Chapter 286 Changing the History and Actions of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Wang Mengde knows the power of "Trust".

In later generations, not to mention abroad, many "trusts" appeared in China alone.

State-owned enterprises such as "Iron Boss", "Electric Tiger", "Three Oil Barrels", etc., are all huge behemoths.

Especially for Tie Lao Da, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an "independent kingdom".

With millions of workers and several times more family members, the population is larger than that of most countries.

Not only does it have its own hospitals, schools up to high school, and communities, it even has a complete and independent political and legal system.

Of course, Wang Mengde's purpose in establishing a pharmaceutical "trust" is not to monopolize domestic business. He mainly wants to integrate resources and compete with foreign pharmaceutical groups.

Especially in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, it was squeezed out for various reasons in the past life and only has a small share left, which is heartbreaking.

Since he traveled to this era and entered this industry, he naturally wanted to make a career for himself.

Now that the country intends to establish a pharmaceutical "trust", it is a very good opportunity.

If we don't take advantage of the few years since the public-private partnership when each pharmaceutical company is still very weak, and wait for more than ten years, when each company will have formed a deep-rooted territorial consciousness, it will be difficult.

President Lu took Wang Mengde and hurriedly found their superiors.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, do you also agree that our country should adopt the 'trust' model? Tell me what you think."

After the superior leader learned the purpose of their visit, he asked curiously.

Many of Wang Mengde’s previous suggestions and ideas have provided great reference value for some national policies, especially in the medical industry.

"Leader, our country's various industries are basically far behind those of foreign countries due to past reasons.

In this case, if you want to catch up or even overtake others, you can't stick to the old ways and you need to use unconventional methods and means.

I don’t know much about other industries, so I’ll just take the pharmaceutical industry as an example.

Let’s not talk about traditional Chinese medicine, which is our country’s unique traditional advantage. Other countries, except for a few East Asian countries that have some domestic research, Western countries are completely ignorant of it.

What remains is Western medicine. As far as I know, although many medicines have been successfully imitated domestically in recent years, it is far from enough and a large number of medicines still need to be imported.

Not only does it require a large amount of foreign exchange, but it will also be a bottleneck. Once they are unhappy, they can raise the price at any time, or even refuse to sell to us. "

Wang Mengde did not express his own thoughts first, but briefly talked about the current situation of China's pharmaceutical industry.

After listening to this, the leader nodded in agreement and motioned for him to continue.

"Leader, I have been reading some foreign literature and journals. From them, I can see that the development of drugs in the past was relatively simple and easy to copy.

However, with the development of science, the research and development of drugs will become more and more complicated. By then, it will be difficult to rely on imitation.

Moreover, following others and imitating them is not a long-term solution. Over time, the spirit of innovation will be lost.

I think the country needs to vigorously promote innovation, which requires certain scientific research capabilities and strong funding.

Western countries have strong scientific research capabilities and abundant funding, and can spend millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars on research.

Our country is far behind in this regard. The annual funding for general medical units is very limited, and even if they squeeze out some, it is still very little.

Therefore, only by merging small units into a large "trust", gathering scientific researchers together, and adding funds can we have a chance to catch up with others.

Moreover, this also avoids waste. In the past, many units were researching the same product at the same time, which resulted in a lot of duplication and waste of resources. "

Wang Mengde expressed his thoughts.

Much of what he said has been proven in practice.

Of course, every advantage has its disadvantages. Once a "trust" is formed and becomes a de facto monopoly, it is likely to lead to a lack of ambition.

Many so-called world-class companies in later generations would have declined quickly if they were not supported by the state and had no domestic competitors and were allowed to compete.

Wang Mengde cannot guarantee other industries, but he is still confident about the pharmaceutical industry.

It will take ten to twenty years to cultivate a giant beast.

After the opening up, we will go abroad and compete with those foreign pharmaceutical groups to let them see what a behemoth is.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, your idea coincides with some of the country's views, and some countries have not even thought of it.

It was with these issues in mind that the country began to prepare to integrate these twelve industries into a 'trust'."

The superior leader said with appreciation.

After a pause, he introduced again:
“In fact, China has consciously started to carry out industrial layout a long time ago, but there was no clear goal at that time.

