the laboratory, and occasionally asked some questions.
Passing by a laboratory, through the glass window, I saw the experimenters busy in the laboratory. Although they were wearing masks, you could still tell that they were Chinese. One of them, a short gentleman, seemed to be The person in charge of the laboratory.
Because the heads of the first few laboratories were all Germans, Li Yian was inevitably a little curious. Zhu Huayun who was following him saw this and introduced him.
“In addition to experts and testers from Germany, there are also some experts from China. Mr. Tang from Laboratory No. 15 is currently conducting research on smallpox vaccines. . He is the short one. He was the director of the Tangshan Central Epidemic Prevention Department and has been engaged in research on microbiology, virology and immunology for a long time..."
Wearing a mask through the glass window. After Mr. Tang nodded and said hello, Li Yian continued to visit the laboratory, while Zhu Huayun followed him and continued the introduction.
“...Now that the world is producing cowpox vaccine, cows need to be placed in a blistering room to breed blisters. The blistering room must be sterile and the cows must be alive. The production cost is high. Now Mr. Tang's laboratory is trying to cultivate vaccinia on chicken embryos. Vaccines cultured on chicken embryos not only have high yields, but are also sterile, safer, and also significantly save costs," Li Yi'an said.
“Cultivation in chicken embryos, I have heard of this. It should be in recent years. Research results have just been obtained. Cultivating viruses in chicken embryos has less environmental interference than living animals and is easy to control. It will definitely be used in the future. If it becomes a standard technology in laboratories around the world, please pay attention to research in this direction."
As a new technology, chicken embryo culture has not yet been widely promoted, so Li Yian gave an appropriate reminder.
This is also acceleration!
Then he specifically reminded Zhu Huayun to pay attention to talent introduction. After all, talent introduction is the foundation for the rapid development and growth of Jianmin Company. It is precisely thanks to the outstanding talents introduced from Germany, Japan and other countries that Jianmin has been able to stand out in the Nanyang biomedical industry and become a leader in the industry. Its outstanding scientific research strength and innovation capabilities have made Jianmin one of the best in the international biomedical field and highly praised.
This is not only true for pharmaceutical companies, but also for other industries.
“No matter how many talents there are, there is never too much.”
Thinking of this in his mind, Li Yian couldn’t help but sigh. In front of the Presidential Palace, he deliberately I went to the shipyard. Chang'an Shipyard, located on the east coast of Taiping Bay, is the largest shipyard in Borneo. Most of its equipment comes from Japan's Wugang Naval Factory. This was a gift from Marshal Mai.
Although there seems to be no demand for shipbuilding due to the purchase of too many Liberty Ships, the shipyard has already started construction. In addition to a 20,000-ton oil tanker under construction, there are many more ships in the dock. Submarine under construction.
Those submarines are all German Type 21 submarines. When Germany acquired the Blom Voss shipyard last year, although the shipyard was in a mess, the dock was filled with scrap iron - a The segmented and unfinished Type 21 submarines were just abandoned in the dock.
After the Allies occupied Hamburg, in order to destroy the German shipbuilding industry, the British dismantled the equipment in the Blom Voss shipyard, but a large number of unfinished Type 21 submarines were thrown into the shipyard as scrap metal, because the shipyard The equipment was dismantled and thrown away for more than two years.
For US$100,000, in addition to buying a shipyard with ten slipways and one dock, the additional gift is... 53 Type 21 submarines, all of which are nearing completion and are even in the workshop. There are also hundreds of unfinished submarine segments.
These Type 21 submarines can serve for at least twenty years!
After all, the Type 21 submarine is the world's first true "submarine" boat, which can operate underwater for a long time. After the war, there were many Type 21 submarines, including some unfinished ones. It was transported to Soviet Russia, and at one time it was even the main force of its naval submarine force
It can be the main force of Russian submarines, and of course it can also be the main force of the Borneo Navy.
Submarines... are very expensive!
However, it is not easy to turn this pile of scrap metal into a submarine. You first need engineers who are familiar with it, and preferably have drawings.
But soon, with the help of the former engineer of the shipyard, they found the backup drawings in the underground data room of the factory.
Original factory engineer.
Original drawings!
What’s next?
Of course, the "scrap iron" in the slipway and dockyard will be loaded onto ships and shipped to Borneo, where the final outfitting operations will be completed at Chang'an Shipyard.
However, it is not easy to transport these hundreds of tons of submarines back to China in sections. If it were easy, they would have been dismantled long ago. First, they need to be purchased by Blohm Voss Shipyard. equipment before the segments can be loaded onto the ship.
Until a month ago, the first batch of submarine segments arrived at Chang'an Shipyard. Under the guidance of German engineers, engineers and workers were assembling the submarines while learning the manufacturing process of the submarines.
Standing near the slipway, looking at the streamlined appearance of the Type 21 submarine, Li Yian naturally thought of the hundreds of submarine sections shipped back from Germany in the warehouse. Now they are lying there quietly waiting. The final assembly.
"Although the performance is good, the problem is that there are too many..."
Fifty or sixty submarines are really too many for Borneo. Sometimes having too many things can be a headache...
(End of this chapter)