Chapter 161: Collect some interest
"Wow, you've set your sights on me so soon?"
Wang Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard Lin Shiqin's words. Now the Scorpion still had his own tasks!
Even Lin Shiqin said that she only showed up in Hong Kong because she left quickly, otherwise they would have other arrangements later.
The Sackler family is behind this.
At first, Wang Yi had no intention of confronting them directly, after all, it would be too obvious.
But now that they have taken the initiative to find Umbrella Corporation, then, it is okay to teach you a lesson...
"How's the data collection going?"
"Now that everything is ready, shall we send it directly to the newspaper office?"
"The FBI has also been investigating this. They also sent a copy."
Wang Yi looked indifferent.
Now that the Sackler family has taken the lead in obtaining a commitment to cooperate with Umbrella, it's normal for your old rival to be displeased, right?
Or maybe there are other people who don't want you to take an early step and are taking advantage of your misfortune!
Afterwards, many media outlets in the United States obtained a very detailed copy of the information, including the FBI.
This is the pharmaceutical incident that has had a huge impact in the United States in recent years, causing a lot of sensation and even resentment.
Oshicontin!
A highly painkiller that was originally intended for end-of-life care of cancer patients was "persuaded" by its manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, to allow the FDA to use it as a regular prescription drug.
And it has been sold in the United States for nearly twenty years!
Purdue's medical representatives also targeted various doctors who had the power to prescribe drugs, asking them to prescribe this "painkiller" first.
In addition, absurd definitions such as "free dosing" and "pseudo-addiction" have been invented.
The proportion of addicts in the United States exceeds that of the late Qing Dynasty by a lot...
Relying on her ability to aggregate big data, Lin Shiqin can directly list out everything that has happened since the drug was launched on the market until now.
If there is documentation, there is documentation; if there is record, there is record.
Even the reporters who always love to gossip were stunned. They could hardly believe that this was happening in the United States, and it had been nearly twenty years!
"Are the people who are investigating all shit? It's been twenty years!"
"Oh, God, this is huge news, they can't suppress it..."
Is the Sackler family influential? Of course it is!
If it is not big, how can a new drug be defined as a common prescription drug? How can it be sold for twenty years!
But no matter how big it is, there is a limit. Now this drug is still selling well, and the sales are increasing year by year, reaping huge profits. More and more people are falling into it, and there are more and more cases of joint reports and even boycotts.
Even Purdue Pharma itself knows that it can no longer suppress the situation. It recently completed a new round of lobbying, saying that the drug can indeed be addictive if abused, so it needs to be strictly regulated. Those generic drugs need to be taken off the shelves, and only their genuine products can be sold.
The key is that this lobbying was successfully passed!
This is American humor, black humor...
"We have found the information. The authoritative paper Purdue mentioned at the time, that the addiction rate was less than 1%, was just a survey of less than two pages in a sub-journal, without any experimental data to support it!"
"Purdue Pharma is in a major crisis!"
"We already know the author of the paper. He said he just went to the hospital to observe and didn't do any experiments. The subjects he observed were all patients with advanced cancer and cancer pain!"
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The sudden news and the information in the hands of the FBI immediately put Purdue Pharma in the spotlight.
In fact, Purdue Pharmaceuticals was about to become a powder keg and had accumulated a lot of resentment, but it couldn't resist the rapid flow of money!
Use money to settle everything, and after calculating the costs they will choose the one that maximizes profits.
They have been hiding it for 20 years, and they have been reaping the profits. In fact, they have almost reached their limit. Their original intention was to kill all the generic drugs through lobbying, and then stop after making the last profit. But they didn't expect that someone would suddenly detonate the bomb ahead of time...
In fact, the FBI has been investigating this matter in a very slow manner. If they really wanted to investigate, why would they have waited until now?
But now that the media has all the information, plus the information sent over , there is really nothing we can do.
This heavy blow caught the Sackler family, who had reached a verbal cooperation agreement with Umbrella, off guard.
Even started a meeting.
In a castle-like building, twelve Sackler family decision-makers sat at a long table. However, except for one of them who had an unhappy expression, the others all looked calm.
"It's really interesting. I didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to go against us. What is the probability of Umbrella Corporation? Should we take the opportunity to swallow it up directly?"
The first thing that came to mind was Umbrella, the company with which he had just reached a cooperation agreement. It was hard to say whether this was a real suspicion or he was just looking for an excuse.
"We finally reached a verbal agreement. Don't mess around. Umbrella's secrets are huge. They... their individual combat power is very strong, quite strong, even surpassing our latest research."
"They swept through the twelve cities of Ba in seven days. Both Yalida and the mysterious woman were quite troublesome. It is hard to say whether they have any more of these people in secret."
"I guess it's not them. Don't think of using this as an excuse. It should be some old rivals who don't want us to complete the cooperation."
"The momentum is too great now. Purdue... we can almost give up and just get Old Eight out of here."
"Four and a half billion dollars in settlement funds are really worth asking for."
"It doesn't matter. I've already made my money back."
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Ultimately, Purdue went bankrupt and underwent restructuring, and senior executives from the company's sales and legal departments were arrested. However, after the Sackler family paid a settlement of up to US$4.5 billion, no one in the family was prosecuted!
This case even attracted global attention, temporarily suppressing the popularity of the effects of Umbrella's two drugs...
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"Oh, the energy is huge, and not even one person was involved. That's amazing."
Wang Yi didn't take the news seriously after hearing it. This was the characteristic of the United States. He just regarded it as a small return gift for the previous kidnapping incident.
The US$4.5 billion settlement plus the money that the other company could have continued to make for a few more years, the total loss was enough to make them feel the pain.
"Apply to multiple countries for both vaccines and immunoglobulins at the same time, instead of just applying to China. Otherwise, it will be too conspicuous. The United States also tried to build a factory, but in the end, it rejected it because the cost was too high."
"I see. Also, the mathematics seminar that the Academy of Sciences invited me to attend is about to start, and you asked me to remind you."
Wang Yi, who had been indifferent all along, suddenly brightened up after hearing this and became energetic.
"We're here? That's good!"
Wang Yi submitted his article to the college journal of his alma mater, which had already sent out many copies early on, and this time he invited many mathematicians to come together to discuss and ask questions.
As long as it is passed, it will be published directly.
Bringing together so many top mathematicians in the country can be said to be a milestone.
No matter which aspect it is, Wang Yi will definitely be there...
