After hanging up the phone, secretary Xiaofang showed the call record to Minister Li. The old lady put on her reading glasses and read it carefully.
Dean Shen stood beside him and said proudly:
"How about it, Minister, we didn't lie, did we? When do you think we will report to the Central Committee?"
Minister Li Putting down his glasses, his face looked a little serious, but his eyes had a little more smile.
"Old Shen, there is no rush to report to the central government. I still say that we must seek truth from facts. In this way, I will immediately ask the Changping Post and Telecommunications Bureau to make a few calls, and then ask all the young people in the ministry to come to Changping .
Don’t you have 5,000 pieces of information? If you can get through the phone, you have to find every patient and ask questions. If the phone cannot be reached, arrange for someone to come to the person's home, work or home for verification. No one is left behind.
Lao Shen, Xiao Lin, don’t blame me for being too rigid in doing things. Tuberculosis treatment is a big deal and a super star. If China takes the lead in defeating tuberculosis in the world, this will be the first time that our country has made a huge contribution to world civilization and will cause a sensation all over the world.
So I must investigate clearly. If the information on 5,000 people is true, I will go to the West Flower Hall to report it overnight. But if you are falsifying information and I report it rashly, wouldn’t this cause an international scandal?
My personal reputation is a small matter, but the national honor is above all else, do you understand? "
Dean Shen and Lin Sanqi quickly stood at attention and nodded:
"Understood, please rest assured, Minister Li. You can check the information of these five thousand people at will. We are absolutely confident."
Minister Li looked at a room full of medical records and nodded repeatedly:
"Okay, okay Okay! Oh yes, I almost forgot the most important thing. "What kind of medicine are you treating?"
Pan Ye quickly took a wooden box from the next door. When the box was opened, everyone saw it. The pills are dark brown and have a faint smell of red dates.
Lin Sanqi personally introduced:
"Minister Li, this is the main medicine for treating tuberculosis, Feili Pills. Patients only need to take one pill a day. It is very convenient."
Minister Li and other leaders of the Ministry of Health gathered around and picked up the pills to study.
Vice Minister Zhang has a medical background and has certain clinical experience, so he asked strangely:
"Comrade Xiaolin, is this the patented drug you are talking about? This is traditional Chinese medicine. Is it true? Can our country’s traditional Chinese medicine really cure tuberculosis? This is strange. This Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years. Why can’t so many famous doctors in history cure tuberculosis?”
Yes!
Lin Sanqi thought to herself that the deputy minister did not believe in traditional Chinese medicine and raised questions.
But this cannot be concealed. After all, foreigners do not believe in traditional medicine. Arrogant European and American people only believe in modern medicine, evidence-based medicine, various laboratory data, and logical theories. system.
Again, if you are not strong enough, it is best to abide by the rules of the game, otherwise you will have no friends.
"Mr. Zhang, in fact, Feili Pill is the name of Chinese medicine. The full name of my pill is Ethylamine Pyrazine Rifusin Tablets. It contains four Western medicine pills and one Chinese medicine ingredient."
Vice Minister Zhang smiled and said: "Ethylamine, pyrazine, rifaximin tablets, oh, the name is complicated. Just hearing the name, you will know that it is a Western medicine."
Lin Sanqi pinched open the pill, revealing a white pill inside:
"The leaders guessed it correctly. Look, the white pill is not simple. There are four drugs involved, including isotoxin. Hydrazine, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, and ethambutol are the four patented drugs.
According to our research, a combination of the above four drugs must be used to achieve the best effect. . If any one of them is replaced, the efficacy will be much worse, and it will even affect the cure rate.
Two of the drugs, isoniazid and pyrazinamide, have been successfully developed and marketed by foreign pharmaceutical companies and are patented. They are not in our hands. The patents for rifampicin and ethambutol are in the hands of Xiangjiang Lingnan Tang Pharmaceutical Company.”
Vice Minister Zhang was shocked when he heard this:
"Hey, this is troublesome. You said that four drugs must be used in combination to treat tuberculosis, but you only have two drug patents. Now Western countries are sanctioning us. They do not allow us to use isoniazid and pyrazinamide. , then it’s over.”
Another deputy minister was a little strange:
“Why is it over? Why don’t we produce it ourselves? If they don’t give us the patent, we won’t use it. Isn’t that too honest?” I agree.”
“Hahaha, if you don’t give it, I will use it.”
