Chapter 207: Umbrella's Power
In the Umbrella forum, some heated discussions were going on at this time.
Ever since Umbrella came out of nowhere, this forum has slowly transformed from a place full of game enthusiasts to supporters of the real company.
Moreover, most of the original game enthusiasts also completed the conversion directly and simultaneously, because Umbrella was such a powerful company, they were happy to do so.
There is a feeling that the unreal things I originally liked have become reality.
"Umbrella Corporation is so awesome. The Red Queen is going to dominate the Internet soon."
"It wouldn't be surprising even if it turned into Skynet."
"This AI function has turned me into a master painter."
"It's like everyone is a master of painting. I even became a programmer."
"I remember that 'Home is the World' said that Umbrella has a very strong foundation. I didn't know what it meant before, but now I understand!"
"Yes, at first it was just a lens, and I didn't think it was anything special. Although it was very useful, I really didn't know that it had such a high level of technology. But I didn't expect that this lens actually involved a special culture medium, and the stone-dissolving medicine also came out."
"Yes, I majored in materials science. When I first got these glasses, I was so shocked. How could resin have such properties? I even questioned it online at first, and my face was swollen. At that time, I thought Umbrella was a master in materials science, but I never thought they were actually from the biology field."
"Same as Materials Science +1. We discussed in class that Umbrella, which suddenly appeared out of nowhere, would sooner or later gain a foothold in the field of lenses. But in the end, the lenses were useless. Carl Zeiss is doing well, while companies like Huanuo, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer are in trouble."
"Detailed."
"Vision and Johnson & Johnson under Huanuo are both top contact lens manufacturers, but they were hit by A1 at the beginning. Now, there must be someone who doesn't know about A1, right?"
"The chili oil is a must in Kaifeng, it's Dong Ge's first creation!"
"Now that A1 production has gradually increased, there is no room for Visionox and Johnson & Johnson contact lenses, and the business has shrunk severely."
"I see. You said that the drug Umbrella made later impacted them again?"
The stupid netizens were originally discussing the "Red Queen" here, but slowly it turned into the tragic history of several pharmaceutical companies.
But at this time, the elusive 'Si Hai Wei Jia' appeared again and posted a new post.
"I noticed someone was discussing Umbrella's impact on the pharmaceutical industry? I have to say a few words about this."
Seeing that it was a big shot, many people stood at attention and listened.
"I have uploaded the whole story to my TT account. You can go and have a look. If it is convenient, please support the small yellow car as well."
Wow, 'Si Hai Wei Jia' really understands traffic...
But even though he is advertising here, we have to say that he really put a lot of effort into understanding the investigation, and he is already very close to the truth.
I directly borrowed the format of those popular science video hosts and made a series of videos of several episodes.
You can see that 'Si Hai Wei Jia' is wearing an exaggerated funny mask and explaining in front of the video.
"Everyone may be paying attention to the recent situation of Umbrella. Do you remember the two accidents I mentioned last time? Anyway, after those two accidents, there were no tricks against Umbrella for the time being. Only their exposure of academic fraud attracted some insignificant and desperate actions..."
These were all brought into view during the 'Red Queen' press conference. Many netizens were also aware of them, and those who were not clear were asked to check it out themselves, so 'Four Seas as Home' only briefly mentioned the following issues.
Let’s still look at the chart, which shows the stock price of Huanuo.
Ever since the launch of the A1 glasses, the share prices of Huanuo and Johnson & Johnson have started to fall. After all, the profit of contact lenses is huge, and even if it is not a core module, it has hurt the two groups a bit.
The stock market is a place that tests confidence, so even if the initial A1 production was not high, it was directly reflected.
Later, they used some good news to pull the stock price back with great difficulty. Among them, a very important good news for Huanuo Company was the sales volume of Gleevec!
"Everyone, I don't need to explain Gleevec anymore, right? The movie 'Dying to Survive' produced by World Company is a masterpiece! And Gleevec is one of Huanuo's flagship products. Of course, we need to look at it from two perspectives. Although Huanuo's price is high, this drug they developed has indeed saved many lives, which is undeniable. However, this drug has been sold at a high price for more than ten years, and it has not only made back the investment, but has also made a lot of money."
'Si Hai Wei Jia' specially checked the annual reports of Huanuo Company over the years and showed the sales volume of Gleevec to everyone.
In fact, from the movie "Dying to Survive", you can know how high the sales of this drug are. It doesn't matter if the price is tens of thousands, the key is that you need so much every month and you have to take it all the time!
This method of exploiting people's bones and sucking their marrow is the reason why people are disgusted and resisting!
"Huanuo's annual profit from prescription drugs alone is about 40 billion US dollars, and Gleevec accounts for one-tenth of their company's profits from prescription drugs. Just think about what this means."
Everyone did the math and realized that over the past decade or so, Gleevec has earned Huanuo tens of billions of dollars!
No matter how much money Huanuo invested in research and development, it would have been recovered many times over!
No wonder, no wonder even though the R&D cost of new drugs is so high and the payback period is so long, there are still top pharmaceutical companies flocking to it!
"Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry is a winner-takes-all industry. They have technological barriers and first-mover advantages. It is actually very difficult to catch up now. You may find that the pharmaceutical giant has already produced a finished product when you are halfway through the research and development. This kind of trial and error that loses all your money is not something that ordinary companies can afford."
'The World is My Home' also uttered a sigh, but then he took out Umbrella's latest hematopoietic stem cell cultivation!
"So, once Umbrella's technology becomes popular, Gleevec will almost be phased out. After the contact lens market, Huanuo has suffered another heavy blow, so they should have taken a roundabout way."
Afterwards, 'Si Hai Wei Jia' posted some notices from Europe and the United States. For the time being, they only allow this kind of experiment, but not allow it to enter clinical trials!
Only a few top hospitals are approved to try it.
On the contrary, the situation in China is green light all the way, the speed is extremely fast, and the official announcement has been made to remind all doctors to go and learn, and even start cultivating cells in advance!
For a moment, netizens who saw this also felt a little dazed.
Capital took action to intercept Umbrella's new technology, or to delay the application of this new technology as much as possible!
As long as we delay for one more day, Huanuo’s medicine can be sold for one more day!
this……
"This reminds me of Purdue Pharma. This incredible thing somehow makes sense."
"It is indeed reasonable, because it is not surprising that the approval of medical technology is delayed for several years or even more than ten years, but the patients who need this technology are a bit pitiful. Perhaps those who can't wait will fly to us for treatment."
Many people left comments expressing their feelings under the video of "Si Hai Wei Jia".
However, the story is not over yet. Sihaiweijia has listed a series of new lists. It is an all-English list, but now it is very easy to understand with simultaneous translation.
"This one is the sales ranking of a single drug."
When people saw this list, they were shocked.
I thought Gleevec should be one of the top profitable drugs, right? However, it is not even in the top ten on this list!
The number one company has annual sales of over 10 billion US dollars!
The latter ones are also worth more than tens of billions of US dollars.
Then, through the translation, everyone unconsciously focused their attention on the second-ranked drug.
The drug name is Havani, the pharmaceutical company is Gilead, and the annual sales are US$9 billion.
It only treats one disease, and that is hepatitis C!
"Everyone should have discovered the hotspot. Yes, it is hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is relatively unfamiliar and rare in China. The main outbreak in China is hepatitis B, but the number of people infected with hepatitis C worldwide is still close to 200 million. This drug called Havani is a drug that can cure hepatitis C.
"The mechanism of action of this drug is actually very similar to that of traditional antiviral drugs, but it does not inhibit various enzymes, nor is it a broad-spectrum antiviral drug. Instead, it inhibits two essential proteins required by the hepatitis C virus, preventing the replication of the hepatitis C virus, and then relies on our body's own immune system to slowly eliminate the virus. It is a special drug specifically for hepatitis C. A course of treatment lasts twelve weeks and costs nearly $100,000."
Seeing this, everyone gasped in an instant.
A course of treatment costs nearly one hundred thousand US dollars?
No wonder the annual sales volume is US$9 billion!
“No wonder I posted this picture . I understand.”
"The day Umbrella conquers Hepatitis C will be the end of this drug."
"horrible!"
"But after making a comparison, I suddenly realized that the hepatitis B-specific immunoglobulin, which only costs 700 yuan per course and can solve the problem in at most three courses, is really a steal!"
"Umbrella deserves to make money!"
There is no harm without comparison. In fact, ordinary people didn’t know the concept of Umbrella’s prices before.
Many people also joked that with so many patients in the country, Umbrella made a lot of money.
But now I realize that they could have robbed us, but they didn’t!
Umbrella doesn't even raise the price to one hundred thousand US dollars. Even if it raises it to one hundred thousand, it can cure hepatitis B with almost no side effects and the speed is fast, there will still be a large number of patients who will grit their teeth and get treatment!
As long as one percent of patients are willing to spend this money, Umbrella can earn more than it does now!
This specific immunoglobulin also requires cold chain transportation and cultivation in special culture medium, which costs money. Do they have nothing better to do than produce so much?
This kind of comparison really confused many keyboard warriors.
Especially those voices of "check" and "have you donated?" have all disappeared. At least Umbrella Corporation dares not say such things anymore!
"No wonder, no wonder it was on the news, no wonder the hematopoietic stem cell cultivation technology was given the green light after it came out, and doctors were directly called on to learn it! At first I really thought Umbrella had taken some unspeakable means to speed it up, I was too superficial."
"Me too."
"Oh my god, seven hundred dollars..."
"Moreover, once the hematopoietic stem cells are cultivated and the operations are completed, Gleevec will collapse. Even the generic drugs in the movies cost 500 yuan per month. This can solve the problem at one time and can also solve the crisis of almost all leukemia patients."
"I am superficial."
"Superficial +1"
“Awesome.”
"Wait, weren't we originally discussing the 'Red Queen'?"
"'Red Queen' is also awesome."
"Umbrella is awesome."
"I have a feeling that Umbrella might actually become a company like the one in the game."
" As expected of the overbearing name of Umbrella, if it's this company, I recognize it!"
"As expected of Umbrella!"
Umbrella was originally a contact lens company, but then they used facts to teach us a lesson. We are a biology company, oh, and a little bit of artificial intelligence...
