Chapter 298: Great Harvest(1/2)
The same scene happens all over the world.
Many pharmaceutical companies that have a pile of discarded prescriptions in their hands and want to sell them at a high price are about to cry.
Even the multinational giants cast curious glances.
Roche, Bayer, Merck, etc., these pharmaceutical companies will definitely not sell discarded prescriptions to Sanqing. In their view, this is an act of subsidizing the enemy.
But if other pharmaceutical companies want to sell it, they won't stop it.
They were very happy to see Eisai jumping out to bid, and even felt a little gloating about his misfortune.
They very much hope that those pharmaceutical companies can raise prices and make Sanqing pay more additional costs.
At the same time, they also want to analyze this acquisition carefully to see if Sanqing really has any special means to continue to find new research and development directions from abandoned prescriptions.
Many pharmaceutical companies in the West also felt a little confused when looking at Sanqing's behavior, and they all looked thoughtful.
Do you really not want to buy Sanqing?
Or is retreating in order to advance just a price-lowering strategy?
They have all heard about Wei Kang's obsession with discarded prescriptions, and they can see it clearly in this acquisition.
Previously, pharmaceutical companies all over the world were thinking about one thing.
How important are these abandoned prescriptions to Wei Kang?
How much is Sanqing willing to pay to obtain it?
Now, they know the answer.
It seems that Wei Kang is not that interested in discarded prescriptions.
At least, these abandoned prescriptions are not as useful as they thought.
However, when Sanqing stopped acquisitions, they suddenly discovered a problem.
That is, Sanqing does not seem to have to acquire these abandoned prescriptions.
Although I don't know what Sanqing is doing with these things, it is obvious that it is not something too important.
Wei Kang may really have collected these prescriptions out of personal interest.
Just like the eccentricities of billionaires are always bizarre, collecting discarded prescriptions is naturally not an incomprehensible behavior, and it is not even ranked among the eccentricities.
And since it is a collection, you will definitely consider whether it is worth it.
Now that the price of discarded prescriptions has been raised so high, it is obviously not a good time to buy.
Smart rich people will only buy low and sell high instead of raising prices with inexplicable competitors.
After all, abandoned prescriptions are not antiques. They are everywhere. Which pharmaceutical company doesn’t have them?
If this store doesn't sell it, just buy it from another store.
If you don’t buy it now, you can buy it later.
No problem at all.
As a result, Wei Kang's character collection of discarded prescriptions was instantly confirmed.
After figuring this out, all the pharmaceutical companies that wanted to sell prescriptions to recoup funds panicked.
If Sanqing doesn't acquire it, their discarded prescriptions will always be useless paper and worthless.
The pharmaceutical industry has been developing for so many years, but no pharmaceutical company has purchased such a large amount of discarded prescriptions like Sanqing.
Only now do they realize that this is a unique business with only one buyer in the world.
As for sellers, there are thousands of them.
There are thousands of large and small pharmaceutical companies in Guangying Country, not to mention the biotechnology companies that are constantly emerging.
The latter are all rummaging through boxes and cabinets, hoping to exchange the discarded prescriptions gathering dust in the storeroom for patent licensing fees.
Some pharmaceutical companies could no longer bear it any longer and began to proactively contact Sanqing, hoping to sell their discarded prescriptions at a reduced price.
After Anmei summarized their selling prices, they reported them to Wei Kang.
Wei Kang looked at the numbers in front of him, raised his brows, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, sell it to me in a package for five million dollars?"
"At this point, you still treat me as the wrongdoer."
"dream!"
The price of abandoned prescriptions is completely different from that of finished prescriptions. If it is the latter, as long as there is the possibility of subsequent development, the price can be determined through detailed evaluation.
Some powerful and widely used special medicines can often be valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
However, just having a prescription is useless. Follow-up clinical trials and marketing investment are very important. Huge amounts of money are needed to create a blockbuster drug.
