Rebirth of India: Superior

One morning in April, Sidya just walked into his headquarters office in New York. As usual, he first took a look at the work arrangements made by his secretary. Everything else was normal, except when he saw the last item. , his brows frowned tightly unconsciously, and then he called his secretary: "Tony, what's going on with this Indian?"

Secretary Tony quickly and respectfully replied: "The boss is like this, there is a Mr. Shakru Pandit from India who wants to buy a scientific research and research patent from us."

Upon hearing this, Sidya snorted and said: "Do they Indians still know that there is such a thing as a patent in this world? Isn't their India the largest production base of counterfeit drugs? And it is also the most arrogant and upright counterfeit drug. production base.”

It’s no wonder that Sidya is so angry. Almost all large drug developers in Europe and the United States have a bad impression of Indians. It can even be said that they hate Indians. The reason is as mentioned before, that is because in the new patent law promulgated in India in 1972 There is a regulation that has had a great impact on the pharmaceutical industry in India: no product patents are granted for drugs, only method patents are granted for the production process. As a result, as soon as expensive drugs from European and American countries are put on the market, Indian pharmaceutical companies can use them under their own laws. Protect the imitation of similar products.

Since generic drugs in India are exactly the same as patented drugs in terms of dosage, safety, potency, quality, action, and indications, and because there is no need to pay patent fees, the average price of generic drugs is only one-fifth to one-fifth of that of patented drugs. Secondly, some varieties even differ by more than ten times, so India's pharmaceutical industry has developed rapidly and has the title of "Pharmacy of the World". (For example, the cost of a month’s treatment for the famous cancer drug Gleevec from Novartis in Switzerland is as high as US$4,000, but the Indian generic drug only costs US$73. As for why I know this, it’s because I am the hospital’s drug accountant... ...)

Of course, the major pharmaceutical giants in Europe and the United States are extremely dissatisfied with this, because this is a blatant robbery of the fruits of their labor and profits. Therefore, pharmaceutical giants including Germany's Bayer and Switzerland's Novartis have sued India for this infringement and took a clear stand. The slogan “Without innovative medicines, there would be no "If everyone does this, then who will invest heavily in product research and development?" However, in order to defend the country's generic drug industry, the Indian government has repeatedly issued "compulsory licenses" to intervene. , so all the pharmaceutical giants hate Indians.

Although Pfizer Group does not have any drugs copied in India, it does not have a good impression of Indians out of sympathy for the same disease. (Pfizer is now the largest pharmaceutical company in the United States. The oxytetracycline and tetracycline we are familiar with are all developed by this company. Of course, the most famous and most profitable project is Viagra, which is also the purpose of the protagonist's trip.)

Seeing the boss getting angry, secretary Tony also echoed: "Boss, you are right. I was surprised when I first heard that this Indian came to buy patents, especially when they wanted to buy the treatment that we just failed in the experiment. New drugs for heart disease, this makes me even more puzzled.”

"What did you say? This Indian wants to buy sildenafil?" Sidiya asked in disbelief.

Secretary Tony nodded: "Yes, he is saying that he wants to acquire Sildenafil. I really don't understand. What is the use of him buying this patent? Our Pfizer project has failed. Is it possible that Indians have no innovation ability at all?" Will it succeed?”

Sidya thought for a while, and then said to his secretary Tony: "Go and call this Indian, and I will talk to him."

"Boss, you don't really want to sell it to him, do you?" the secretary asked in confusion.

Sidiya nodded: "If the price he offers is right, why not sell it to him? I do hate Indians, but I don't hate money."

Although Sidya said this, when Shakru came in, his expression was still cold and he said proudly: "Mr. Pandit, I heard that you want to buy the patent rights of the new drug Sildenafil developed by our company. ?”

"To be precise, what I want to buy is the patent right of Sildenafil, an unformed new drug that your company has just failed in its experiment." Shakru corrected.

Sidya ignored Shakru's criticism and said with a frown: "Mr. Pandit's news is very fast. Less than three days after we announced the failure of this project, you made a purchase request. How can this give me a chance?" A very uneasy feeling?"

"Because I am also very interested in this project, I have been paying close attention to it. Although your company's trial failed, your R\u0026D process and R\u0026D data can give me great inspiration for the new drugs I am developing, so when I heard Your company’s experiment failed and you came to acquire it,” Shakru explained.

Sidya sneered: "But to be honest, I don't have any confidence in the ability of your colleagues in new drug research and development, so I'm curious, Mr. Pandit, where does your confidence come from? Is your pharmaceutical factory better than ours?" Is Pfizer still big?”

Shakru understood what Sidya meant: Which of your Indian pharmaceutical companies have developed their own medicines over the years? They have not all copied ours. Now that our Pfizer experiments have failed, why do you have the confidence to dare to take over and continue the research and development? ?

Shakru is naturally confident about this issue, because Pfizer's entire previous R\u0026D direction was wrong. They were experimenting with sildenafil as a new drug for treating cardiovascular disease, but in fact sildenafil The biggest effect is not here. Its real function is to stimulate male X function. You are going in the wrong direction. How can the experiment not fail? (The development process of Viagra is the most famous example of unintentional intervention in the pharmaceutical industry. As of today, the inventor refuses to admit that he is the father of Viagra. He always believes that this drug has no significance in eliminating pain, curing diseases and saving lives. .)

But Shaklu would naturally not tell Sidiya about this kind of thing, and at this time, it is estimated that even if he told Sidiya, Sidiya would not necessarily believe it, so Shaklu replied without being humble or condescending: "This is my business." It’s confidential. Please forgive me for not telling you until my experiment is successful. But to be honest, I am probably the only person in the world who is willing to pay 30 million US dollars to acquire this patent, so I hope that President Sidya will do it. Can you think about it carefully?”

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