Chapter 117 Is the price problem really unsolvable? (Please subscribe)
“At 6,500 yuan a bottle, I have to say that the price is indeed a bit expensive.”
“…Yes, I also think the price is not a bit expensive, it is very It is expensive, 6,500 yuan per bottle. Even if it is included in the medical insurance centralized procurement, it is still 6,000 yuan per bottle. This is almost the same price as the previous AkaRx company's 'Avatrombopag'. To put it harshly, this is also a sky-high price drug. "
"Well, and according to the medication instructions published by Qingshan Pharmaceutical, this drug does not cure liver cirrhosis, but requires long-term medication. Early-stage liver cirrhosis needs to be taken for at least one year to reduce symptoms. Severe liver cirrhosis requires long-term medication, which can cost at least tens of thousands a year.”
As soon as the price was announced, many netizens expressed their opinions in the comment area.
To be fair, netizens’ discussions were very calm and objective. The price of “hepatocyte activator” is indeed not cheap.
Of course, after a while, netizens with other opinions joined the discussion.
“You can’t say that. The research and development of innovative drugs is inherently expensive. If Tsingshan Pharmaceuticals doesn’t sell it more expensively, it may not even be able to recover the research and development costs. Who will develop new drugs if they can’t make money?”
“Moreover, doesn’t medical insurance also reimburse part of it? I only paid 3,900 A box of 3,900 yuan is not too expensive.”
“It’s only 3,900 yuan! According to the information released by Qingshan Pharmaceutical, a bottle of ‘Hepatocyte Activator’ contains 120 pills. , patients with liver cirrhosis take 4 pills a day, and one bottle lasts for 30 days.”
"Based on one bottle per month, 3,900 yuan times 12 months, that's 47,000 yuan!"
"I admit that 47,000 yuan a year for a life-saving drug is not expensive, but are you sure Can ordinary people afford it? Many people don’t even have a salary of 47,000 yuan a year!”
"..."
"Okay, I admit that what you said is indeed correct! But as I just said, Qingshan Pharmaceutical has also spent a lot of research and development costs, you can't ask Qingshan Does the pharmaceutical industry give the medicine to everyone for free?”
“Hey!”
"I also understand Tsingshan Pharmaceutical, and I don't want to argue with you. Novartis's 'LivClearX' is much less effective than Tsingshan Pharmaceutical's 'Liver Activator', and it costs $1,500. Tsingshan Pharmaceutical is already very conscientious. !
But I just feel in my heart...Hey, maybe there is no solution to this kind of thing!”
Netizens were discussing in the comment area, but just like the last netizen said, The matter itself is unsolvable.
Gradually, more and more netizens saw the discussion in the comment area, and more people joined in.
“In fact, what everyone said is correct, but...this matter cannot be solved by Qingshan Pharmaceutical.”
"Yes, there are many issues involved in this, such as industry support, such as medical insurance reimbursement subsidies... But no matter what, it is a great merit of Qingshan Pharmaceutical to develop this life-saving drug, and it is understandable to sell it more expensively. You can't count on Qingshan The pharmaceutical industry will save the world, right?”
“Yes, I also support this statement. More expensive medicine is better than no medicine at all. If you think of a way and grit your teeth, the difficulties will eventually pass, but it will be really difficult if the person is gone. No more. "
"Well, I fully agree. My father died of advanced liver cirrhosis three years ago. I tried all the treatments to keep him, but he still left!
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It would have been great if this medicine had been available at that time. To be honest, I really wanted to stay with him and call him daddy again.”
“But now, I have become a doctor! A child without a father.”
"Brothers upstairs, the same goes for me... In the next few decades, I will never have a father again."
"Dad..."
Some tear-jerking comments made the comment area Many netizens stopped the discussion, and Zhang Zhiqiang, who was far away in Yunzhou, couldn't help but blush while looking at his mobile phone.
He looked up at his father, who was lying on the hospital bed not far away and already had advanced liver cirrhosis, and a tear fell from his eye.
He suddenly thought of when he was a child, riding on his father's neck and happily trying to reach high. He thought of his father scolding him with a straight face when he made a mistake for the first time. He thought of his father when he went away to school for the first time. Send him to school personally and say to him:
"Zhiqiang, study hard, even if your father sells everything, he will support you in going to college!"
As I thought about it, I couldn't help but shed tears.
Dad didn’t talk much. He worked silently all his life and dedicated himself to this family and his children.
Now that I have grown up and can bear the burden of the family, my father is leaving me!
The son wants to be raised but cannot be kissed!
Zhang Zhiqiang looked at his father with nostalgia, slowly adjusted his breathing, wiped the tears from his eyes with his hands, and looked at the comments on the phone again.
“47,000 yuan a year is indeed expensive, but it is the hope of life!”
“My father raised me when I was a child, now it’s my turn to protect him!”
Zhang Zhiqiang had already made up his mind. At this moment, his father in the hospital bed suddenly moved and then slowly opened his eyes.
