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"As the person in charge of the R\u0026D department, you actually said it was impossible? Why?"

Okada looked at the subordinate in front of him, a little furious.

The director of the R\u0026D department smiled wryly and shook his head: "Mr. Okada, this is actually not a new thing. Many pharmaceutical companies have thought about this, but unfortunately they all failed."

"From Pfizer, Johnson \u0026 Johnson, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, etc., they have all tried to find new treatment directions from discarded prescriptions, but none of them succeeded."

"Such behavior is extremely accidental and cannot be replicated. I believe that even if Sanqing succeeds, it is just luck. They can never be so lucky and succeed one after another."

While explaining, he slandered in his heart that the boss must have been under too much pressure recently, his mind was confused, and he was guilty of hypocrisy, so he came up with such a bad idea of ​​using discarded prescriptions to develop new medicines in a whimsical way.

How can he do what the global pharmaceutical giants can't do?

If you insist on forcing him to do it, isn't it killing him?

What did you say that Sanqing can do it, why can't they do it?

This is not nonsense, can anticancer drugs be developed by just anyone?

If they had this strength, they wouldn't have gained nothing in ten years of research and development.

Importantly, finding new therapeutic directions from abandoned pharmacies is not a great innovation.

In fact, all pharmaceutical companies and laboratories, when developing new drugs, will conduct various experiments to confirm as many treatment directions as possible.

It is not uncommon for a new drug to suffer setbacks in its original research and development direction, and then change its research and development direction to regain its vitality.

When innovative drugs are applied for marketing, for the sake of safety, they will only declare a treatment plan for one disease, and then carefully design experiments around this goal, and some even select patients to obtain satisfactory experimental data. Passed the audit of FDA and other departments.

In this case, after the drug is on the market, some new treatment directions are often found in the treatment, so that it can be used in other unrelated diseases.

Even many drugs that have been on the market for many years, after the patent expires, can still discover new treatment directions and re-register the patents for new diseases.

In this regard, the most classic case is the new use of aspirin.

This best-selling drug has been used clinically for more than 100 years, and has always been known for its significant antipyretic and analgesic effects.

But it has a serious side effect, that is, it can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and hemolytic anemia in patients.

In recent years, a team has begun to study its efficacy in anticoagulation and inhibition of platelet aggregation, using aspirin on patients suffering from stroke, and successfully discovered a series of new uses for the treatment of cerebral thrombosis and the prevention of myocardial infarction.

It can be described as an old tree blossoming and a successful example of side effects.

Every pharmaceutical company dreams of rediscovering new research directions for its drugs before their patents expire.

But this is not something that you want to do, but something that can be done.

It is so difficult that it is not as easy as developing a brand new drug, and not every pharmaceutical company's dream comes true.

Luck is very important, but strength is even more important.

Only the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the industry have this strength. Not only can they continuously research and develop new drugs, but they can also develop new uses for new drugs in a fancy way.

And the new direction of research and development also needs to invest a lot of money again to conduct a second clinical trial.

Therefore, pharmaceutical companies generally will not act rashly, unless they are as obvious as Viagra, they will continue.

Otherwise, it can only be a waste of a lot of money, but in vain.

Eisai's current capital scale cannot afford to waste so much money.

The R\u0026D director is obviously not optimistic about the R\u0026D strength of his department.

It is not easy to find new treatment directions from successful new drugs, let alone find new treatment directions from abandoned prescriptions.

The difficulty of the two is not the same, the former can be done by multinational giants, the latter is simply a dream, unless it is the lucky one, it is absolutely impossible to do it.

He didn't want to take on a mission that was doomed to fail, so he could only persuade his boss hard to get rid of this unrealistic idea.

Mr. Okamoto fell silent, his face became ugly.

Under the reasonable and well-founded persuasion of his subordinates, he finally regained a bit of reason.

As the R\u0026D director said, it is indeed too difficult to discover new treatment directions from discarded prescriptions.

He is not arrogant enough to think that he can easily accomplish things that top pharmaceutical companies cannot do.

If he had enough money, he could have gambled, but he didn't.

But he quickly reacted, frowned, thinking about it.

Eisai doesn't have this ability, but Sanqing does.

Although he didn't know how the other party did it, his intuition made him think that the other party must be able to do it.

Otherwise, it cannot explain the misleading behavior of the other party's wanton purchase of discarded prescriptions.

If Wei Kang can't find new opportunities in discarded prescriptions, why is it buying so much?

That being the case, why can't he seek cooperation with Sanqing by discarding the prescription?

It is said that the reason why Pfizer was able to reach an anti-cancer drug cooperation with Sanqing was because it provided the most discarded prescriptions, which made it stand out from many competitors in the bidding.

"We don't have a lot of cash left, probably around $100 million."

