Chapter 206 The impact of pharmaceutical companies
Switzerland, global headquarters of Huano Group.
"Umbrella again? Why are they again? Damn it!"
The CEO of Huanuo Group felt like his head was spinning when he looked at the report in front of him.
It's him, it's Umbrella!
I feel like this company is simply toxic!
The first A1 contact lens launched instantly destroyed CIBA's glasses under Huano, and exploded directly on the spot.
Even if Huannuo Group is a big business with a market value of over 100 billion U.S. dollars and one of the three largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, it is an unbearable pain to directly lose the entire market of glasses.
After all, the glasses business is extremely profitable, and there are too many people using it.
As the output of Umbrella A1 glasses becomes higher and higher, traditional glasses overlords such as CIBA and Johnson & Johnson have also directly withdrawn from the stage.
However, Huawei and Johnson & Johnson themselves are quite lucky, because they can see that the material of the A1 glasses is incredible, so there is definitely no comparison in this aspect, but after all, it is the lenses, and the ones that have a headache should be lenses like Carl Zeiss. mechanism.
Although large comprehensive pharmaceutical companies like ours have suffered heavy losses, they have not lost their fundamentals.
But then the stone-dispelling medicine thrown out by Umbrella made Hua Nuo feel shocked again.
Damn it, aren’t you a camera person? How did you enter our pharmaceutical field? !
And the effect of the medicine is so incredible.
In fact, at this time, established pharmaceutical companies such as Huannuo, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer vaguely sensed the problem, and then quietly invested a lot of money in Chinese patent medicines and some traditional ancient prescriptions!
Companies like Huannuo and Johnson & Johnson spend nearly 10 billion dollars on drug research and development every year! Naturally understand the importance of research and development.
Even though the stone-clearing medicine itself did not touch their core business, and stone medicine was rarely used in the first place, so the impact this time was not big, they still plunged into the ancient prescription.
And they cooperated with their own shareholder power to put pressure on the other party, wanting to see this new technology, but unfortunately, they are not only in the pharmaceutical industry, but also in the security industry, which is very dirty.
After discovering problems, pharmaceutical companies like Huano hid behind those plutocrats and waited.
We are just selling medicine, you chaebols can do your own thing.
Stone medicine is acceptable to us, so just share a cup. Anyway, there are many competitors, and you are the one who deserves it.
But then they came up with a new vaccine training system!
Vaccination is also Huanuo's strength. Although Merck was the most severely damaged this time, Huanuo is still vigilant and worried about invading its core business.
Behind it, damn!
A real cure for viruses?
What the hell is this?
How about destroying the three views?
Anyway, many of their researchers went crazy on the spot and began to switch from believing in science to believing in theology. The cover of the Bible looked a bit like the Umbrella Company's trademark.
Moreover, the Umbrella Company is also a ruthless person, and will attack them if they disagree. There is absolutely nothing they can do against them.
Fortunately, they finally agreed to sell some shares of the culture medium.
Although the price is expensive, Huano is still fighting for this share.
At present, a lot of money is invested in trying to crack this culture medium, and many other experiments have been done with the help of this culture medium. Some things that were stuck in the past can be realized through this culture medium.
But before they could produce any practical results, the other party came out with such a big piece of news!
Hematopoietic stem cells are cultured in vitro! Autologous transplantation!
Is there any mistake? Do you know how to do business?
A one-time deal is a waste!
Not all leukemias require immediate bone marrow transplantation. For example, Huano has a very famous product.
Gleevec!
It can have a long-term survival effect on chronic myelogenous leukemia. In addition to being expensive, it can be said to be a miracle drug.
Although this drug can also target malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors, the main patients are still patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, which accounts for 20% of leukemia patients.
Theoretically, all leukemia patients can be cured through hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, as mentioned before, too few people have the conditions to complete hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Usually only acute patients have this option.
Those who have the ability to extend survival through other means are other comprehensive treatments.
This is completely different from those tumor removal surgeries.
It is precisely because of this that it is foreseeable that with the promotion of Umbrella's plan and more and more patients being able to complete transplants, the sales of Nahuanuo's miracle drug, which can make a lot of money every day, will also increase. Greatly affected!
When the contact lenses came out, the stock price dropped a lot, and it was only managed to pull it back with the help of other good news. But how long has it been since you came out again?
Huano actually knew the efficacy of this culture medium, and it didn't surprise him that it could quickly cultivate hematopoietic stem cells. He just didn't expect Umbrella to do this.
"If you don't make money, do you still want to be a saint? Forget it, let's leave it to the board of directors. The Sackler family should be more anxious."