He quickly stood up from the chair and walked over, saying softly:
"Dad, you woke up after just sleeping for a while."
My father glanced at Zhang Zhiqiang gently and sighed:
"Zhiqiang, I just dreamed of your mother. , maybe she came to ask me to go down and accompany her.”
If he heard his father say this, Zhang Zhiqiang would only express a few words of relief, but just now he looked at the comment area and saw those who were full of regrets. Comments, the mood in my heart fluctuates a bit.
He looked at his father affectionately and said in a low voice:
“Dad, please stop saying that.”
“Didn’t you say before that you wanted to see your grandchildren grow up, get married and have children? They couldn’t bear to leave you, and you left. , they will no longer have a grandfather!”
“And!”
“Dad, I can’t bear to leave you!”
“If you really leave, I will be the loneliest person in the world. I am truly an orphan!”
"There are no more parents in this world for me, no one who loves me selflessly and tolerates me as much as you do!"
"Dad, I can't let you go either!"
Father His eyes fell on Zhang Zhiqiang's face, and a line of tears slowly flowed down.
"Dad, don't worry, didn't I tell you before that a domestic company is developing a drug to treat liver cirrhosis?"
"They have successfully developed it in the past few days. Now, you can have it within a month at most!”
"Don't worry, your son will make you take this medicine no matter how hard he works!"
"You have worked hard, and it is my turn to honor you."
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< br>On the other side, the liver disease inpatient department of the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu.
Liu Wenjun sat quietly on the hospital bed.
Yesterday, the Phase III clinical trials of the "hepatocyte activator" were all completed. After blood drawing and examination, the results will be available today. The vast majority of patients will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.
The same goes for him.
Thinking of this, he looked around the entire ward. It would be a lie to say that he had no emotions at all. He had been staying here for seven full months since he was admitted to the hospital.
"Haoran, pack everything. Let's leave early tomorrow morning."
"Don't worry, Dad, everything is packed. We haven't been home for seven months. To be honest, there are still a few Excited.”
Liu Wenjun smiled slightly, with a hint of hope on his face.
At this moment, his eyes fell on bed No. 14 next to him.
The patient in bed 14 is no longer Liang Guangming when he was admitted to the hospital, but Lao Wan, who was lucky enough to join during the third clinical phase three months ago.
Lao Wan is from Guizhou Province. He also has decompensated cirrhosis, but compared to him, Lao Wan has cirrhosis caused by long-term drinking.
When he was admitted to the hospital, his transaminase had exceeded 1,000, and he was also accompanied by liver ascites and internal bleeding. Finally, after his daughter Wan Guiqin begged, Director Chen Wen specially applied for a quota from Qingshan Pharmaceutical and was finally admitted to the hospital. treat.
Looking at Lao Wan and his daughter Wan Guiqin sitting on the hospital bed, Liu Wenjun couldn't help but said:
"Xiao Wan, will you be discharged from the hospital tomorrow too?"
Wan Gui Qin was wearing ordinary clothes. When she heard Liu Wenjun ask her, she raised her head and forced a smile:
"Yes, Uncle Liu, we will leave tomorrow morning."
"Oh, okay. ”
After saying this, Liu Wenjun sighed silently in his heart. After living in the same ward for three months, Liu Wenjun got to know Lao Wan and Wan Guiqin more or less.
Lao Wan is a farmer. His family works in farming in a remote town in your province. His family conditions are not good.
Wan Guiqin is his eldest daughter. She married another villager in the same village a few years ago. The two gave birth to a pair of children. In order to live a better life, Wan Guiqin’s husband has been with her all these years. She works in the city while she takes care of the children at home, and her life is very hard.
Three months ago,
After Lao Wan was diagnosed with advanced liver cirrhosis, Wan Guiqin heard someone said that the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu could cure liver cirrhosis, so she brought her father to Chengdu from Guizhou Province all the way.
In the past three months, he has seen with his own eyes Lao Wan's improvement little by little, and he has also seen with his own eyes Wan Guiqin's suffering.
When she first came to the hospital, Lao Wan's condition was very serious. Wan Guiqin stayed in front of her all night, fearing that something would go wrong. As long as Lao Wan made the slightest movement, she would wake up immediately. She would wake up for several days in a row. I haven't had a good night's sleep.
That's all fine.
Although Tsingshan Pharmaceutical bears all hospitalization and treatment expenses for the third phase of the clinical trial, Lao Wan and Wan Guiqin still have to eat and live daily.
In order to save money,
in order to let Lao Wan eat something nutritious,
Wan Guiqin only ate two meals a day for three months, and each meal was secretly eaten in the ward. Noodles or some steamed buns.
Sometimes he couldn't stand it anymore and actively invited Wan Guiqin to have something good, but this rural woman in her thirties always gritted her teeth, shook her head with a smile and refused.
Liu Wenjun also came from the lower class.
He knew that it wasn't that Wan Guiqin didn't want to eat, but that people in rural areas knew that they had to pay back food if they ate it.