Mr. Okamoto muttered: "This money is used to research and develop new drugs. It must be a drop in the bucket. It is very difficult. But if it is used to buy some abandoned prescriptions, it is relatively easy."

He made up his mind: "Hurry up and contact the pharmaceutical companies we have worked with, and buy discarded prescriptions from them at a high price. I think they will definitely not refuse such a good deal."

The R\u0026D director was stunned: "Boss, you still refuse to give up, do you still want to compete with Sanqing? This is not a good idea."

"The company's cash flow is already very tight, so we can't waste all of it on it. Besides, Sanqing is richer than us now, and we can't compete with them at all."

Couldn't the boss see the end of the companies that had opposed Sanqing before?

Eisai is no longer what it used to be. A run-down pharmaceutical company with an annual revenue of only 2 billion, should it take the lead to fight Sanqing?

The pharmaceutical industry needs not only technology, but also sufficient funds. Those with insufficient funds cannot afford it.

The company wants money but has no money, and technology but no technology, and it still wastes money in such places.

If this continues, bankruptcy will happen sooner or later.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help shivering, and several thoughts flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

Do you want to run away and see new opportunities.

Before it's too late, change a pharmaceutical company and find a new job?

I don't know if Sanqing plans to recruit people in Sakura Country, since he can't beat them, why not join?

His thoughts were flying here, but Mr. Okamoto smiled on the other side.

"Who said I'm going to compete with Sanqing? I plan to use these prescriptions to cooperate with Weikang."

"Didn't he want to discard the prescription? Then I will collect some more, and then use it to cooperate with him to develop new drug projects. Even if it only accounts for 10%, as long as the research and development is successful, it will be at least ten times the profit. Even It’s a hundred times the profit, it’s a huge profit.”

"My method is very clever. As long as I have enough discarded prescriptions in my hand, I don't have to worry about Sanqing not cooperating with us. Hahaha~"

Villager Okamoto blushed and laughed triumphantly.

The R\u0026D director was speechless, he really wanted to remind the boss.

If it's that simple, why aren't so many pharmaceutical companies doing it?

He took a look at the boss's grinning grinning forcefully, already a little distorted face, and he felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak out again.

Instead, he lowered his head and answered loudly and respectfully.

"Hey, got it, I'll do my best."

*****

"Someone is buying abandoned prescriptions everywhere, and even raised the purchase price?"

Wei Kang couldn't help being surprised when he heard the news from An Mina.

In addition to him, there is actually someone who wants to discard the prescription?

It's fine to buy abandoned prescriptions, and he doesn't care, anyway, there are a lot of pharmaceutical companies in the world, and there are always a lot of companies willing to sell.

But what's the matter with raising the price? Is this to compete with him?

It's not that no pharmaceutical company has done this before, and they want to follow Sanqing's operation and use waste.

But after they bought it back, they found that no new treatment direction could be developed at all, they were just throwing money into the water, and they didn't hear a sound.

And if you want to stop Sanqing, just don't sell the prescription in your hand.

Just like Merck, since the anti-cancer drug was sniped and the sales dropped sharply, it has never sold anything from Sanqing.

Purchasing abandoned prescriptions from other pharmaceutical companies at such a high price can only harm oneself and benefit others.

Which pharmaceutical company lost its mind and made such outrageous behavior?

He looked at the details and found that it was a lesser-known pharmaceutical company.

"Eisai Pharmaceuticals in Sakura Country?"

"It used to be a pharmaceutical giant in Sakura Country, but now its performance has fallen sharply, and it can only stay in the domestic market."

Anmei introduced in detail and made an objective evaluation: "They once developed a hot AD drug with very high sales volume, but under the impact of Sanqing's AD special drug, it has completely declined."

"And this pharmaceutical company's research and development capabilities are very poor. There has not been an innovative drug in the past ten years. It is really nothing to worry about."

"They may not be able to face the blow of reality, and want to put all their eggs in one basket, learn from Mr. Wei, your method, and carry out secondary research and development on some abandoned prescriptions, so as to find new treatment directions."

"This is also a tricky way. The secondary research and development is always easier, and the cost is not so high. It can also avoid some sunk costs. It is a very smart move."

As she spoke, Anmei's speech slowed down, and after two seconds, she suddenly spoke rapidly.

"A surprising thing happened. I just received a call. It seems to be from this Sakura national pharmaceutical company called Eisai. I want to talk to you. Do I need to transfer it?"

Wei Kang frowned, good guy, Cao Cao will be there soon.

He wants to see, what is this company that dares to compete with him and raises prices everywhere, what is it going to do?

"Come here."

The phone on the desk rang.

After connecting, strange and blunt English came out from inside.

