A doctor who travels through two eras
Chapter 700: Witt Wants a Share
Witt’s eyes lit up when he heard this:
“It’s incredible. The global anti-tuberculosis market is a huge pie that can generate tens of billions of dollars a year. Even if you exclude Asia, Anthony, you can still make a lot of money.”
Anthony had already guessed what the Englishman wanted to do, but he still wanted to struggle:
“Witt, you should also know that the United States is the world’s largest drug consumer market, but we need to pay a lot of public relations fees to get a pass from the FDA.
In addition, the laws in European countries are also very strict. If we want to conquer Europe, our team also needs to spend a lot of money. So you should not only look at how much we make, but also see our efforts. “
Professor Witte suddenly sat up straight and said to Lin Sanqi seriously:
“Lin, Anthony is right. The market prospects of Epyridamole tablets are too good. It’s a huge market worth tens of billions of dollars, and Anthony’s team may not be able to take it all.
You need more allies. Only when there are more people sharing the cake will everyone take the initiative to protect the cake from being broken.”
Lin Sanqi already understood what this ‘Marces’ was trying to do, but he alone had no say in the matter:
“Professor Witte, I know that my country and I are very weak, so I only take the part that I deserve.
I will produce the drug and I own the patent. I will only take a fee for my hard work. I don’t care what the retail price is.”
Professor Witte nodded and gave a thumbs up:
“Lin, you are a smart person. The way you divide the cake will allow you to make enough profit. Anthony…”
Professor Witte looked at Anthony and Theodore again:
“I have an idea. I am the president of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and you are the vice president. Let’s try to get a few more vice presidents in. Then we can promote it globally in the name of the medical association. Do you think it is authoritative?”
Anthony gritted his teeth and said, “This is indeed authoritative, and it can promote anti-tuberculosis drugs around the world as quickly as possible.”
The “Clinical Guidelines for Tuberculosis” developed by Lin Sanqi’s team and Anthony’s team must be stamped and approved by the industry medical association, that is, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, before it can be recognized by the mainstream medical circles around the world.
It is equivalent to that Lin Sanqi and others have the right to draft the manuscript, but the right to publish and certify is in the hands of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
If the president and vice president of the society personally stepped forward and recommended it to doctors around the world, or even revised the textbooks, they would acknowledge that the ethylpyridamole tablets invented by Lin Sanqi are a specific anti-tuberculosis drug.
Then there is no need to advertise the ethiopyrad tablets at all and they can be officially put into clinical use.
This is a quick way to get rich.
But there is no free lunch in the world. Anyone who is not a fool can understand that Professor Witte took the initiative to propose this method.
Professor Witte also wants to have a piece of the pie and become a chess player.
Of course, Lin Sanqi and Anthony can refuse, but then the current clinical verification may not pass, and it may not be recognized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in the future.
Without official endorsement, Anthony’s team can only promote the product country by country and hospital by hospital. The difficulty of public relations can be imagined.
Professor Theodore was obviously a little unconvinced:
“Witt, do you know that for this project, we spent half a year in a place without flush toilets, air conditioning, or Coca-Cola? And then we spent another half a year in Hong Kong, an oriental city.
We haven’t been home for more than a year, and we have invested all our energy and money. Now that the project is about to succeed and we are about to reap the rewards, you want to reap the spoils?”
Professor Witt shrugged: “Theodore, calm down, a cake worth tens of billions of dollars is too much for you and Anthony to eat.”
Professor Theodore sneered:
“Witt, you are such a typical Jew. I don’t know why the mustache didn’t kill you back then.”
When Lin Sanqi heard this, he thought that this old English man would be furious.
The mustache painter is the nightmare of all Jews and cannot be mentioned at all.
Who knew that Professor Witte would burst into laughter:
“The massacre of the mustache only helped us to clear out some competitors. With a few million fewer people to share the pie, we who are still alive can eat more.
So you see, the world’s economy is still in the hands of the Jews, nothing has changed, right?”