She has nothing to repay.
Seeing Lao Wan's condition improving day by day, the filial Wan Guiqin also began to have a smile on her face.
She knew her father survived.
But just when she was dreaming about continuing to take medicine at home after being discharged from the hospital, the price of Qingshan Pharmaceutical's "hepatocellular activator" was suddenly announced, completely crushing her hopes.
That's right.
Gaining hope, but facing despair again!
The price is 6,500 yuan, even after medical insurance is reimbursed, it still costs 3,900 yuan!
3,900 yuan is simply not what they can afford!
Wan Guiqin thought about struggling, but she hasn't given up completely yet!
But after calling her uncles in the hospital corridor that night, she was completely desperate.
Everyone advised her to give up.
A box of medicine costing 3,900 yuan is not affordable for people at the bottom like them!
Thinking of this, Liu Wenjun sighed heavily in his heart, and his eyes fell on Lao Wan again, and on Wan Guiqin's empty eyes.
He also wanted to help Wan Guiqin, but he also had more than enough to do!
A few minutes later, he slowly walked out of the hospital bed and called his son Liu Haoran outside the door:
"Haoran, you will withdraw three thousand yuan in cash later. I will use it tomorrow."
< br>……
The price of “hepatocellular activator” was announced in advance, causing heated discussion on the Internet.
However, with the official end of the third clinical phase of the "hepatocyte activator", Zhang Yang's attention has all fallen on this matter.
He already knew that Liu Wenjun and Liu Haoran would return to their hometown in Guangdong Province at noon today. Early in the morning, he came to the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu carrying a black plastic bag, and he was ready to say goodbye to Liu Wenjun for the last time.
But as soon as he arrived at the inpatient department, Director Chen Wen discovered him first.
"Mr. Zhang, you haven't been here for a long time. What do you have in your hand?"
"Haha, nothing, just something for a friend."
Chat After a few words, Zhang Yang came alone to the ward where Liu Wenjun was.
Liu Wenjun was in much better condition than he was seven months ago. When he saw Zhang Yang arriving, he stood up quickly.
"Mr. Zhang, you are here so early. Please have a seat."
Zhang Yang casually placed the black plastic bag on Liu Wenjun's bedside table and then sat down.
Smiled and said:
"It's not too early. You have a flight at noon today, so I came to see you earlier."
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Wenjun, and seemed to see the shadow of the 12-year-old boy again.
"I am also very happy to see you getting better little by little."
"We say goodbye this time. I don’t know how long it will be before I see you again. I hope you take care of yourself."< br>
Zhang Yang was a little emotional, and Liu Wenjun was also extremely sad.
To be honest, until now he doesn't know why Zhang Yang knows him and why he is so nice to him.
He had resisted asking before, but now...
Before leaving, he decided to ask.
"Mr. Zhang, actually there is something that has been holding back in my heart for a long time..."
But before he finished speaking, Zhang Yang waved his hand and interrupted:
"You want to ask me what is so good for you, right?"
Liu Wenjun was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Actually, there is no reason. If you have to ask, it's fate."
"Fate?"
Zhang Yang's somewhat metaphysical answer left Liu Wenjun confused. But Zhang Yang no longer planned to continue talking.
The purpose of his coming here today is to see off Liu Wenjun, and by the way...
After a while,
He stood up, then placed the black plastic bag on the hospital bed cabinet on the hospital bed, and slowly opened it:
"Okay, this is the bag before you leave. A gift from me.”
"Here are twelve bottles of 'liver cell regeneration activator', which is just enough for you to take for a year."
"Come back for a review after one year and contact me again. I will continue to give you medicine.”
Liver cell regeneration activator?
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Wenjun was stunned, and even Wan Guiqin, who was not far away in the ward, was also stunned.
She couldn't help but look at the 12 bottles of medicine on the hospital bed, and couldn't help but swallow.
"Mr. Zhang...hey, isn't this medicine not yet on the market?"
"Besides, this is too expensive, a bottle costs more than 6,000, which is almost 100,000! ”
Liu Wenjun's surprise fell in Zhang Yang's eyes, but he didn't explain any more. He smiled and patted Liu Wenjun's shoulder gently:
"Okay, that's it, I'm going back to the company."< br>
“Liu Wenjun, it’s delicious Take the medicine and take care of yourself.”
Zhang Yang left after only a few minutes. Looking at Zhang Yang’s leaving figure and the 12 unopened bottles of “hepatocyte activator” on the hospital bed, Liu Wenjun felt in his heart. Indescribable feelings arose.
He already felt that Zhang Yang was good enough to him, but he didn't expect that he would give him such a big gift before leaving!
Such camaraderie!
Is it really just fate, as Zhang Yang said?
He didn’t believe it.
At this moment, he suddenly saw Wan Guiqin on the side preparing to leave with her packed luggage.
He looked at the medicine on the hospital bed and then at Wan Guiqin.
(End of this chapter)