Chapter 222 Why is it so expensive to sell?

The perfect interpretation of a Medicine God and a group of actors finally made everyone on the Internet notice such a poor disease.

Finally, many leukemia patients have attracted social attention.

On July 15th, almost the entire network was discussing sky-high-priced medicines.

It can be said that the medical knowledge of the whole nation has been further improved at this moment.

"So, why are the prices of anti-cancer drugs so high? Can't you reduce the prices? This drug manufacturer is too cheating!"

"I am a doctor, let me explain why patented drugs are so expensive, because the research costs are too high.

A new drug has been developed for three years, preclinical experiments for three years, clinical experiments for 3-7 years, and market approval for half a year. It can be said that the birth of a good drug was a decade of hard work.”

"Using Gleevec as an example, this drug took fifty years from discovering the target to being approved for marketing, and invested more than 5 billion US dollars! In order to make money, pharmaceutical companies must sell patented drugs higher during the patent period and make as profit as possible. Because as long as the patent term reaches, generic drugs can be legally produced!"

"It turns out that a bottle of medicine was sold at a sky-high price of more than 20,000 yuan, because of this reason, but we ordinary people really can't afford it!"

"Glenin, the genuine medicine costs 23,500 yuan, and a bottle of generic medicine in India costs 2,000 yuan!"

That's why, Indian generic drugs, are so popular.

The reason why India can produce generic drugs is because India has compulsory patent licenses. In order to prevent backward countries from being unable to afford patented drugs and cannot guarantee national safety, India can forcibly copy generic drugs.

The efficacy of regular generic drugs and patented drugs in India is basically the same, but the prices are very different.

After seeing these popular sciences, netizens also understood more clearly that in the movie, the God of Medicine took risks and had to go to India to purchase generic drugs.

First, it is legal to produce generic drugs in India.

Second, Indian generic drugs are also famous around the world and their efficacy is guaranteed.

Third, that is the extremely low price.

at the same time.

Lin Fan also saw the discussions on patented drugs and generic drugs across the Internet.

Today happens to be the day when the box office of Medicine God exceeded 3 billion.

Xu Zheng took the lead and invited participants from the crew to celebrate.

But when everyone gathered together, the whole restaurant was discussing the matter of sky-high price of medicine.

Lin Fan couldn't tell what it felt when he saw that everyone was so concerned about the price of leukemia drugs.

In short, it seems that within a few days, the entire Chinese people were discussing leukemia.

This group that is usually not noticed has become the object of hot discussion for a while.

As the real version of the Medicine God, Lu Yong was also deeply moved.

"Lin Fan, you really endorse our patients. I misunderstood the matter of changing the script before. Today I have to apologize to you!"

After saying that, Lu Yong drank a whole glass of wine.

Lin Fan and Xu Zheng quickly stopped him.

Xu Zheng smiled and said, "Look, everyone doesn't think we have discredited your reputation. You can rest assured, come on, eat food, and have a good chat!"

Lu Yong is a real leukemia patient present.

It became the target of everyone's attention for a moment.

Xu Zheng paused and suddenly asked, "Lu Yong, you have been paying attention to the price of medicines for the longest time. When do you think the price of patented medicines will be reduced?"

This sentence just asked the whole network's thoughts.

Everyone looked at Lu Yong.

Even Lin Fan stopped all his movements.

He himself is very concerned about this issue.

The current situation in the country is that people cannot afford patented drugs, and there are few channels for generic drugs. When they arrive in China, a bottle of drugs is sold for 2,000 yuan, and the supply is in short supply.

"Yes, Lu Yong, tell us?" The producer also widened his eyes.

Everyone was originally here to celebrate the drug god's big sale, but unexpectedly, the style of painting turned into a discussion of the drug price.

"Okay, let me tell you!" Lu Yong sighed.

Looking at this expression, it seems that there is not much hope for a price reduction.

"It's like this. There are generally three ways to reduce the price of patented drugs. One is that the patent expires and the price is reduced to 20% of the original price."

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads, and when the patent expired, the daylily became cold.

Lin Fan also squinted his eyes.

This won't work.

Patients cannot wait for such a long time without taking medicine.

Everyone at the scene was filled with lament.

Everyone listened to Lu Yong and continued: "The second is that like India, we implement compulsory copying licenses for drugs. However, in China, we have not implemented compulsory licenses for any patented drug at present."

After all, the country also needs face. Applying for compulsory license is equivalent to admitting that the country is a backward country.

Lin Fan's hands were tightly clenched. His charity could only solve temporary problems, but he could not solve fundamental problems.

Now the average price of generic drugs in China is 2,000 yuan per bottle per month, and a year is 24,000 yuan. In some poor areas, many people still cannot afford this disease and can only wait to die.

Lin Fan also did some charity in private, which was specifically designed to poor mountainous areas, but could only help a small number of people.

Everyone shook their heads and said, "That's unlikely."

Lu Yong sighed: "The last method is to reduce the price of medicine bottles through relevant policies and medical insurance negotiations."

Lin Fan's thoughts moved when he heard this.

The first two ways are one that requires a long wait, and the other is unrealistic to China. This third way may be possible.

It is to let the country negotiate to get a better price.

With this idea, Lin Fan also had an idea in his mind.

I hope the Medicine God will be popular for a while and also allow the country to pay attention to this matter.

But at this moment, Lu Yong's words poured on Lin Fan's cold water again.

"But a few years ago, when I became the "first person to purchase anti-cancer drugs in China", the country had already negotiated.

The original 23,000 medicine was reduced by 70% after the negotiations, and it became 7,000 yuan per box and included in medical insurance."

In other words, it will be a bit unrealistic for the country to negotiate in the short term.

In this way, almost all possibilities are blocked.

Lin Fan's face became much embarrassed when he heard this news.

Is it really the only way to buy Indian generic drugs?

A good celebration banquet, but the food was a bit boring.

Because everyone's hearts were like something was stuck, heavy.

Where can I still have the intention to eat and drink?

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Now let's celebrate the release of our Medicine God for fifteen days, with a box office of 3 billion yuan!"

Xu Zheng immediately activated the atmosphere and everyone raised their wine glasses together!
Chapter completed!