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Chapter 349: Profits Industry (First update, please subscribe)

Dozens of minutes later, Li Yian arrived at Jianmin Company.

Now Jianmin Company is not only the largest pharmaceutical company in Nanyang, but also the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia. It not only has the largest penicillin production line in Asia, but also has the only streptomycin production line in the world. Of course, this is based on patent monopoly.

"The company's current flagship product is streptomycin. At the beginning of the year, it passed trials in the United States, Britain and other countries and was approved to enter the market. Streptomycin has significant bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. As soon as it was launched, it was used by various countries as a treatment for tuberculosis. special medicine, and achieved good results.”

As a company manager, Zhu Huayun is not a pharmacist, but he studied business and is indeed a good hand in business management.

“So, what’s the list price for streptomycin?”

Li Yian asked.

"Sir, considering the R&D and production costs, the current price of streptomycin is still very expensive. However, for humanitarian considerations, we have adopted a differentiated pricing method based on regional economic conditions. The selling price in the United States is . $70, the price is $60 in the UK and $55 in continental Europe..."

Li Yian is very familiar with this pricing method. The price of drugs in economically developed countries is high, while the price in poor countries is low. The typical business approach of Western pharmaceutical companies focuses on profit.

“So what’s the cost per dose?”

As soon as he asked, Li Yian waved his hand and said.

"Forget it, there's no need to answer this question."

Although he is the largest shareholder of Jianmin Company, Li Yi'an decided not to ask, so as not to worry about it after asking. He had read the report and found that Jianmin Company's profit margin was shocking.

$60!

That’s more than 50 grams of gold!

How much does one dose of streptomycin weigh?

The huge profits can be imagined. But on the other hand, Jianmin Company is currently the largest "foreign exchange earning enterprise" in Borneo. After all, tuberculosis patients are very common in this era, and streptomycin is the only specific drug.

"...The high pricing of new drugs is not only to recover investment, but also to generate higher profits for researching new drugs."

Nodding, Li Yian said.

"The company's profits must be maintained, but it must also be remembered that the purpose of pharmaceutical companies is to treat diseases and save lives. I think we can do a drug donation, such as funding the treatment of some patients every year. This can not only reflect the responsibility of the company, but also benefit the company. image, what do you think?"

"What you said is true. I will go back and ask someone to study it. However, I think drug donations should be mainly domestic. After all, the income of Chinese people is much lower than that of Americans. They can afford it, but our compatriots cannot afford it."

It won my heart, it’s for sure!

Li Yian almost didn't laugh out loud. It's human nature to be more generous than others. Of course, good things should be given to your own people first. Earning foreigners' money to subsidize your own people is the right way!

"At present, we have built the world's largest comprehensive laboratory, which is not only engaged in drug research, but also disease vaccine research..."

After a brief explanation, Zhu Huayun led the president and his party into the laboratory, and Li Yian just followed him, listening to him with a smile as he introduced the research and other aspects of the laboratory, and occasionally raised some questions. question.

Passing by a laboratory, through the glass window, I saw the experimenters busy in the laboratory. Although they were wearing masks, you could still tell that they were Chinese. One of them, a short gentleman, seemed to be The person in charge of the laboratory.

Because the heads of the first few laboratories were all Germans, Li Yian was inevitably a little curious. When Zhu Huayun who was following him saw this, he introduced him.

"At present, in addition to experts and testers from Germany, the experts in the laboratory also have some experts from China. Mr. Tang from Laboratory No. 15 is currently conducting research on smallpox vaccines. He is not tall. That person, he was originally the director of the Tangshan Central Epidemic Prevention Department, and has been engaged in research on microbiology, virology and immunology for a long time..."

Mr. Tang, who was wearing a mask in the room through the glass window, nodded and said hello. Li Yian continued to visit the laboratory, while Zhu Huayun followed him and continued to introduce.

"...Now that the world is producing cowpox vaccine, cows need to be placed in a blistering room to breed blisters. The blistering room must be sterile, and the cows must be live. The production cost is high. Now Mr. Tang's laboratory, We are trying to cultivate vaccinia on chicken embryos. Vaccinia cultured on chicken embryos not only has high yields, but is also sterile, safer, and greatly saves costs." Li Yian said.

