How profitable can a monopoly, patent-protected self-developed drug be?

Let’s put it this way.

Imatinib is like a nuclear strike for some types of leukemia. From the time you start taking it to a month later, the improvement is visible to the naked eye!

But this stuff... is very expensive!

A bottle of 120 Imatinib tablets costs twenty thousand during a period when the average monthly income is a thousand!

That’s right, it takes two years of not eating or drinking for an average person to afford a bottle!

And it only lasts a month, and even... this price doesn’t include various taxes!

With import tariffs, VAT, and all kinds of additional costs, the twenty thousand can even double, turning into forty thousand!

A bottle of medicine costing forty thousand, only supporting a month, while your monthly income is only a thousand....

Despair?

"The price of the imitation drug is very cheap, dropping from forty thousand to three thousand a bottle. Although it’s still a bit expensive, at least you can afford it by saving up."

Wang Feiyu said.

"But because it’s cheap, it infringes on huge interests."

"Just a few hundred bottles smuggled can infringe on interests worth tens of millions, and combined with deaths from taking the drug... hence the hospital has taken Kong Jian, Wu Fang, and Feng Nan’s husband to court."

"As it stands, this is a criminal case, accompanied by civil claims!"

If that’s the case...

Then what you’re facing is huge!

Blue Shield Law Firm is first. They are deeply tied with Superstar Pharmaceutical Group, and will do anything for them.

And I have conflicts with them...

Moreover, imitation drugs involve foreign companies, and judges tend to favor foreign enterprises. After all... although the drugs are expensive, at least there is medication available. But if the lawsuit’s outcome isn’t favorable, causing foreign enterprises to cut off supply, everyone will have no medicine!

Between these two, if it were you, how would you rule?

"Not correct."

Xu Liang suddenly seemed to realize something, looked up at Wang Feiyu and frowned:

"The drug... caused deaths?"

Wang Feiyu nodded, "Yes, Feng Nan’s son, Li Guang, aged eight, also had this illness. According to the judiciary’s forensic assessment, there were symptoms on the body induced by drugs, such as spasms."

"Simultaneously, the body tested positive for taking imitation Imatinib before death."

"The hospital thus used this to sue in court!"

The imitation drug... caused deaths!?

"Is there something wrong with the drug?" Xu Liang frowned, then rejected his own answer.

"No, only two people died... and they were father and son..."

If the drug could cause deaths, Feng Nan and others wouldn’t have entrusted him to investigate.

But if the drug didn’t cause death...

Then how did the child die!?

"The drug has some side effects?" Xu Liang suspiciously asked again.

Wang Feiyu shook his head, "There shouldn’t be. If there were any side effects, these patients would know better than anyone."

Feng Nan and others regularly undergo health checks.

Even if the side effects are minimal... they would manifest over the years, and not detecting any now likely means either no side effects... or non-lethal side effects!

If that’s the case, then the question arises.

With side effects not being lethal, then...

"Was Li Guang killed by the drug?"

Xu Liang frowned, crossing his arms, feeling something illogical here.

Or... was the cause of death something else?

"That’s right, at least it seems Li Guang died this way for now."

Wang Feiyu nodded, and as for Li Guang’s father Li Ye, Feng Nan’s deceased husband, among the three defendants, seemingly died of leukemia... at least that’s how it stands now.

"Is there any information from the foreign pharmaceutical companies?"

Xu Liang suddenly asked again.

"I don’t know." Wang Feiyu shook his head.

Finding out this much was already good enough, as for abroad... he really didn’t know.

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang had a faint thought and stopped asking, instead looking at Wang Feiyu and handing over a file directly.

"You handle Qi Tao’s case."

"If I’m not mistaken... Blue Shield Law Firm, those leeches, will take on Zhao Hailong’s defense!"

Xu Liang’s eyes revealed a bit of disgust.

And indeed that was the case.

Though they posed no substantial threat to him now, they indeed grossed him out!

This kind of people, taking on Zhao Hailong’s defense for fame, was certainly within Xu Liang’s expectations.

And as for Wang Feiyu...

"This... this isn’t right!?"

Wang Feiyu looked at the template contract issued in the law firm’s name, feeling startled.

He understood what this contract meant.

It signified the future, signified prospects!

And it meant he would become the first top-notch lawyer in the firm, apart from Xu Liang, the boss!

Being a top-notch lawyer in Lanshan Province isn’t self-proclaimed, but officially evaluated!

After handling this case, although he might not qualify as a provincial level-1 lawyer due to age, he would definitely meet the regional judiciary’s standards for top-notch lawyers!

And this... just like that, given to him?

Wang Feiyu recalled the trouble caused a month ago due to being undermined, feeling ashamed, even the entrusted contract felt burning.

"Perhaps Secretary Yang should handle it."

"Regardless of experience, strength, or qualifications, it shouldn’t fall on me..."

Wang Feiyu declined.

"No more nonsense, if you’re told to take charge, you take charge, it’s compulsory!"

Xu Liang, unwilling to say more, directly stuffed the contract into his hands.

"Yang Ruoxi naturally has her own responsibilities. You needn’t worry."

Upon hearing this, Wang Feiyu was still hesitant.

But behind him, Yang Ruoxi understandingly explained:

"You take it, rest assured, no one will have any issues."