But Vice-Chancellor Zhang waved his hand:
"If we are just limited to the country, everything is easy to say. But if the combination of these four drugs can really defeat tuberculosis, then it must be exposed to the whole world and announced. Then we are using other people's drugs without authorization, which is a huge international scandal.
Even if we say this is an experimental drug, we purchased it through the market and can use it. The result is that we advertise for foreign pharmaceutical companies in vain, and the result is that they make a fortune from our papers, but we get nothing."
Then the information room exploded: "Why should we let them? Make money? We have these lung tuberculosis pills, we can sell them too.”
"We don't have a patent, so we can't sell it abroad. But foreign pharmaceutical companies will in turn copy our pills and sell them, but they won't make money?"
"Who dares to use my medicine without our permission? Damn it with cannons!”
“Yes, there is no such reason. We invented tuberculosis treatment. People who follow the law have to look at other people’s faces, Xiao Lin, do you have any ideas?”
After all, Minister Li is highly educated and academic, and he still has concerns about patents:
"That's right, Xiaolin, what are you going to do? We can't take advantage of others in vain, right?"
Lin Sanqi chuckled, took out the white tablets from the pill and said:
“I didn’t think about this before, but then I thought that these four drugs are necessary for the treatment of tuberculosis, and the other two patents belong to the empire. In order to block us, they will never authorize our patent. So my Lingnan Tang Pharmaceutical Company combined the ingredients of these four medicines to make a four-in-one medicine. When it comes to a new drug, we will also act as patent trolls, insisting that this Epyridin tablet is the original drug, and renamed it Feili Pills. Lingnan Hall has applied for a patent."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. His eyes lit up:
“Well, you are smart, this is just like the stew in our hometown. You put many vegetables together and cook them together to make a new kind of dish. There are several ingredients in it, so it can’t be said to be your patent, right?”
Vice Minister Zhang has another concern:
"Xiao Lin, how to produce the Feili pills you mentioned? If it is Western medicine, a complete drug production line is needed, but we cannot produce it in China at the moment. Don't tell us all about it then. Even if we use it domestically, it would be a huge amount."
Minister Li also sighed: "Yes, our domestic medicines are really poor now. It's clean. There used to be several pharmaceutical factories in Shanghai and Chongqing, but when the bald guy escaped, they were either demolished and moved away or blown up.
Now foreign countries don't sell us pharmaceutical equipment. What should we do if we have a prescription but can’t produce it?”
If Leader Jing were present, he wouldn't be worried at all: We don't have it, but someone can get it, are you afraid of a bird?
Lin Sanqi is not worried about this problem at all. There is no production line, but we do.
"Minister Li, don't worry, I am here to express my position to you. After you confirm that our traditional Chinese medicine hospital has conquered tuberculosis and the central government announces it to the world, the drug production line will be wrapped up on me. I will go Get it.
I can let the cousin of Xiangjiang Lingnan The company licenses the patent to us for free, and the production line is also covered by me. I guarantee that it will be obtained. Of course, it will not be for free. It is still the same as the old rule. You can use domestic medicinal materials, wood, jade, and even antiques to deduct it. ”
Minister Li was happy when he heard this:
"Xiao Lin, you are really a timely helper from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Did you say that I would trade antiques with you for the production line?"
Lin Sanqi patted her chest: "I said, keep it with me."
Originally, Lin Sanqi didn't like antiques. After all, this was a pseudo-medical novel and he didn't want to write it as an antique novel.
But then he thought, in a few years the buzz will start, and so many antiques will be destroyed. Instead of being destroyed, it is better to give them to him now.
Whether you make fake charity donations in the future, or leave them as heirlooms for future generations, these cultural relics can be preserved. Isn't this a contribution to Chinese civilization?
"And Minister Li, on behalf of Xiangjiang Lingnan Church, I can assure you that if the country wants to export tuberculosis drugs in exchange for food or weapons, we will not charge a penny in patent fees and fully support the construction of the motherland."
Minister Li and all leaders of the Ministry of Health were excited:
"You mean, we can exchange medicines for food? And Xiangjiang Lingnan Hall won't charge a penny in royalties from it?"
"Yes!"
Minister Li My face was red with excitement, and the medicine was exchanged for food. Is there anything more wonderful than this? So the old lady shouted urgently:
"Why are you standing still? Hurry up and install the phone lines. Hurry up and find someone to go to various major units to find patients to verify. We must report to the central government as soon as possible and announce to the world the good news that our country has conquered tuberculosis as soon as possible!!!" (End of Chapter)