After being fired, I became the light of medicine

Chapter 125: I asked you to show your face, and you took the center position! (Subscribe)
Many people believe that patients with uremia will be the same as normal people as long as they continue dialysis.

Actually not.

Two hours after dialysis ends, a new round of toxins begins to accumulate in the dialysis patient's body.

After 24 hours, dialysis patients will obviously feel gradually weak, itchy skin, and lack of energy. This feeling is like the body has accumulated a lot of fatigue.

After 36 hours, which is the night before dialysis, the discomfort will become more severe, and many patients will even be unable to sleep.

Such symptoms occur because toxins accumulate in the human body and a large amount of water affects the organs in the body.

And now!
The working mode of this "dialysis replacement needle" of Qingshan Pharmaceutical is timely removal!
This is definitely a historic breakthrough in the history of dialysis!

After a moment, the quiet conference room suddenly became noisy. A doctor sitting in the front row raised his hand and said excitedly:

"Mr. Zhang Yang, I'm Stephen from Melbourne Hospital. I can't wait to ask a question, is that okay?"

Zhang Yang stopped and nodded:

"can."

"Thank you!"

"I would like to ask what is the current progress of your company's drug development? When will clinical trials be conducted?"

Zhang Yang thought about it for a moment, but did not hide it:
“At present, our ‘dialysis needle’ has completed all the work in the laboratory stage and can apply for clinical trials at any time;
We're having a little hiccup right now, but we'll get it fixed soon!"

Can you enter clinical trials at any time?!

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another gasp of amazement in the conference room. Even Stephen, who had just asked the question, was stunned. He had never expected that Qingshan Pharmaceutical's progress was so fast!
The astonishing progress has completely ignited the enthusiasm of all doctors. The ability to enter clinical trials at any time means that this drug can be directly available to patients!

This is definitely another new topic for all clinicians!
"Mr. Zhang Yang, I am Li Mingren from the National Hospital of Singapore. Can you tell me how long the medicine lasts?"

"President Zhang Yang, I'm from the Royal London Hospital in the UK..."

The overwhelming amount of questions "pounced" on Zhang Yang, completely disrupting his original publicity rhythm.

However, this Q&A format can explain most of the mechanisms and effects of the "Kidney Toxin Clearing Dialysis Needle". After fifteen minutes, the doctors finally finished asking questions and their enthusiasm subsided a little.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang looked at the time. There were only five minutes left before the end of the summit. Thinking that he had said everything he wanted to say, he simply spoke into the microphone:

“Thank you for listening. This is the end of my sharing today.”

"If you are interested in our 'dialysis needle', you can always pay attention to our official website, thank you."

After saying that, Zhang Yang bowed to thank everyone and then quickly walked down the booth.

At this moment, I don't know which doctor in the audience suddenly shouted:
"Mr. Zhang Yang, can you please leave me your contact information? Our hospital has many dialysis patients who are in great need of this drug. Can you provide us with some more specific information? I want to take it back and tell them!"

As soon as the first doctor appeared, people immediately spoke up to agree.

"Yes, President Zhang Yang, I would also like to leave you a contact number. This 'Kidney Toxin Clearing Dialysis Needle' really surprised me, and I would like to learn more about it!"

"Zhang, I need it too. I downloaded WeChat. Can I add you on WeChat?"

"Yes, yes, I also have WeChat, Mr. Zhang, let me add you on WeChat!"

Zhang Yang was somewhat surprised by the doctors' enthusiasm, but after hesitating for a moment, he walked to the seat on the left where the doctors were. As soon as he took out his cell phone, he was surrounded by the doctors.

"Mr. Zhang, let me scan you..."

"Mr. Zhang, what's your email address?"

The lively scene made the representatives of major pharmaceutical companies nearby envious, but apart from envy, from an academic perspective, they couldn't help but admire Qingshan Pharmaceutical for actually developing such a drug!
If the effect is really as described, it will definitely be a groundbreaking drug in the field of kidney disease!

Everyone was sighing and looking at him with envy, but at this moment, a familiar figure suddenly stood up from the second row and slowly walked towards Zhang Yang.

It turned out to be Hans, the vice president of BI!

Everyone was shocked. Hans stood quietly outside. After the doctors got Zhang Yang's contact information, he smiled slightly:
"Mr. Zhang Yang, I'm Hans from BI."

"I am also shocked and very interested in your drug. I also want your contact information. Is that ok?"

Zhang Yang was a little surprised, but nodded after a moment:
"Do you have WeChat? If not, I'll leave you an email address..."