"Cultivation in chicken embryos, I have heard about this. It should be in recent years. Research results have just been obtained. When cultivating viruses in chicken embryos, the environment is less disturbed than in live animals, and it is easy to control. It will definitely become a standard in laboratories around the world in the future." For standard technology, please pay attention to research in this direction."

As a new technology, chicken embryo culture has not yet been promoted on a large scale, so Li Yian gave an appropriate reminder.

This is also acceleration!

Then he specifically reminded Zhu Huayun to pay attention to talent introduction. After all, talent introduction is the foundation for the rapid development and growth of Jianmin Company. It is precisely thanks to the outstanding talents introduced from Germany, Japan and other countries that Jianmin has been able to stand out in the Nanyang biomedical industry and become a leader in the industry. Its outstanding scientific research strength and innovation capabilities have made Jianmin one of the best in the international biomedical field and highly praised.

This is not only true for pharmaceutical companies, but also for other industries.

“No matter how many talents there are, there is never too much.”

With this calculation in his mind, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the flames of war burning in Tangshan. Before the Presidential Palace, he made a special trip to the shipyard. Chang'an Shipyard, located on the east coast of Taiping Bay, is the largest shipyard in Borneo. Its equipment Most of them come from Japan's Wu Gang Naval Factory, which is a gift from Marshal Mai.

Although there seems to be no demand for shipbuilding because too many Liberty ships have been purchased, the shipyard is currently under construction. In addition to a 2-ton oil tanker under construction, there are also multiple submarines under construction in the shipyard.

Those submarines are all German Type 21 submarines. When Germany acquired the Blom Voss shipyard last year, although the shipyard was in a mess, the dock was filled with scrap iron - each piece was still in pieces. The unfinished Type 21 submarine was just abandoned in the dock.

After the Allies occupied Hamburg, in order to destroy the German shipbuilding industry, the British dismantled the equipment in the Blom Voss shipyard, but a large number of unfinished Type 21 submarines were thrown into the shipyard as scrap metal, because the shipyard The equipment was dismantled and thrown away for more than two years.

One hundred thousand dollars, in addition to buying a shipyard with ten slipways and one dock, the additional gift is... 53 Type 21 submarines, all of which are nearly completed, and there are even hundreds of unfinished materials in the workshop. Completed submarine sections.

These Type 21 submarines can serve for at least twenty years!

After all, the Type 21 submarine is the world's first true "submarine" boat, which can operate underwater for a long time. After the war, many Type 21 submarines, including some unfinished ones, were shipped to Soviet Russia. It was even the main force of its naval submarine force at one time

It can be the main force of Russian submarines, and of course it can also be the main force of Borneo Navy.

Submarines... are very expensive!

However, it is not easy to turn this pile of scrap metal into a submarine. You first need engineers who are familiar with it, and preferably have drawings.

But soon, with the help of a former shipyard engineer, they found the backup drawings in the factory's underground data room.

Original factory engineer.

Original factory drawings!

What’s next?

Of course, the "scrap iron" in the slipway and dock will be shipped to Borneo, and the final outfitting operations will be completed at Chang'an Shipyard.

However, it is not easy to transport these hundreds of tons of submarines back to the country in sections. If it were easy, they would have been dismantled long ago. First, equipment needs to be added to the Blohm Voss Shipyard, and then the pieces can be dismantled. Sections are loaded onto the ship.

It was not until a month ago that the first batch of submarine segments arrived at Chang'an Shipyard. Under the guidance of German engineers, engineers and workers were assembling the submarines while learning the manufacturing process of the submarines.

Standing near the slipway and looking at the streamlined appearance of the Type 21 submarine, Li Yian naturally thought of the hundreds of submarine segments shipped back from Germany in the warehouse. Now they were lying there quietly waiting for the final assembly.

"Although the performance is good, there are too many problems..."

Fifty or sixty submarines are too many for Borneo. Sometimes having too much stuff can be a headache...

(End of this chapter)