bullyxtreme Chapter 144: Huge Profits of Sulfonamide, $1 Million a Year
Chapter 144: Huge Profits of Sulfonamide, $1 Million a Year
Before the advent of sulfonamide antibiotics, common diseases such as epidemic meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, and various inflammations were all helpless due to the lack of specific drugs.
And in this day and age, infections and inflammations are very deadly.
It is precisely for this reason that sulfonamides were so effective during clinical trials and attracted widespread attention from the outside world.
It caused quite a stir in the United States and other Western countries.
Especially after sulfa drugs were very effective in curing sepsis and pneumonia, they became famous overnight.
Of course, sulfonamides also have significant side effects.
But this side effect is nothing compared to being able to cure these diseases.
Therefore, many pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and hospitals are now contacting branches or offices in various countries as early as during clinical trials.
Among them, the largest branch of the Western European countries is located in Hamburg, Hans Country.
This branch is also one of the largest transit stations of Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd. in Xizhou.
This was also to prevent retaliation from John, Gaul and other countries.
Even if branches in various countries are shut down, at least there will be no loss of medicines.
Zheng Yaowen, general manager of Hans branch of Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd., feels a headache because of the letters of intent for purchase that come one after another.
Because the number is really too much.
Many unknown small companies and pharmacies came to us.
The quantity they purchase is not large, and they do not plan to adopt the direct sales model.
Therefore, we ruled out purchasing intentions from these small companies and pharmacies, and instead directly cooperated with companies and hospitals that have a certain influence in various countries, adopting a distribution model.
Although doing so cannot maximize profits, it can tie these large enterprises and hospitals to one's own chariot.
After all, if you don't share the profits with them, why would they let you enter their market?
Therefore, it is necessary to use interests to tie a group of people to one's chariot.
Even if you encounter trouble in the future, they will stand up to protect you.
This is a matter of interests, and they will become the most steadfast allies without hesitation.
Relationships based on shared interests are also the most stable.
This is the business strategy adopted by the senior management of Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd.
So after eliminating some small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and chain drug stores, there were only a lot fewer letters of intent to purchase, with only about a hundred left.
The remaining partners all have great influence in the medical field of a certain country or region.
In terms of pricing, different prices are adopted according to different consumption levels, wage levels, tariffs, etc. in different countries.
Sulfonamides are currently the only drugs that can effectively treat various inflammations, so their prices are relatively high.
Take a sulfa tablet, for example; one costs $3.
As for how much they can sell one for, that depends on their own abilities.
$3 per coin is also the price they pay when they purchase it from their U.S. branch.
The biggest advantage of a fixed price is that you can get your money back quickly without taking any risks.
The downside is that it is not possible to maximize profits.
For example, they get sulfa drugs at $3 per tablet from a branch and then sell them for $5 or even $10.
So in addition to this way of cooperation, there is another way of cooperation.
This is the profit commission.
The branch company gives the drugs to a cooperative enterprise, and after the cooperative enterprise sells the drugs, it shares the profits generated by the drugs.
The advantage of doing this is that it can maximize profits.
Whether you sell sulfa tablets for $3 or $10, you must provide the branch with a corresponding proportion of the payment.
Most pharmaceutical companies or medical institutions adopt the first type of cooperation.
Because the popularity of sulfa drugs is inevitable, so they can eat more meat.
Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd. can also quickly recover its payments while building its reputation and gaining a firm foothold in various countries.
Various purchase contracts came one after another, and the payment was directly deposited into the overseas account of Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd.
It also made Jiang Hua realize the value of sulfa drugs.
"In just three days, the total sales volume across the countries reached over 3 million US dollars?"
This number really scared Jiang Hua.
Not to mention in this era, even if it is obtained in the modern time and space of the original time and space, 1800 million US dollars is a huge sum of money.
If calculated based on inflation as an anchor point.
One US dollar today is equivalent to 1 US dollars 24 years ago in the original time and space.
If calculated based on gold, it would be equivalent to $45.
But no matter how you calculate it, it can be seen that 1800 million US dollars is definitely not a small amount.
You have to know that there are not many companies worth over 100 million US dollars in this era.
And this is just the total sales for three days.
If the timeline is extended to one month, perhaps hundreds of millions are possible.
If you extend it over a year, two or three hundred million dollars will be no problem at all.
Because the sulfa market is big enough.
After all, it is known as the world's first special antibacterial drug, so its value is quite high.
However, Jiang Hua also knew that this period would not last too long.
Because sulfonamides are not technically difficult to make.
Within two years, Western medical institutions will be able to develop the same drugs, and the prices will continue to fall.
But for Jiang Hua, two years is enough.
Don't forget, he still has several top-tier drugs in his hands.
