Chapter: 3704

Wei Liang sighed: "In fact, these three countries – the United States, the UK, and Germany – have a huge potential!"

"And besides, their per capita consumption of liquor is very high, so the probability of their citizens experiencing digestive discomfort is also very high. The demand for various stomach medicines is also the highest globally, if our Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder can smoothly enter these countries, I estimate that our annual sales will exceed two billion boxes!"

"As for domestic sales, it's probably around three to five hundred million boxes, and the remaining ones are all in overseas markets. So, the sales amount would be around one trillion yuan."

Chen Zekai couldn't help but exclaim: "One medicine can sell over one trillion per year... This is too frightening..."

Wei Liang hastily replied: "Mr. Chen doesn't know, the global best-selling medicines indeed have a very impressive sales figure. The past few years' top pharmaceutical companies have almost reached two hundred billion US dollars, and even the lowest among the top ten has tens of billions of US dollars. Those globally renowned medicines can easily sell over ten billion US dollars per year."

As he spoke, Wei Liang added: "Our country's digestive medicine alone exceeds five hundred billion yuan per year, combined with our pharmaceutical prices being relatively low. The global digestive medicine sales estimate is around fifty trillion yuan per year. Our Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder, being the best-selling one, is priced extremely high in overseas markets. So, assuming we can enter the global market, selling over one trillion yuan per year wouldn't be difficult."

Hong Wu couldn't help but sigh: "That's why people say that the pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable – this revenue capability is even beyond what a printing press can keep up with!"

Chen Zekai laughed: "Hong Wu, the pharmaceutical industry indeed makes a lot of money. It's only when there are profits that companies can stimulate research and development of more and better medicines."

"You know," Wei Liang also agreed: "The rapid increase in human lifespan over the past few decades is largely due to various effective medicines."

Hong Wu suddenly interjected: "Hey, did I hear that cancer is also going to be conquered now?"

Wei Liang shook his head and smiled: "It's just that there are more new treatment methods, including the latest immunotherapy and cell therapy, but it's still far from being fully conquered. What we need is for cancer treatment to become as simple as treating ordinary infections someday."

Hong Wu laughed and said: "I think with the current pace of scientific development, conquering cancer should be pretty quick!"

Wei Liang spoke seriously: "Actually, I'm not that optimistic about conquering cancer personally, but I do think that through targeted drugs and chemotherapy, we can gradually turn cancer into a chronic disease, allowing patients to live for an extended period with the condition. That will be one of the major directions for treating cancer in the future."

Wei Liang's face turned contemplative as he said: "Think about it, if in the future we could treat cancer like we do diabetes now - where patients only need to take medication to maintain their health and can guarantee a relatively long lifespan - that would already be a huge victory for humanity in the medical field."

As Wei Liang continued speaking, he said: "If some pharmaceutical company could develop such an effective drug, regardless of which country it is in, they would instantly become the most beloved and respected enterprise by the people!"

Leaf Zhen asked curiously: "Wei Liang, if some company really developed this kind of effective drug, would countries still have so many requirements for the importation and sale of drugs?"

After hearing Leaf Zhen's question, Wei Liang replied almost without hesitation: "Master Leaf, whoever develops such a drug is likely to be invited by any country in the world to sell their products... "

Wei Liang paused briefly before continuing: "And if this drug's production capacity is insufficient to meet global demand, I believe many countries might even fight for a share of it!"

As Wei Liang spoke, Hong Wu beside him couldn't help but sigh: "If one day we can conquer cancer, that would definitely be a blessing for all humanity!"

Hong Wu then looked sad and said: "Hey... my mom passed away due to cancer when I was younger. I took her everywhere seeking medical treatment and medication, but she still didn't make it past two years. The last half year was even more miserable than the entire life she had lived before... If only we could have delayed things until now, maybe she could have lived a few more years..."

Wei Liang nodded: "Yes, medical development is indeed very fast, with more treatment methods and options for patients."

However, Wei Liang's tone changed: "But, the cost of advanced treatments is generally quite high. For example, the latest cell therapy option costs around $20 million per treatment, and it's not even 100% effective. The global expenditure on cancer drugs alone is over $200 billion annually, and that's just for medication, excluding other forms of treatment like surgery, radiation, and interventional therapy..."

Hong Wu sighed: "Ah, this world... ordinary people work their whole lives to earn a little money, only to give it all away in one fell swoop when they get sick."

Chen Ze Kai spoke seriously: "Hong Wu, you can't say such things. Spending money on treatment is just exchanging money for life, as the saying goes: 'Money may be valuable, but life is even more precious'!"

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