The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

The series of anti-cancer drugs developed by Weimin Anti-Cancer Drug Research Institute have been clinically tested for more than four months.

Generally speaking, the vast majority of patients who tried the drug gave positive feedback.

Patients who are willing to try new drugs are basically those who are critically ill and almost beyond cure.

These people test drugs, and if there is any obvious effect, they will be ecstatic.

Zhang Zhipeng has also looked at the drug trial data.

Almost all of the new drugs tested clinically by Weimin Cancer Research Institute have produced some degree of effect, and those without any effect are basically zero.

Many patients and their families have reported that after using this medicine, their health conditions recovered quickly within one to two months.

There are even patients whose lesions completely disappeared after two months of medication.

This can be called a panacea.

However, there are almost no specific drugs for cancer treatment.

Zhang Zhipeng thought that he should apply to see if he could go public early.

Generally speaking, clinical testing of new drugs takes at least one to two years.

This is to observe over a longer period of time to see if there are any serious side effects.

But anti-cancer drugs are used to save lives. Even if there are some serious side effects, we should choose the lesser of two evils.

Therefore, there shouldn't be any major obstacles to going public.

Zhang Zhipeng is in a hurry to get the new drug on the market, not to make a quick profit.

This is because only after approval and marketing can it truly benefit the majority of patients.

Furthermore, after approval, you can also export and make money from foreigners.

When in the country, prices can be significantly reduced for universal access.

But if it is exported abroad, it must follow market rules.

Hmm! Maybe it can also stimulate medical tourism or something.

After the drugs of the Weimin Anti-Cancer Research Institute are launched on the market, it is estimated that it will be impossible for them to successfully enter the Lizard Country, especially the Kingdom of Yusa.

The market rules that the Lizards talk about are basically when they have a technological advantage, they talk to you about free market global cooperation. But if they lag behind, they will immediately turn into a closed-door policy in order to protect the interests of their own enterprises.

For example, for a long period of time in the history of Judea, they never talked about market freedom at all. What they advocated was glorious isolation!
The so-called glorious isolation means closing the door to the market and playing by myself. No one can enter my market.

At this moment, Jusa is already taking a historical turn. With the rapid loss of their technological advantages, they have gradually become opposed to free trade and are closing their markets with tariff barriers.

Nowadays, many of China's advantageous products cannot enter Jusa.

According to Zhang Zhipeng's plan, in this case, he would widely publicize his new anti-cancer drug on social media.

Then we can attract the middle class and even the wealthy people in Jusa to come to China for medical treatment, and let them spend huge medical expenses to contribute to China's economy. This arrangement is quite good.

While Zhang Zhipeng was talking to the old man, the hospital's director Wang Taili actually came over.

The hospital where the old man is staying is one of the top hospitals in China.

It claims to have the best doctors and most advanced medical equipment in the world.

However, even such a hospital is helpless when faced with many terminally ill patients.

All they can do is use drugs to delay the disease as much as possible.

However, the patient's quality of life is very poor.

Wang Taili shook hands with Zhang Zhipeng enthusiastically and said, "Comrade Zhipeng, I am very sorry to come to you directly."

"That's right. We have only recently become the clinical trial site for your new anti-cancer drug."

"Currently, five old comrades have been treated with your new medicine."

"What surprised me was that the treatment effects of these five elderly comrades were very good."

“The best result is achieved by Mr. Guo.”

"Now, many old comrades have already known that our domestic miracle medicine is very effective."

“Everyone wants to be treated with your medicine.”

"But a problem has arisen. Your people said there are no extra drugs to allocate."

"Can you help me solve this problem? I need to tell you that the veterans in our hospital are all veteran leaders and veteran contributors who have made great contributions to the country."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Dean Wang, I will try my best to solve this problem."

"There are indeed relatively few drugs used in clinical trials at present, mainly because we have not yet mass-produced them."

“We need to obtain approval before we can start large-scale production.”

"Initially, we selected only two hospitals in Chang'an as clinical trial bases."

"But after the news of the good results came out, many hospitals in China applied to participate in clinical trials. We added nearly 20 cooperative hospitals in China, and the drugs were a bit insufficient."