Among them was the universal miracle drug penicillin.
If various other types of drugs appear in the world ahead of time, it will be possible to create the world's largest pharmaceutical company.
What's more, the medical group is not only engaged in the highly profitable pharmaceutical industry, but also involved in the research and sales of medical devices.
However, Jiang Hua plans to split up Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd. when it develops to a certain level.
Split out the research and sales of medical devices to form a new company.
This is also to prevent the entire field from forming a group and forming interest groups in the future.
The beast of capital must be caged.
Otherwise, if it goes crazy, it will be impossible to trap it.
And this cage is the rules.
Therefore, in addition to splitting up, formulating various rules is also an important means.
The sale of sulfonamide drugs indeed attracted the covetousness and retaliation of various countries.
It also affected the sales of sulfonamides to a certain extent.
But it was too late for them to stop it now.
Because of the bundling of interests, the largest pharmaceutical companies in various countries have been tied to the chariot.
They began to use various means to obstruct the government's investigation and other despicable means.
This is a product that can bring them huge profits every year.
It is none of their business whatsoever about the grudges between the government and the Renaissance Army; they only care about their own interests.
If the government wants to take away their wealth, they will naturally choose to fight back.
Therefore, although sales have been affected to a certain extent, it can still continue to bring huge profits to Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd.
Guguo Medical Group Co., Ltd. also became the first cash cow in the hands of the Fuxing government to successfully go overseas.
As the Fuxing government increases its investment in industry, a positive feedback loop has begun to form.
It can be expected that the Renaissance government will have a very good time this year.
However, there is still a problem facing the Restoration Army and the Restoration Government.
The problem was Tsarist Russia, which occupied Songjiang and Heilongjiang provinces.
The time has come to resolve the problems of Tsarist Russia.
6:18 a.m. on June 11th.
The meeting room of the Operations Department of the Taiye Lake Military and Political Committee was filled with many generals.
Senior officials from the Military and Political Committee, the First Corps, the Air Force, and the Joint Logistics Force gathered together.
This combat meeting was still chaired by Major General Zhang Bin, Director of the Operations Department.
Jiang Hua was just an observer and did not express any non-professional opinions.
He knows his own strengths and weaknesses, but he doesn't want to be a master of micro-manipulation.
"According to the intelligence provided by the General Staff Military Intelligence Bureau, the Russian army currently entrenched in Songjiang and Heilongjiang provinces is the Far East Army's First Independent Army.
This independent first army is also the most powerful army in the Far East Army and a combined arms army.
It has 4 armies and 8 divisions under its command.
Including tank divisions, motorized infantry divisions, infantry divisions, artillery divisions, and aviation divisions, the total force reached 12 people.
At present, the main force of this army group is gathered in Chuncheng and Baicheng, and has not continued to launch an attack.
Obviously, their forces are gathered here to prevent our army from advancing north to reclaim the two provinces."
After Zhang Bin's introduction, Jiang Hua had a clearer understanding of the situation in the north.
Chuncheng is connected to Shenzhou, the capital of Andong Province, via the South Manchuria Railway.
The importance of Baicheng is self-evident, because the Sitao Railway passes through Baicheng.
This is also the southern gate of Heilongjiang Province.
Continuing north along the railway line from Baicheng is Hecheng, an important city on the Tsarist Russia's Middle East Railway. This is the main artery of their Far East Railway.
Therefore, they also stationed heavy troops here to prevent the Renaissance Army from threatening the security of the Middle East Railway.
The Tsarist Russian troops were stationed at these two points, so it was not difficult to find out their intelligence.
After the intelligence was introduced, Zhang Bin from the Operations Department took out Operation Plan No. 8 formulated by the General Staff.
This battle plan can be summarized in two idioms: blossom in the center and attack from both front and back.
This central flowering operation plan was carried out by airborne troops.
They will directly airdrop into the rear of Heilongjiang Province and take control of the most important city: Ice City.
Bingcheng is not only the capital of Heilongjiang Province, but also the transportation hub of the entire northern Saibei region.
Going south along the South Manchuria Railway from Bingcheng is Chuncheng, and going west along the China-Eastern Railway will lead to Hecheng, threatening the garrison in the direction of Baicheng.
Going east along the Chinese Eastern Railway, you can directly enter Vladivostok, which is their largest port in the Far East and the terminus city of the Far Eastern Railway.
As long as they could capture the Ice City, they could split the entire First Independent Army into two.
Then the light infantry will be sent to the Ice City in a steady stream by air transport.
Finally, the two armies launched an all-out attack and wiped out the Independent First Army in one swoop, thus achieving the first-stage strategic goal of recovering Songjiang and Heilongjiang provinces.
As for the second phase strategic goal, it is to restore the begonia leaves.