There is an endless stream of drugs that have been developed with good efficacy, but are shelved by pharmaceutical companies because of their mediocre prospects.
If you don’t want to develop it, selling it to other pharmaceutical companies at a high price to quickly recoup the cost is also a very wise choice.
This is especially common for some biotechnology companies, because they do not have the rich resources and experience to carry out subsequent development like multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Generally speaking, they either sell the prescription or choose to cooperate with big pharmaceutical companies to jointly develop the new drug and share the huge profits after it is launched.
And if it is a semi-finished medicine, that is, a medicine that has only passed toxicology tests and has a certain effect, but has unknown side effects and has not yet undergone a large number of clinical trials, the price is hard to say.
Although there will also be a detailed market assessment, different quotations will be given according to different situations, and some can be sold at a high price.
But the buyer also needs to bear certain risks. If the drug's Phase III clinical trials are not effective and the trials are suspended, it will be a complete loss.
As for discarded prescriptions, there is never a certain price on the market.
Because no one had purchased abandoned prescriptions before, even if someone did buy them, they would be considered a fool, or considered to have other benefits in exchange.
But after Weikang started making large-scale acquisitions, many people saw opportunities to make a fortune.
They know very well that these abandoned prescriptions have been thoroughly evaluated and tested, and are of no use. Continuing to develop them is just a waste of money.
No matter how much you invest in the early stage, failure is failure and you can only admit defeat.
Selling to Sanqing is their only chance to make money and recover some losses.
As for the selling price, it depends on the buyer's bid.
The seller's psychological price is not important at all.
Because it can't be sold, it's just a pile of waste paper.
Wei Kang is not in a hurry. Since these pharmaceutical companies have not yet woken up from the daydream of selling at high prices, let them continue to dream of this dream.
Anyway, the bubble will burst sooner or later, and the sweet dream will wake up sooner or later.
It doesn't matter whether he is the one who bursts the bubble.
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At this time, the most anxious person in the world is probably Mr. Okamoto of Eisai Pharmaceuticals.
Other pharmaceutical companies sell their own prescriptions. Even if they are not sold, it is not a loss. They are temporarily stored there without any increase in costs.
He spent a lot of money to buy hundreds of discarded prescriptions. If he couldn't sell them, he would lose them all.
"No, we must contact Sanqing. Even if it is sold at a low price, we must sell everything."
Mr. Okamoto walked around in the office, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. After a while, he made up his mind and said through gritted teeth.
"I don't believe it. He is really so willing to give up these prescriptions."
However, he contacted me several times and was flatly rejected.
Wei Kang didn't want to talk to him at all.
Anmei has always responded very officially, saying that acquisitions are suspended and will be notified separately if there are any changes.
Mr. Okamoto's eyes were red and he was going crazy.
He even sent a message to Sanqing through his acquaintances at Pfizer, asking for a chance to talk directly to Wei Kang.
After Wei Kang learned about it, he was also very surprised. He felt that his meaning had been expressed very clearly. Why didn't this person know the truth? He was as stubborn as a candy.
But considering that this is a Sakura countryman, I suddenly feel that this kind of brainless behavior is natural.
It seems that I can only call him one more time and persuade him to withdraw in person.
He pondered for a moment and dialed the other party's phone number.
Mr. Okamoto answered the phone and when he heard Wei Kang's voice, he jumped up with excitement.
With a look of tears of gratitude, Wei Kang said with tears in his eyes before he could speak.
"Mr. Wei, I don't dare to ask for a stake in Sanqing's new drug project. I just want to sell you all the prescriptions I have."
"Twenty million U.S. dollars, fixed price. As long as you agree, these more than 500 prescriptions will be yours."
"How about it?"
Mr. Okamoto finished these words in one breath and looked at the phone with great anticipation, feeling restless.
"I really don't need these prescriptions from you." Wei Kang flatly rejected his offer.
To be continued...