Wang Taili said: "Such a good drug should be approved for marketing as soon as possible, right?"

"Besides, you have been conducting clinical trials for several months, so it should be almost done."

"Comrade Zhipeng, if you need help, just let me know. I believe many veteran comrades will help you with the formalities!"

"Many old comrades really can't wait..."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Sorry, I didn't think that much."

"We have been accumulating clinical trial data in accordance with national requirements."

"Then, I'll call my colleagues right away and ask them to go through the approval procedures right away."

The old man at the side widened his eyes and said, "Zhipeng, just tell me, is there any bad guy deliberately making things difficult for you?"

"If something like this happens, just tell me, and I'll come and take care of those brats myself!"

Zhang Zhipeng quickly said with a smile: "Old man, hahaha! That's not true!"

"Doesn't the government require that new drugs undergo at least one year of clinical trials before they can go through the approval process?"

"We are just proceeding according to the regulations!"

The old man said, "Oh! That's where you're wrong!"

"How could this life-saving medicine, which is so effective, take so long?"

"We old guys have to come forward and say hello to the guys who approve new drugs and ask them to make special arrangements!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "That's fine, you can use your influence, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng stayed in the hospital for about an hour before he was allowed to leave.

After he returned, he called Song Guowei, the head of the Weimin Anti-Cancer Drug Research Institute.

He told Song Guowei that he could start the new drug approval procedures.

If your application fails to be approved, just tell yourself and find a solution yourself.

Next, Zhang Zhipeng began to prepare for the first launch of the Long March 5.

However, one day, he was working in the rocket factory workshop when he received a call from Chen Yonglin, the head of the Food and Drug Administration.

Chen Yonglin said on the phone: "Comrade Zhipeng, when will you submit your new drug approval documents?"

Preparing materials certainly takes time.

It was only three days ago that Zhang Zhipeng called Song Guowei.

The materials must not be sorted out yet.

But, this is normal, isn’t it?
Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Hello, Comrade Yonglin, our people should be preparing the materials right now."

"They should deliver it in two days."

Chen Yonglin said: "Oh, why are you so slow in preparing the materials?"

"How about this? You write a report as soon as possible and we'll handle it as soon as possible to get approval." "You should start large-scale production as soon as possible."

"After all, cancer patients across the country are eagerly waiting for our new drug to be launched."

As soon as Zhang Zhipeng heard it, he knew that this must be a greeting from a powerful person.

It seems that Guo Zaijie's father really took action.

Zhang Zhipeng said, "Okay, I'll call them right away and tell them about it."

Chen Yonglin smiled bitterly and said, "The old comrades are not happy!"

"They all thought we were deliberately making things difficult for you! In fact, we are also very happy that our own domestic anti-cancer drugs can win the competition with foreign giants."

"Please tell the old men."

"Otherwise, we would be a little overwhelmed."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Okay, okay! I'll tell the old man."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zhipeng made a special trip to the hospital where Guo Zaijie's father was staying.

The old man is still recuperating here.

The old man was particularly happy to see Zhang Zhipeng.

"Zhipeng, did the guy from the Food and Drug Administration call you?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "I called."

"Not enough, old man, you are a little unfair to them this time."

Zhang Zhipeng told the old man about the matter.

The old man said: "You guys, although it's a good thing to follow the rules."

"But, for life-saving medicine, it's only right that we use the special treatment channel!"

"I don't know how many patients across the country are eagerly waiting for your medicine to save their lives!"

"We have to hurry!"

Zhang Zhipeng said, "I will call my colleague right away in front of you and ask him to take all the prepared materials and fly them to the Food and Drug Administration. Do you think this will work?"

The old man smiled and said, "That's right!"

"Also, are you ready for mass production?"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "The factory has been built and the production line has begun to be debugged."

The old man nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's right!"

"Hmm! One more thing, how are you going to set the price?"

"Our people are not rich enough, so the price cannot be too high. If it is too high, many people still cannot afford the medicine."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "We guarantee that the price in our country will be very low, as low as one tenth to one hundredth of the original imported medicine!"