Hans's actions completely shocked the representatives of major pharmaceutical companies on the right. You know, BI is also an extremely influential company in the field of kidney disease!
I also took the initiative to ask for Zhang Yang’s WeChat!

Gan Weiguo, the president of West China Hospital, looked at Zhang Yang with a dull gaze, then looked at the doctors gathered in a circle, and finally his eyes fell on Hans from BI Company.

Suddenly, he remembered that he had asked Zhang Yang if he wanted to attend the "Kidney Disease Summit"...

"Hey, I just asked you to show your face, but I didn't expect you to take center stage!"

……

At 5:40 p.m., the summit ended with a 10-minute delay.

After everyone got Zhang Yang's contact information, they followed the host's guidance to the restaurant on the 24th floor of the hotel.

According to the organizer's arrangement, all invited guests will have dinner together in the hotel after the summit. At the same time, accommodation for that night will also be provided to each guest attending the summit.

Zhang Yang's plan was to return to Chengdu tomorrow. After finishing dinner with everyone, he would return to his room, change his clothes, and go shopping in the Magic City since it was not too late.

The hotel for this summit is the Jinmao Grand Hyatt Hotel, which is located in the Lujiazui Financial Center. He also wanted to take this opportunity to see the night view of the Huangpu River.

But just as I changed into casual clothes and prepared to go out, a familiar figure appeared at the door of the room.

"Zhang, are you going out for a walk?"

Zhang Yang looked at Friedman in front of him and shrugged:

"Well, I just finished dinner and was going to go out for a walk."

"Oh, I just happen to want to take a walk too. Can we go together?"

Zhang Yang suddenly felt helpless. Friedman's behavior of following suit made him feel helpless and a little funny.

However, he soon realized that given Friedman's personality, he did this most likely for the "kidney detoxification dialysis replacement injection" he had just mentioned at the summit.

He didn't point it out, but looked at Friedman and nodded:
"It's convenient, but President Friedman, you're not going to wear such a formal suit and watch the Huangpu River with me, are you?"

Friedman looked down at his clothes, and immediately smiled awkwardly, and said hurriedly:
"Zhang, my room is downstairs. I'll change my clothes and come right over. Wait for me."

"it is good!"

Friedman ran back to his room and quickly changed into a set of casual sportswear.

About five minutes later, he returned to the outside of Zhang Yang's room.

But when he knocked on the door again, he suddenly found that there was an extra person in Zhang Yang's room.

"Lucas! Why are you here too?!"

Friedman was very surprised that Lucas, the head of GlaxoSmithKline's Asia region, appeared in Zhang Yang's room. He didn't expect that Lucas would take advantage of the situation and sneak in in just five minutes.

Zhang Yang looked at the surprised Friedman and shook his head helplessly: "Mr. Lucas came just after you left, and he also wanted to go out for a walk with me, so..."

"I just suggest waiting for you, and then we can ..."

Friedman looked at Lucas and understood instantly.

The Lucas in front of him was probably the same as himself, and also came for Qingshan Pharmaceutical's "Kidney Toxin Clearing Dialysis Replacement Injection".

Although the British market and the American market do not conflict, it would be inconvenient for me to discuss some details with Zhang Yang if Lucas was present...

Thinking of this, he looked at Lucas unhappily:
"Lucas, you are so free."

Lucas also knew what Friedman was thinking and coughed lightly:
"Friedman, you have quite a lot of free time. I never heard that you like taking walks before."

Zhang Yang smiled helplessly and said:

"Let's go."

Although Friedman was a little unhappy, he had to follow. The three of them walked slowly along the Huangpu River. The breeze made them feel quite comfortable.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel a little curious when he looked at the night view of the Magic City. The three of them walked for about ten minutes, and Friedman finally couldn't help but speak:

"Zhang, is the effect of the 'Kidney Toxin Clearing Dialysis Injection' you mentioned this afternoon really that good?"

“And, is it really possible to conduct clinical trials?”

Zhang Yang hummed softly and confirmed:
"I'm not exaggerating. All the work at the laboratory stage has been completed."

"If you need to see animal test data, I can provide it to you. And... to be honest, we have already passed the review of the ethics committee and can apply for Phase I clinical trials at any time."

After getting Zhang Yang's personal confirmation, Friedman's last bit of worry disappeared.

A hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he said hurriedly:
"Zhang, I definitely believe you. After all, we are old friends who have been working together for such a long time!"

"Let me be frank. I hope we can work together again, just like we did last time with the new drug 'LivClearX' for the treatment of fatty liver disease, to bring this 'dialysis needle' to the United States again!"

