Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon! Chapter 375

Chapter 375: Chapter 266: One Culture, One Martial

In the meeting room of Jieke Group Headquarters Building.

Su Jie, Liu Yingying, and Chen Yaoguang were sitting together.

Rustle.

Su Jie closed the file and spoke indifferently, “The situation is clear now, Asder Pharmaceutical in collaboration with the top ten pharmaceutical companies, want to force us to give up some of our profits through an embargo.”

Chen Yaoguang spoke up, “Mr. Su, most of the drugs and medical equipment in our controlled regions depend on imports. They are using this as leverage, aiming to leave us without any medical supplies.”

“We can purchase from Hua Country and Bear Country, as these two nations don't care about any medical sanctions.”

Liu Yingying stated the facts: Jieke Group is not like Cuba, which is too close to Beautiful Country and is even called the backyard of Beautiful Country, illustrating the immense influence of geopolitical factors. Cuba finds it hard to defy the will of Beautiful Country.

However, Jieke Group is different. Its territory is miles away from Beautiful Country, and the surrounding nations don't completely obey it, not to mention Hua Country and Bear Country, who often oppose Beautiful Country. These are places where Jieke Group could procure medical devices and drugs.

“The problem is that while most drugs have substitutes, there are some drugs for which only pharmaceutical companies in Europe and America hold the patents to manufacture the specific treatments. Even Hua Country and Brother Mao Xiong rely on imports and cannot meet all our needs.”

Liu Yingying was not blindly optimistic and quickly pointed out another issue.

Europe and America lead in the pharmaceutical sector, and for some medical conditions, only the specific drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies in Europe and America can be effective–this quasi-invisible monopoly also symbolizes the dominance of Western pharmaceutical companies.

“India should be able to supply them; they are not much affected by these limitations, but we fear those pharmaceutical companies might interfere due to their substantial influence,” he said.

Chen Yaoguang suggested purchasing drugs from India.

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Unlike most countries that adhere to the pharmaceutical patent laws, India doesn't regard such laws at all, having enacted specific legislation that legitimizes generic drugs.

Of all the nations in the world, India is the only one bold enough to do this, which has led to a rampant proliferation of generic drugs within the country.

“Instead of buying generic drugs from India, why don't we go a step further and start producing and selling our own generic drugs?”

Su Jie crossed his arms under his chin and smirked as he voiced his idea.

“Us creating generic drugs? But the patents…”

Chen Yaoguang instinctively felt uneasy. However, after thinking it over, it seemed feasible–Jieke Group truly had both the capability and the strength to do so.

“If those pharmaceutical companies are not playing by the rules, then why should we adhere to the 20-year drug patent protection laws they've set up?”

Liu Yingying's eyes lit up, strongly agreeing with Su Jie's idea.

As is well known, drugs are mainly divided into patented drugs and generic drugs.

Patented drugs are those that first filed for patent protection. For a period of 20 years, other companies are not allowed to produce generics.

This period is taken into account for pharmaceutical companies to independently develop new drugs, a process that involves extensive experimentation and high R&D costs, typically averaging over a decade before success is achieved.

This protection period is intended to allow pharmaceutical companies to recuperate their investments and make profits, thus motivating them to invest in developing new drugs.

As for generic drugs, they not only lack significant R&D costs but also their efficacy is nearly comparable to that of the original patented drugs. Therefore, they are priced much lower than the expensively developed patented drugs, making them more affordable and preferred by the majority of patients.

The reason generic drugs are scarce is that most countries have joined the World Trade Organization and thus must adhere to related patent laws; otherwise, in today's economy integrated into global markets, a country could find itself in an isolated and unsupported position.

Even if some national forces wanted to take risks, they couldn't withstand the pressure and strikes from pharmaceutical companies. India could develop generic drugs due to many complex factors.

As for Jieke Group developing generic drugs, just as Su Jie said, there was no difficulty at all.

Jieke Group itself started with smuggling, never expecting to engage in normal commerce in Europe and America. Its global smuggling network was one of the foundations that enabled Jieke Group to develop generic drugs.

As for the pressure and suppression from the pharmaceutical companies due to the development of generic drugs, they were already experiencing it.

Moreover, the entire Jieke Group was already ostracized by the Beautiful Country led by Europe and America, and was now in a stage of warlike stalemate, having long been in an irreconcilable relationship.

Even without producing generic drugs, they would not be accepted by European and American societies.

Having produced generic drugs, the relationship could not worsen much further; there was little room for decline.

Consequently, the natural choice was to develop generic drugs, which was more beneficial for Jieke Group.

Not only could they directly break the medical blockade imposed by European and American pharmaceutical companies on Jieke Group, but they could also further introduce generic drugs into the European and American circles, disrupting their ecosystem–a double victory.

“With our equipment, producing generic drugs is not difficult. We can just use those most vile criminals as guinea pigs, since those consumables are just lying around anyway, might as well put them to use.”

Su Jie finalized the decision with a definitive strike of the hammer.

“I will take charge of this matter when I return.”

Liu Yingying nodded; Jieke Group's scientific research capability was indeed very strong, with high remuneration attracting many talents, making duplication easy.

After all, the truly difficult part of drug development is the stage of developing new drugs; for generic drugs, it only requires obtaining the original drugs and using various high-polymer instruments to analyze the chemical components of the drugs, then making the corresponding formulations.

While different production processes may lead to slight differences in drug properties, the effects are essentially similar; moreover, the price can be completely floored, as there are no high research and development costs to spread, making the costs quite low indeed!

The meeting soon adjourned, and Su Jie picked up his phone.

“General Su.”

A robust and strong voice came through the phone, it was Miao Lun, commander of the Steel Camp.

“Have you received the new operation order?”

“Received, eliminate all key members of the Averson Family, the puppet masters behind Asder Pharmaceutical.”

“Get ready, depart at the scheduled time. I will have a special entity assist you with this mission.”

“Understood, please rest assured, General. Steel Camp guarantees the completion of the mission.”

After hanging up the phone, Su Jie stood up from his seat, looking out through the glass curtain wall at the sunset's afterglow, his expression cold as he said: “Time and again you provoke us, this time, I'll let you know on what Jieke Group thrives.”

For Su Jie, producing generic drugs was merely a bureaucratic struggle, while the deployment of the Steel Camp was a battle of force.

One in writing, one in warfare, complementing each other, that was the style of Jieke Group.

Without making an example of someone, those capitalists might really think Jieke Group couldn't wield a knife anymore.

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