"Hello, is this the Sanqing Group? I'm Muruo Okamoto, the CEO of Sakura Kuni Eisai Pharmaceuticals."

The voice was very obsequious, and Wei Kang quickly had a classic image of Sakura Country smiling, nodding and bowing in his mind.

"I am, what's the matter with you?" Wei Kang said lightly.

Villager Okamoto was overjoyed instantly. It turned out to be Wei Kang himself, not other subordinates. This was a rare opportunity.

"Mr. Wei, I want to cooperate with you."

"We Eisai Pharmaceutical currently has a large number of abandoned prescriptions, as many as hundreds, all of which have passed the first phase of clinical trials."

"I noticed that you have been buying abandoned prescriptions and plan to carry out secondary research and development. I wonder if you are interested in the prescriptions I have?"

Mr. Okamoto asked very respectfully.

Wei Kang is a little puzzled, cooperating with you to buy discarded prescriptions at a high price, are you planning to become a second-hand dealer?

But he is not being taken advantage of. If the price is not suitable, he will not buy it.

"I'm very interested. Are you planning to sell it to me?" He asked curiously.

"No, no, no, Mr. Wei," Mr. Okamoto said with a smile, "I spent a lot of time buying these abandoned prescriptions. I bought all the ones that are available in the market. The rest are basically medicines. Enterprises will not be sold."

"That is to say, even if you find other pharmaceutical companies to buy it now, you won't be able to buy it anymore. It's all here with me."

Wei Kang felt that something was wrong, he said coldly: "Why, do you want to show off to me after buying?"

"Mr. Wei, you misunderstood me," Mr. Okamoto said in a very respectful tone, and continued unhurriedly.

"I said at the beginning that I wanted to cooperate with Sanqing."

"Of course how to cooperate. I also have my own ideas. How about I use these prescriptions in my hand to invest in your new drug project?"

"Based on the cost of drug R\u0026D, after the end of the first phase, it will probably account for about 30% of the total drug R\u0026D cost."

"My requirements are not high, as long as you give me 10% of the project shares, it will be fine."

"And if we cooperate, I can also help Sanqing expand the market in the Sakura Country. As we all know, the drug market in the Cherry Blossom Country is very exclusive. Foreign companies will face great resistance if they want to enter. I can help solve these."

"What do you think? Is this sincerity enough?"

Mr. Okamoto was full of confidence. He felt that he had made a huge concession, and Sanqing had no reason to refuse.

The acquisition of abandoned prescriptions also requires contacts and costs, which he is willing to pay, even if it is a premium acquisition.

If it were Sanqing Group itself, would it be possible to purchase so many prescriptions?

Not to mention that there are many pharmaceutical companies in Sakura Country, such as Takeda, Otsuka, Daiichi Sankyo, etc., if it is not for the sake of compatriots, they will never sell prescriptions.

At most, Sanqing itself will use the patent authorization of gene technology to exchange some prescriptions with those multinational pharmaceutical companies in Western countries, and the number will not be too many.

Among these pharmaceutical companies, the relationship between Sanqing and Pfizer is not bad, and other pharmaceutical companies are competitors, and they will definitely not be willing to capitalize on them.

He spent hundreds of millions of dollars on acquisitions, which are all investment costs. Even if they are used for new drug research and development, they are enough to occupy 10% of the shares.

Not to mention, after the cooperation between the two parties, Sanqing can also enter the market of Sakura Country, which accounts for 8% of the global pharmaceutical market, with a scale of hundreds of billions of dollars.

It was as if he was holding the prescription in one hand and the Sakura Country Market in the other, and placed it in front of the other party.

How could Wei Kang refuse?

Mr. Okamoto narrowed his eyes into a line, patiently waiting for Wei Kang's response.

Wei Kang laughed and said, "You use some garbage that no one wants, and you want to invest in my new drug project? Don't you think it's too ridiculous?"

"Those discarded prescriptions can be used for secondary research and development in my hands, but this is my skill, so what's your business?"

"You think too much, why should I cooperate with you? Can't I do it myself?"

"Sanqing has no shortage of people, money, or technology. You are not qualified to talk about cooperation with me, let alone share 10% of the shares. It's just a dream."

He felt that the other party was outrageous, and he didn't know where the confidence came from, and he wanted to squeeze his wool.

"You searched for discarded prescriptions all over the world, raised the purchase price arbitrarily, and seriously disrupted the market. These discarded prescriptions were originally intended to be sold to me, but you cut them off. I haven't settled the score with you yet. Do you still want to Use this to cooperate with me, is there something wrong with your brain?"

"Those discarded prescriptions, if you are willing to be a baby, they are nothing to me."

"Since you like it so much, keep it to yourself."

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he was very upset when he thought of the other party raising the price.

With a bang, I hung up the phone.