As he spoke, he paused and made some adjustments:
“You may not know this, but we in the United States are the second largest kidney disease market in the world.”

"Although our population is only 3.4 million, which is four times less than yours, our number of kidney disease patients is already the same as yours, reaching 4000 million, of which nearly 100 million are dialysis patients!"

"Therefore, once this 'dialysis needle' is successfully developed, it will definitely have a huge market in our country!"

Zhang Yang was stunned when he heard this. He knew that China was the country with the largest number of kidney diseases in the world, but he didn't know that the United States was ranked second right behind it.

Moreover, as Friedman said, the population of the United States is only 3.4 million. Under normal circumstances, the number of patients with kidney disease should be significantly lower than that in China!
He asked curiously:

“Why is your incidence so high?”

"because……"

Friedman was about to speak when Lucas on Zhang Yang's right suddenly spoke first:
"Why else? Have you seen any country where you can buy all kinds of painkillers in convenience stores or supermarkets?"

"And it's not just over-the-counter 'non-steroidal' painkillers, even 'opioid' painkillers can be purchased freely."

"The most important thing is that each bottle of painkillers does not just contain 1000 or pills. Any bottle of painkillers contains pills, and the price is only a dozen dollars."

Zhang Yang was stunned after hearing this.

He knew very well what the "non-steroidal" painkillers Lucas was talking about were. Drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen are "non-steroidal" drugs that have analgesic effects but are not addictive.

"Opioids" are addictive because they contain ingredients such as codeine and morphine. The more familiar "Demerol" is an opioid drug.

This type of medicine is impossible to buy from hospitals in the country unless it is for a special disease.

And in America?!
You can buy it in convenience stores? And you can buy it in bulk?
Zhang Yang was completely shocked. In China, one had to fill out a form to get a prescription for compound licorice tablets. But in the United States, even tranquilizers like Demerol can be sold so freely?
Friedman didn't care at all and nodded:

“Yes, this is the situation in our country, America.”

Zhang Yang took a deep breath, and was suddenly attracted by this topic, and said:

"Friedman, I really don't understand why you need so many painkillers? Will there really be many people buying them?"

Friedman nodded. At this moment, Lucas on the side coughed lightly and said:

"Zhang, let me explain this to you."

"Because China has the strictest attitude towards drugs in the world, even addictive drugs such as 'opioids' are included in the strict drug control range, so your citizens rarely come into contact with addictive drugs such as painkillers from the beginning."

"Moreover, in your thousands of years of cultural thinking, if you are sick, there must be something wrong with your body."

"For example, if you have a sore throat, you would think it is an upper respiratory tract disease, an inflammation of the throat or pharyngitis, so you would immediately prescribe the right medicine to eliminate the root cause of the virus."

"But in the United States, in the American mindset, a sore throat? Just take a painkiller and it will stop hurting."

"Stomachache? Then just take some painkillers to make it stop hurting!"

"I've even heard something even more outrageous. If you feel cold in the winter, you can just take painkillers to numb the pain so you don't feel the cold anymore!"

“It may be hard for you to understand, but that’s how they think.”

Zhang Yang couldn't believe what was going on. What on earth was this?!
For the first time, he felt that there was such a huge gap in people's cognition, and it even felt a little unreal.

After a moment, he looked at Friedman beside him, his eyes seemed to ask if what Lucas said was true?
Friedman hummed:
"Yes, what Lucas said is true. In our country, painkillers are indeed very common. No matter if it's a headache or a stomachache or a broken leg, everyone wants to take painkillers first."

"But there's one thing Lucas didn't explain clearly. There's another factor that causes this. The waiting time for seeing a doctor in our community hospitals and public hospitals is at least half a month. It's impossible for him to continue to feel pain during the waiting time, right? So it's normal for him to take some painkillers."

"Gradually, everyone developed a habit of taking painkillers whenever they had a headache or fever."

"This is just like what you Chinese people say, 'Drink more hot water.'"

"Of course, this phenomenon only occurs among the lower classes in the United States. If the middle class has a private doctor or can go to a private hospital, they will not take a lot of painkillers."

Zhang Yang's hair stood on end when he heard this. With his Chinese way of thinking, he could never imagine that the American way of treating illness is to take painkillers?!

After a moment, he took a deep breath and asked:

"So it's the abuse of painkillers by ordinary people that has caused so many Americans to have kidney disease?"

Friedman nodded.

"Then you don't care?"

"Tube?"

Friedman was surprised:

"Everyone's life is their own choice, and..."

“If they don’t get sick, how can we make money from our medicine?”

(End of this chapter)