Northeast Pharmaceutical Factory, North China Pharmaceutical Factory, Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory and Shanxi Pharmaceutical Factory are collectively known as the four major families in China's pharmaceutical industry.

These four companies were established during the first five-year plan after liberation, and laid the foundation for a relatively complete pharmaceutical industry in my country.

Since the establishment of these four leading enterprises, the situation of relying on imports for raw materials such as antibiotics, sulfonamides, antipyretics and analgesics, vitamins, and anti-tuberculosis drugs has been changed at one stroke.

After the public-private partnership, more than 60 pharmaceutical companies across the country have achieved comprehensive transformation with financial and technical support.

A total of more than 20 technologically advanced chemical pharmaceutical enterprises have been established, with an annual output of nearly 2 tons of raw materials, and chemical raw materials have basically achieved self-sufficiency.

It can also produce more than 500 varieties of general medical equipment, medical X-ray machines, ultrashort wave electrotherapy machines and specialized surgical instruments.

Wang Mengde was already well aware of the four major families in the domestic pharmaceutical industry.

Ever since he entered the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he had been thinking about a problem: a large number of Western medicine pharmaceutical factories were being built, while some traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical factories were living off their past profits.

It has been more than ten years since liberation, and there are only a handful of new pharmaceutical factories built to produce Chinese patent medicines over the years.

That is, a few years ago, in order to produce Qinghaosan and artemisinin, several pharmaceutical factories were built in several southern provinces, and the rest were pharmaceutical factories affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

As for whether there are any others, Wang Mengde has never heard of them.

Maybe there are, but the number is definitely not large, and the scale will not be large.

This situation is also caused by the slow development of Chinese patent medicines and the fact that Chinese medicine emphasizes different methods for different people and prefers to prescribe and dispense medicines on the spot.

Moreover, the Chinese patent medicine pharmaceutical factories that existed before liberation were generally not very large in scale, and most of them relied on manual labor for production.

Dean Lu, who was standing by, looked increasingly unhappy.

If Wang Mengde hadn't reported the situation of the pharmaceutical "Trust" to him today, he would have come to see his superiors again.

I never thought that in the medical industry, Western medicine has actually surpassed traditional Chinese medicine by a long time.

The four leading companies established in recent years alone all produce Western medicine. Whether in terms of production scale, advanced production equipment, or investment, they are larger than those of traditional Chinese medicine.

As the "leader" of the TCM community, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine did not react at all, which is totally inappropriate.

This created a great sense of crisis in his heart.

So he quickly said to his superiors:

"Leader, since Western medicine has already begun to integrate, should we also start with traditional Chinese medicine?"

"Well, the higher-ups have already discussed this issue in a meeting, and are preparing to proceed step by step.

First, more than 100 pharmaceutical companies were initiated to establish the China Pharmaceutical Industry Corporation, and turned it into a trust-style pharmaceutical company.

In this way, in addition to saving resources and funds, increasing scientific research capabilities and enhancing competitiveness, unified management can be further strengthened.

As for when Chinese medicine pharmaceutical companies will unite to form a "trust", the above said that they would wait for another two years. The main reason is that even after the union, there will not be so many Chinese patent medicines to produce. "

The superior leader explained.

Although through the policy of donating prescriptions in the past few years, the country has collected a large number of folk prescriptions, secret prescriptions, single prescriptions, and proven prescriptions.

However, there have not been many new types of Chinese patent medicines being produced.

Wait another two years?

After hearing this, Wang Mengde became a little anxious.

In another two years, there won't be enough time and energy to do this. If we really delay it until then, in most cases, the final result will be failure.

"Leader, I suggest that we build the framework first.

Once the framework is established, scientific research efforts can be concentrated and it will be easier to produce results.

Moreover, the Chinese Medical Research Institute has also begun to study the feasibility of production of some Chinese patent medicines, and I believe that there will be continuous results in the future.

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If we wait until then to integrate, it may be too late.”

As Wang Mengde spoke, he glanced at President Lu obliquely.

In fact, he didn't lie, he just exaggerated a little.

