NIP #377 - Chapter 377: Hope in despair, targeted drugs are on the market! Identity exposed?
#377 - Chapter 377: Hope in despair, targeted drugs are on the market! Identity exposed?
Ruijin Hospital.
A ward in the Oncology Department.
Nine o'clock in the morning, the time for rounds.
Dean Li Hongwei led the way, followed closely by a group of people, from the director and deputy director to physicians and several interns.
Is it impressive to have so many people on rounds?
No!
Li Hongwei felt tormented every time he did rounds.
Seeing patients on the verge of life and death, looking at those sallow and emaciated faces, looking at the expressions of longing for survival…
Seeing too much.
Can you really get used to it?
He's a human!
Humans aren't plants; who can be without feelings?
It's just that facing life-threatening critical illnesses, his power is too limited to save everyone.
Ward 305.
"Dean."
Suddenly!
A nurse rushed in: "The emergency department has a traffic accident death, and the family is willing to donate the organs. The liver matches Bed 2!"
Great!
Li Hongwei's eyes lit up, and he looked at the patient in Bed 2: "Quick! Pre-operative examination, prepare for surgery!"
"Dean Li… please save my wife!"
*Thump!*
A man knelt down to Li Hongwei.
His wife was the patient in Bed 5: "My wife also has liver cancer…"
"Why?!"
At this moment.
The family member of the patient in Bed 1 roared angrily: "Did you take money? Why give the liver to Bed 2? Why? Isn't my son's life a life?!"
There was only one liver source.
Not to mention the whole country.
Not to mention the entire Ruijin Hospital.
In this ward alone, there were six patients in need.
Some family members knelt down and begged, while others angrily 'exposed' the inside story.
At the same time.
There were also those who remained silent.
Silence doesn't mean they don't care about their family's life or death, but that they have basic medical knowledge.
"Everyone, please calm down!"
Li Hongwei pressed down with both hands: "Liver transplantation requires matching, it's not like I can just give it to whoever I want—this liver source only matches the patient in Bed 2. Transplanting it to you would be useless, and might even cause immediate death!"
This was only 2001.
How could you expect every patient's family to understand organ transplant matching?
They only knew…
Why not transplant it to their family member?
After some explanation, the emotionally agitated family members finally understood the reason.
But they were even more desperate.
Looking at the patients and their families who looked ashen after hearing the explanation, Li Hongwei felt extremely heavy-hearted.
He was an expert in the field of internal organ transplantation.
A top expert in the country!
Renowned worldwide!
But…
So what?
A person died in a car accident, and only after they were willing to donate their organs and a successful match was made could another patient be saved.
What about the other patients?
Were the other patients just supposed to die?!
He was truly powerless.
"Dean! Good news!"
Just then, the deputy dean ran over quickly, his face full of excitement: "The morning news just announced! The country has developed as many as dozens of targeted drugs, which will be fully launched on the market today, with Shanghai hospitals receiving the first shipments!"
"Wh… what?!" Li Hongwei was stunned.
In fact.
The West had already developed targeted drugs.
But they faced many problems.
First of all, there were only a few types of targeted drugs in total, far from covering all cancers.
Secondly.
Among the few targeted drugs, China imported even fewer.
There was also a key point…
Expensive!
Very expensive!
Targeted drugs had to be taken for a long time, and with China's current economic conditions, the vast majority of families couldn't afford them!
Unexpectedly…
Dozens of targeted drugs launched at the same time?
Wouldn't that solve most cancer problems?
"Great!"
Li Hongwei's eyes lit up.
China had its own targeted drugs!
So many cancer patients wouldn't have to wait to die here!
But…
As a top doctor, how could he not understand medical common sense?
Any targeted drug was developed by countless scientists, spending years or even decades, after countless failures.
Why suddenly have dozens of targeted drugs?
With his status, he knew a lot of things.
He had never heard of the country investing huge sums of money in the field of targeted drug research and development.
Suddenly!
A thought flashed in his mind.
…
'The Ministry of Health acquired a pharmaceutical company and developed a variety of cancer-targeted drugs, which are officially launched nationwide today!'
'Medical insurance reimbursement is available, and citizens without medical insurance can immediately purchase corresponding medical insurance to be included in the reimbursement scope!'
Chen Hao had just finished reading the second news item.
A phone call came in.
Li Hongwei?
He chuckled and said, "Dean Li, is your older brother coming to see that director for medical treatment?"
A few days ago, he introduced a psychologist at Ruijin Hospital to Li Hongwei.
If his older brother and Sister Mei came, they could see that expert.
"Mr. Chen, that targeted drug… did it come from your hand?" Li Hongwei's tone was excited.
"What do you mean?" Chen Hao was stunned.
"The country hasn't invested too much money in the field of targeted drugs, and it's even more impossible to develop so many targeted drugs at the same time. It's more like you used the drug laboratory… The old lady's tumor is almost gone!"
Xia Qingmo's grandmother suffered from pancreatic cancer.
That was the king of cancers!
In the beginning, the hospital had issued a death notice.
What was the result?
Chen Hao donated 10 million to the hospital and requested to borrow the drug laboratory.
And then.
The old lady was still hospitalized, but she no longer accepted treatment from the hospital. It was said that she took a medicinal powder every day, and the hospital would give the old lady an examination every once in a while—the tumor kept shrinking until it almost disappeared.
She had already been discharged from the hospital a few days ago.
Initially, Xia Qingyan claimed that a friend had developed some kind of new drug.
But now…
Li Hongwei associated the details and felt that this was not the case!
"Speaking nonsense will cause trouble," Chen Hao said with a smile.
"It's really you?!"
Li Hongwei's eyes widened: "Mr. Chen, I… I thank you on behalf of millions of cancer patients!"
"I don't understand what you're talking about."
"I…"
"I'm hanging up."
Chen Hao hung up directly.
Then, he dialed General Wang's phone number and said in a low voice: "Li Hongwei of Ruijin Hospital has guessed that the targeted drug was developed by me…"
"What?!"
Before he could finish speaking, General Wang's expression changed drastically: "Kill him?!"
"No… just tell him not to talk nonsense, he's a talent in the medical field," Chen Hao said with a smile.
General Wang wasn't like this before.
Why has he become impulsive?
"Okay! I'll handle it!"
General Wang nodded, and then changed the subject: "Have you seen the news?"
"I saw it."
"How is it?"
"It's good, but… remember! All targeted drug formulas must be made according to what I gave you, adding complex, ineffective ingredients to prevent other countries from imitating them!"
That's right!
The targeted drug formulas Chen Hao gave were all specially 'processed'.
There were a lot of ineffective ingredients.
However.
The molecular formulas of these ineffective ingredients were extremely complex.
Want to reverse engineer the molecular formula for imitation?
Don't even dream about it!
"Don't worry!"
General Wang grinned: "This time, we've got them! By the way! How much should we sell it for when we export it?"