The CEO of Huanuo showed a self-deprecating smile. In fact, if it was just this incident, although it would be a big blow to Huanuo, it would not be unacceptable.
Gleevec, which was developed in 2001, has already made a lot of money with profits.
If the profits weren't there, they would be stupid enough to invest nearly tens of billions of dollars every year in research and development with a long payback cycle?
But it was very troublesome to see Umbrella acting unreasonably and not seeming to care about interests at all.
The key is that the technology they have is indeed awesome and top-notch!
Now that it has taken action from many aspects, will it continue to expand in the future?
They are all in this group. The more cutting-edge technologies the other party comes up with, the more they will squeeze their living space...
There are many pharmaceutical companies that have similar ideas to Huano, including Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
Of course, the people who pay the most attention to this are still the Sackler family. It can be said that top pharmaceutical companies have their shares behind them, and they have a strong say in this field. In addition, some of their own private experiments and the conflicts that broke out in Africa.
The more powerful Umbrella becomes, the more uneasy they become.
It was obviously an inconspicuous company at first, but it only had unique technology at its disposal, and was protected by a security company.
But how long has it been since then, how come it has grown to such a barbaric level? !
How could any company in the world grow so fast?
They knew that there was a world company in the East, but it was focused on entertainment, software, and games, and relied on the Internet. It was acceptable and understandable, but Umbrella was too exaggerated.
Even if we had accumulated technology in the past, this would not be possible.
But what can be confirmed now is that the great mathematician who has been missing for three years should have some cooperation with Umbrella.
Sackler had previously tried to kidnap the other party to help him, but unfortunately, he failed.
"This year's Turing Award has been distributed. Next year's Turing Award will definitely be given to the great mathematician who proposed the artificial intelligence algorithm, right?"
"Well, let's invite him to talk about it then. Maybe we can try it at the Seoul Mathematicians Conference..."
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"It's a really good movie. It should be shown for a while longer."
In an old rental house of less than 40 square meters, a pale man wearing a mask looked at the information on the computer screen in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
Axiang is a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Although his wife and daughter have always persisted, he has lost his car and house to his originally well-off family, and now he can only live in this small rental house to survive.
Many times he thought about just leaving so that his wife and daughter would not suffer.
But looking at my daughter's pitiful eyes and my wife's tough attitude, my heart was still blocked by reluctance and fear, and it has been delayed until now.
"A daughter cannot live without her father when she grows up. This is your responsibility!"
His wife's stubborn words still ring in his ears. As a former screenwriter, although he is still taking care of his illness and wants to support his family, a large part of the burden of making money still falls on his wife.
Fortunately, Gleevec is now covered by medical insurance, and his monthly consumption has changed from tens of thousands to several thousand, which finally gave him hope to continue living.
Touching the photo on the family portrait next to him, Axiang also showed a warm smile on his face
"I still want to see my daughter get married and start a family, I still want to grow old with you, and I still don't want to die... Isn't that too cowardly?"
Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, he looked at the time and his daughter was about to finish school, so he was ready to go out to pick her up.
Although his daughter has been worried about his health and said that he should stop taking care of her when she grows up, Axiang just wants to see more of her.
After going out on a small electric donkey, putting on a mask and helmet, Axiang also turned the key.
But at this moment, his phone rang, and it was a call from a fellow patient.
"Brother Axiang! Go online and read Umbrella's latest announcement! We have hope! We really have hope!"
The caller was a young man. Axiang knew that their family conditions were difficult to beat even with the current price after medical insurance, and they were even more miserable than his own.
But now he heard a voice that was so excited that he cried with joy, which made Axiang confused for a moment.
Could it be that Umbrella has also released a specific drug?
Axiang is quite familiar with this company because his wife gave him glasses as a birthday gift from this company.
My wife's kidney stones were also cured with their medicine.
At that time, both of them joked that it would be great if they could develop a specific drug for leukemia. Is this true?
As Axiang quickly opened the web page, he immediately came across the latest news, and he took advantage of the residual heat after the release of "The God of Medicine" to directly hit the hot search.
"All leukemia patients are expected to be cured, and Umbrella has developed a rapid in vitro stem cell cultivation technology. 》
"Umbrella said that all hospitals qualified to perform surgeries can apply to purchase culture medium quotas and participate in corresponding training! 》
For a moment, Axiang's hand holding the phone trembled.
Really...
There is hope...
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Note: I don’t mean to attack pharmaceutical companies. Although new drugs are very expensive, the research and development costs of new drugs are indeed huge, and the payback cycle is long. Just passing the review will take a lot of time. At least with their investment, many diseases have been conquered. And there is room for price decline in the future as patents expire.
But after all, in novels, there must always be a big devil... Third update~First update~
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