“Yes ……” Smith wiped a cold sweat, stammered, and said: “That drug is from Novartis, it is the treatment of pediatric spinal muscular atrophy.”
Charlie nodded and laughed: “Then our super-effective drug that can treat end-stage cancer, the price must not be too low, don’t you think so?”
Smith said: “Mr. Wade, Novartis, the price of that drug, the reason why the price is very expensive, because it can be cured with a single injection”
“…… JX Renewing Pill is, after all, a drug that needs to be taken for a long time, if the price is set too high, I’m afraid that no one can afford… …”
Charlie laughed: “Don’t you be afraid, we certainly can’t sell a box of medicine for more than 2 million dollars, that’s not bullsh!t?”
Smith was slightly relieved.
He was really afraid that Charlie would ask for a lot of money.
At this point he could not help but mutter in his heart: “Really a box for two million dollars, then in addition to the assets of more than billions of dollars of the top tycoons,”
“No one can afford to eat, after all, a box of seven pills, one is $ 300,000, if a patient for a year has to take medicine it reaches to $ 100 million, it would be better to die… …”
Charlie spoke at this time: “I think, for this drug, simply a box for one million dollars, this price is quite appropriate.”
Smith heard this, immediately collapsed, said off the cuff: “a million dollars a box, a year to 52 boxes …… that is to say, a year of treatment costs fifty-two million dollars, this …… this is too expensive ……”
Charlie spread his hands and said, “No way, our research and development costs are very high, the production costs are very high and limited,”
“At the end of the year it may not be more than 100,000 boxes, selling a million a box, the annual sales of only one billion dollars, is it very high?”
“For a western pharmaceutical company a single drug, a year sales can be more than ten billion dollars, so what about it?”
Saying that, Charlie said: “You have to understand, our Eastern traditional medicine, raw materials rely on a variety of natural resources, unlike your chemical pharmaceuticals,”
“As long as the development of a molecular formula can be placed in the production line with the production of plastic cloth, it can go to mass production.”
FAQ Novel
Q: Why does Charlie believe he has the upper hand in the discussion with Smith?
A: Charlie believes the JX Renewing pill’s life-saving capabilities and scarcity place him in a seller’s market, making him superior to traditional rules.
Q: What expensive drug does Charlie reference during his conversation about pricing?
A: Charlie references a Novartis drug, approved by the FDA, that costs over $2 million for a single shot to treat pediatric spinal muscular atrophy.
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