Lin Sanqi raised his hand and said, “Mr. Witte, China is not in the hands of the Jews.”
Professor Anthony was very calm and asked, “Witt, how are you going to divide this cake?”
Professor Witte said with a little pride:
“Lin is the inventor of the drug, and we also need a drug production base, so we don’t have to build a factory and avoid heavy assets, so this point remains unchanged, and the drug is provided by Lin.
My requirements are not high. I just want the agency rights in Europe. Anthony, Theodore, the world’s largest drug consumption market, the United States, still belongs to you. You can even take over the entire Americas and Africa.”
Professor Anthony sneered:
“Just like streptomycin? Europe and America separated?”
Streptomycin was invented by American microbiologist Waksman in 1943.
This discovery marked streptomycin as the second antibiotic used in clinical practice after penicillin.
Streptomycin was first used to treat tuberculosis in 1944, ending the history of tuberculosis being “incurable”. Its special effect against tuberculosis bacteria provided a revolutionary treatment option for the medical community.
Before Lin Sanqi’s pyridoxine tablets were launched, streptomycin had become a miracle drug for its ability to cure 40% of tuberculosis.
As long as it is a miracle drug, the price will definitely not be cheap. In the 40s, a drug could make hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars a year. Who wouldn’t be crazy?
After streptomycin was introduced, it has never been promoted worldwide due to conflicts of interest.
Finally, several presidents of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease assigned sales areas to each of them, and then worked together to promote it and wrote it into the “Guidelines” in the official name of the Medical Association.
This made streptomycin quickly popular around the world, quickly entered clinical practice, and made a lot of money.
Precisely because these medical bigwigs could all get a piece of the pie, streptomycin became more and more legendary when it was promoted globally.
It was originally developed as an anti-tuberculosis drug, but eventually became a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
The worst thing is that the medical leaders of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease deliberately concealed the ototoxic side effects of streptomycin.
Knowing the huge risks of using drugs for children, the “Clinical Guidelines” continue to recommend the use of drugs for children over 2 years old. How many innocent children have become deaf as a result?
Therefore, the medical circle is definitely not full of angels in white as outsiders see it. Those well-known experts on the stage who appear to be righteous may be accomplices of capitalists.
In other words, those who can become international medical giants are themselves “capital”.
This phenomenon has not changed even after decades, and we cannot even rule out some global public health crises, where the viruses themselves are caused by vaccine companies…hmm…
Then some medical giants jumped out to recommend that ordinary people use this vaccine or that special medicine. How could it be possible that there is no profit motivation behind this?
Professor Anthony glanced at his companion Theodore, and it was obvious that the two were having a fierce ideological struggle.
Lin Sanqi didn’t care. No matter who got the sales rights, he was the manufacturer and would only take what he deserved.
In fact, Professor Witte’s joining is more beneficial to Lin Sanqi. First, there is competition, and second, there is a powerful ally. Why not?
The two American professors left the room and came back half an hour later.
Professor Anthony’s face has regained its composure:
“Witt, we allow you to have a share of the European pie, but we also have a request. In the next election of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, I will remain as vice president, and Theodore and Lin Sanqi will also become new vice presidents and directors.
Theodore is already a senior professor and fully qualified to be the vice president in terms of qualifications. Moreover, he is only 48 years old this year. We should absorb more young forces and train them as our successors.
As for Lin Sanqi, although he is still young, he invented the pyridoxine tablets and was the first doctor in the world to truly conquer tuberculosis. Just based on this, he has a chance to win the Nobel Prize, let alone a mere director. “
Professor Witte was already overwhelmed by victory and thought he was going to cut a large piece of the most delicious cake.
“OK, that’s no problem, but you guys should handle the PR work on yourselves. I will use my influence to help you.”
Professor Anthony sneered in his heart:
In the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, if two or more vice presidents form an alliance and then find a few executive directors as comrades, they can completely sideline the president. At that time, it is not certain who will have the final say in the medical association. (End of this chapter)