“We will ensure that we do not impose too much burden on the people.”

"However, for the sustainable development of the enterprise, we still need to have some profits."

The old man nodded and said, "It's normal to make a profit!"

"But the profit must be within a reasonable range."

"Don't learn from those unscrupulous foreign drug dealers."

Zhang Zhipeng naturally made the promise with confidence.

Zhang Zhipeng called Song Guowei in front of the old man to reassure him, and only then was he able to leave.

On the same day, Song Guowei flew to Beijing in person.

When he rushed to the Food and Drug Administration, he was still a little nervous.

Because the information he has now is not very complete.

The clinical trial lasted for 4 months.

That requires comprehensive statistics and the compilation of all patient conditions for review by the Food and Drug Administration.

Although it was just a clinical trial during these four months, there were quite a lot of patients testing the drug, more than three hundred.

Each patient's information needs to be sorted out, which takes a lot of time.

Song Guowei was a little worried. He only brought some sorted materials, which were only about a hundred pages thick. Would he be able to pass the test?

Unexpectedly, after Song Guowei arrived at the Food and Drug Administration, someone immediately started to go through the approval procedures for him.

When he arrived at the Drug Administration Bureau and it was after get off work that day, there were still people working overtime to process the paperwork for him.

Then, Chen Yonglin, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, met with him in person.

Chen Yonglin said: "Mr. Song, I'm sure you won't be able to get all the approvals today."

"The official approval document will be given to you tomorrow morning."

"How about this, you hurry up and have your people prepare for mass production."

“We strive to distribute the products to all the top three hospitals in the country in the shortest possible time.”

"Well! First of all, we have to take care of the old leaders and comrades. We have to give priority to supplying the goods to important military hospitals in Beijing and across the country. Do you think this is okay?"

Song Guowei could hardly believe his ears.

He nodded and said, "Okay! We expect to start mass production in a week."

“Then, in ten days at most, we can ensure that the needs of hospitals across the country are met!”

Chen Yonglin nodded and said, "Are the prices of your medicines determined to be based on what you reported?"

Song Guowei nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Our boss said that we must not let the price of medicines be too high so that ordinary people cannot afford medical treatment."

"We won't follow the European and American practices. In order to maximize zero profits, we can set the price of new drugs at sky-high prices!"

Chen Yonglin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!"

"We should not learn from those European and American countries, where drug prices are set at sky-high prices and medical care accounts for 17 to 18 percent of their GDP! Such GDP is just a beautiful number, but the people are deeply harmed by it!"

“Are you sure you can make enough profit?”

Chen Yonglin hesitated for a moment and said, "Our profit is still okay. We have calculated that after deducting all costs, the profit margin can still be around 50%."

Just like that, Chen Yonglin was dreaming. In a very short period of time, all 17 new drugs of Weimin Anti-Cancer Drug Research Institute were approved.

Moreover, CCTV even published a special news item on the 7 o'clock news, calling the new drug of Weimin Anti-Cancer Research Institute a major breakthrough in domestic anti-cancer drugs, and predicted that cancer patients will be able to significantly reduce treatment costs and save many patients' lives...

Just as Zhang Zhipeng expected, this news immediately caused a sensation across the country.

The drugs produced by the Weimin Anti-Cancer Research Institute have actually been well-known for a long time.

Almost everyone knows it through word of mouth.

After all, word of mouth is the easiest way for patients to spread the news.

Many ordinary people who are suffering from illness but cannot afford expensive imported drugs are eagerly looking forward to the early launch of new drugs from the Weimin Anti-Cancer Research Institute founded by Zhang Zhipeng.

Now, that day has finally arrived.

Of course, European and American pharmaceutical giants were panicked by the news.

Even the stock prices of those giant pharmaceutical companies have plummeted in a short period of time.

This is because pharmaceutical giants are well aware that as long as China develops anti-cancer drugs, they will inevitably sell the drugs at rock-bottom prices, directly bringing down a large number of former giants.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-October 2002, and the Weimin brand series of anti-cancer drugs had begun to be distributed to major hospitals. At the same time, a major aerospace event was about to take place... (End of this chapter)