Chapter 61 I don’t believe it!
The news soon reached Zhang Yang’s ears.
Looking at the notification that just came on his phone, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but laugh.
Hey guys, I have been wondering how to reasonably start the clinical trial of "Acofenprofovir" recently. I didn't expect that this time the country would hand me a pillow.
It is conceivable that when the "Starlight Project" is launched this time, many domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies will definitely participate in the "Starlight Project".
As a member of China Pharmaceuticals, Tsingshan Pharmaceutical followed the country’s call and started research and development of hepatitis B drugs. Is this reasonable?
Reasonable!
In the process of research and development of hepatitis B drugs, a compound that can eliminate hepatitis B virus was accidentally discovered, and was eventually improved to become another specific drug with good curative effect.
Is this reasonable?
It must be reasonable!
Thinking of this, Zhang Yang hurriedly called Wei Tian, the head of the drug research and development department.
Wei Tian is one of the four "drug researchers" initially recruited into the company's R&D department. With his good performance, he has been recognized by Zhang Yang and became the head of the department.
At the same time, he is also the research and development team leader of the newly established "Hepatitis B Cure Project" of Tsingshan Pharmaceutical.
"Mr. Zhang, are you looking for me?"
Wei Tian is about the same age as Zhang Yang. Because he often serves as Zhang Yang's experimental assistant, he doesn't feel restrained when facing Zhang Yang.
"Well, that's the case. I'm going to let you take our internal 'Hepatitis B Cure Project' to participate in the 'Starlight Project'."
Wei Tian was stunned.
"'Starlight Project'?"
"Mr. Zhang, are you sure we want to join the 'Starlight Project'?"
"Yes."
Zhang Yang smiled and nodded. He could understand Wei Tian's surprise.
The current "Hepatitis B Cure Project" within Tsingshan Pharmaceutical has only been established for two or three months, and even the most basic research and development ideas and plans can only be sorted out.
Participating in the "Starlight Project" with such a research and development progress is undoubtedly "study with the prince".
However, he had no extra explanation. He waved his hand and said:
"Go ahead and apply to the organizers of the 'Starlight Project' to participate. By the way, please attach the research and development status of our project."
"Okay... then I'll do it!"
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Zhang Yang's response has been very fast, but other pharmaceutical companies are even faster!
On the day after the "Starlight Plan" was officially released, the organizer announced the first batch of pharmaceutical companies that applied to join the "Starlight Plan" on the official website!
Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and BeiGene, the top domestic innovative drug companies, are among the list.
What is also eye-catching are domestic pharmaceutical companies such as Zhengda Tianqing and Guangshengtang that specialize in developing hepatitis B drugs.
On the third day, another big news came.
Gilead, a well-known American pharmaceutical company in the medical field that has successfully developed a cure for hepatitis C and the currently best hepatitis B treatment drug "tenofovir alafenamide", has also joined the "Starlight Project"!
The official announcement immediately caused a shock in the entire domestic pharmaceutical circle. Everyone knows that Gilead has unique capabilities in the field of liver disease drug research.
However, despite being surprised, various companies did not lose heart.
Currently, the medical community has a variety of treatment options for developing a cure for hepatitis B. No one knows which route is right until the last moment!
Gilead is very strong, but it may not necessarily succeed!
Having said that, major pharmaceutical companies still felt tremendous pressure. On the fourth day, a familiar but surprising name appeared on the official list of the "Starlight Project".
Qingshan Pharmaceutical. Seeing the name of Qingshan Pharmaceutical, many pharmaceutical companies suddenly relaxed and laughed.
Good guy, I admit that Qingshan Pharmaceutical has strong research and development capabilities in blood diseases, but this is liver disease and hepatitis B!
They are two completely different types of pathology!
Are you coming to join in the fun?
You must know that the entire pharmaceutical industry has many subdivisions, and most pharmaceutical companies only conduct research and development in areas they are familiar with.
Just like Gilead.
Gilead mainly focuses on the research and development of liver disease drugs.
Another example is the previous company AkaRx, which mainly focused on the research and development of blood diseases.
Only large-scale innovative drug companies such as Pfizer and Hengrui have sufficient funds and strength to research and develop disease types.
But Qingshan Pharmaceutical obviously does not have this scale yet!
The appearance of Tsingshan Pharmaceutical in the "Starlight Project" made many domestic pharmaceutical companies laugh. Only Su Wenping of Hengrui Pharmaceutical was full of anxiety.
"Could it be that Mr. Zhang has developed a new drug?"
However.
Compared to the excitement within the pharmaceutical industry, the official investment of 2 billion R&D funds to combat hepatitis B appears to be very calm on the Internet.
To be precise, the patients’ reaction was very dull.
Baidu Tieba, Hepatitis B Bar.
Like most patient forums in Tieba forums, the Hepatitis B forum gathers thousands of patients suffering from Hepatitis B.
The hepatitis B bar has a lot of traffic every day. Every day, many netizens post "hepatitis B two-and-a-half test reports" asking for help, asking if they have hepatitis B.
Or maybe patients who have just been diagnosed with hepatitis B infection will come and ask what they should do next?
No matter what the post is, as long as it is about hepatitis B, as long as the post is posted, you will soon get enthusiastic responses from Tieba patients.
However,
After today's post about the "Starlight Project" was posted, the number of views has exceeded 1,000, but none of the enthusiastic friends responded.
Finally, half an hour later.
This Tieba post finally received its first reply:
“Bullshit ‘Starlight Project’. There were Everest plans and climbing plans before, but what’s the result? At least ten years Did you succeed? Which plan was successful? Haha!" After a while, there was a second reply:
"I remember that in 2010, it was proposed that hepatitis B would be completely cured in 2015; in 2019, it was said that hepatitis B would be completely cured by 2025; now it is 2024, and it is said that hepatitis B will be completely cured by 2030... who still believes it? , I don’t believe it anyway.”
The negative reply is simply unbelievable that this is hepatitis B.
This is the place where the largest number of hepatitis B patients gather in China.
Soon, the third and fourth replies appeared.
“Hey, I don’t believe it either, but this time several foreign pharmaceutical companies are participating. I feel like we finally see some hope, right?”
"Hope? I don't believe it!"
"I don't believe it either. It's not that I don't believe it, but I have believed it too many times, but I was disappointed every time."
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PS: Thanks to eldll Dongnanzhi for the 1,500-coin reward!
Thank you to the boss for giving me 100 coins for giving me the most handsome bald head!
Thank you Francisco for the big 500 coins!
(End of this chapter)