In the past two years, a lot of new interns have joined the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital.

No one knows who first proposed this idea, but these young people use their free time to conduct various research interests, including the development of Chinese patent medicines.

"Yes, yes, the Chinese Medical Research Institute has indeed been studying the production of Chinese patent medicines for a long time."

Dean Lu also hurriedly added.

Although he didn't know why Wang Mengde was so anxious, he still chose to believe the other party.

"Well, I will report this situation to my superiors and try my best to promote the early integration of traditional Chinese medicine."

After a moment's silence, the superior finally spoke.

It's rare that Wang Mengde cares so much about something. Just based on the contributions he has made over the years, he has to give him this face.

His statement made Wang Mengde feel relieved. As long as he agreed, the higher-ups would definitely take it seriously.

This thing will most likely be accomplished.

This can be said to have changed the history of traditional Chinese medicine.

Ten days passed in a flash.

Sunday morning.

Today is a rare sunny day with no wind or sand. The sun shines on my body and it feels warm.

All the neighbors in the yard knew that today was the day when He Yushui's girlfriend would come to make her decision.

So, after breakfast, everyone gathered outside the yard, found a place against the wall where the sun could shine, stood or squatted, chatting and waiting to watch the fun.

Soon, the man came over with gifts.

Song Bin followed behind his parents, holding gifts in his hands, feeling excited and nervous.

He and He Yushui are in a free love relationship. It has been more than a year since they met, and now they are finally getting married.

Under the curious and scrutinizing gazes of everyone, the family of three came to Lao He's house.

In the living room, the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai and Wang Mengde chatted with them. As for Sha Zhu, he cooked and prepared lunch himself.

At noon, Sha Zhu also spent a lot of effort and borrowed some beef and mutton from Wang Mengde to prepare a table full of delicious food.

"It's too expensive."

Sitting at the dinner table, Song's father was very satisfied and kept saying polite words.

Their family did not look down on He Yushui because He Daqing ran away with the widow. On the contrary, they were particularly fond of him.

"Haha, today is the wedding day of your two children, it's as it should be."

Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting next to him, said happily.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Due to the effect of alcohol, the two sides gradually became familiar with each other.

Song Bin was no longer as reserved as he was at the beginning. After he toasted Wang Mengde with a glass of wine, he asked curiously:

"Brother Mengde, are you going abroad to receive the award soon?"

"Yes, in December, I will go to Northern Europe to receive the award."

Wang Mengde put down the chopsticks in his hand and said with a smile.

He had a good impression of the young man in front of him. Perhaps because of his profession, he seemed simple-minded and full of a sense of justice.

Moreover, it seems that the other party's parents are not the kind of people who would make trouble, so He Yushui has found a good match.

"Brother Mengde, you are really amazing. Our unit often organizes everyone to learn from you."

Song Bin said with admiration.

After it was confirmed that he had won the Nobel Prize, starting with the China Daily, other newspapers of all sizes followed up with articles reporting on the event, and many even wrote about his previous achievements.

The higher-ups also wanted to set up an example, so they called on everyone to learn from him.

December 10th.

In a large conference hall in a Nordic country.

When the host announced the winner of the Medicine Award to come on stage to receive the award, Wang Mengde, wearing a Zhongshan suit and with a smile on his face, stood up calmly from his seat.

He first gestured to the others, then walked up to the stage with powerful steps to receive the medal, certificate and prize money for the Medical Award.

Of course, I was inevitably arranged to give a acceptance speech on stage.

night.

The Nobel Prize organizers held a banquet, and Wang Mengde, as one of the winners, naturally had to attend.

The banquet included not only the great names of the scientific community, but also so-called celebrities from various European countries.

Holding a glass of red wine, Wang Mengde stood in the corner. Beside him, two staff members arranged by China followed closely behind him.

Even in the corner, there were still women who came up to him from time to time to chat with him, but he rejected them one by one.

Of course, there are also some relevant personnel from other countries who offer generous recruitment conditions.

Just as the banquet was going on in the middle of the night, in the Wilson Family Manor thousands of miles away, Karen picked up the phone and said to the inside:

"There is no time to lose, let's take action tonight."

(End of this chapter)