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Chapter 274 WHO Rejects Sanqing Generic Drugs

Kenya, the wealthy area of ​​the capital Nairobi.

Under the cover of green trees, there are many modern high-rise buildings, and there are high-end restaurants, boutique hotels, chic coffee shops, and high-end shopping malls on the side of the street. Everything seems to be no different from developed countries.

Early in the morning, Zhang Chunming walked out of a nearby hotel in a suit and leather shoes with a briefcase in his hand, and came to a luxurious office building.

A middle-aged black man seemed to be waiting for someone at the door. When he saw Zhang Chunming, he waved enthusiastically and walked forward.

"Mr. Zhang, I am your agent Taki, nice to meet you."

This is a local agent he hired to participate in this bidding. It has a good reputation, and the local Chinese say it is good after using it.

Zhang Chunming is the person in charge of Sanqing's branch in the Philippines. He came to Kenya this time to participate in a large-scale international pharmaceutical public bidding.

Tendering in Kenya is very common in various industries and at all levels, mainly divided into public sector procurement tenders and private sector procurement tenders.

Public sector bidding mainly purchases medical supplies for all levels of government, referral hospitals and aid projects. It does not rely on government funds, but has a cooperative relationship with some supporting organizations, including International Children's Fund, Global Gene, International Development Agency, etc., bidding Documents are released publicly.

The main body of bidding in the private sector is non-governmental organizations (notorious NGOs), public health institutions, and aid support agencies. They have their own bidding process, with bidding once a year, and bidding for some products every three years.

Zhang Chunming has only set up a branch in the Philippines for more than half a year, and he only has a little understanding of the situation in various countries, not particularly familiar with it. Fortunately, there are many Huaxia companies in the Philippines, and they have given a lot of help, and finally avoided a lot of detours.

Although the Sanqing Group has a lot of money and wealth, the tenders this time are from various institutions and public departments, and the water is relatively deep, so he chose a local agent to assist in the bidding to avoid any unnecessary troubles.

Sanqing sells both original and generic drugs in the Philippines. The original drugs have outstanding curative effects and are extremely sought-after. Therefore, they take the path of direct procurement from various countries. Due to the fierce competition of generic drugs, they have to participate in the bidding meeting.

Generally speaking, the minimum price of generic drugs purchased by the public sector is 60% of the international reference price, and the minimum price of generic drugs purchased by the private sector is three times the international reference price.

The price of the former is relatively low, and you can't make much money by selling it. Most of the profit depends on the purchase in the private market, so deep down in his heart, he still prefers to sell more medicines to the latter.

At present, Sanqing's generic drugs are mainly sold to aid agencies in China and purchased by public departments in various countries. Due to their high quality and low price, they are still quite popular, and the competition with Tianzhu's generic drugs is becoming increasingly fierce.

The two talked all the way to the bidding venue, which was already bustling with many people sitting there.

In the morning, it was the more important private market purchases. Zhang Chunming found a corner to sit down, and took out a thick stack of tender documents and related materials from his briefcase.

Taki took them over and reviewed them one by one. After reading them, he nodded with satisfaction: "It's ok, the information is quite complete, and there is no big problem."

Zhang Chunming wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "What do they usually look for in bidding?"

Taki grinned, showing his eight white teeth: "NGOs and other organizations value the pre-certification of the World Health Organization (WHO) the most. Basically, as long as they pass the certification, there is no problem. Of course, the price should not be too different."

Zhang Chunming breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was relieved: "That's good, these medicines of ours took a lot of effort to pass this damn pre-certification."

Taki nodded with deep sympathy and said: "Indeed, it can be seen that it has spent a lot of money. Generally, small pharmaceutical companies do not have this strength. They need to provide a lot of data files on safety and effectiveness, and they also need to conduct on-site inspections. The price is also very high." Expensive, the application fee is as high as [-] a time, and the application fee for your dozens of drugs is hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Zhang Chunming said with a wry smile: "Western countries, you understand, this is an admission ticket, no matter how expensive it is, you have to pay for it."

Taki made a "tsk tsk" sound, stopped talking, and turned to look at the parameters of Sanqing's bidding products.

The more he looked at it, the more his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands excitedly after reading it: "Stable, these medicines are all categories we urgently need, and the effect has fully reached the standard of the original research medicine, and some are even better."

"You see, these anti-AIDS drugs, anti-malarial drugs, anti-tuberculosis drugs, cold medicines, anti-diarrheal drugs, and hepatitis drugs are all our daily medicines. I have to use anti-malarial drugs and anti-diarrheal drugs every month. If The effect is so good, next time I go to the pharmacy, I will buy your Sanqing medicine."

Zhang Chunming smiled slightly, with a bit of pride and confidence in his tone: "Don't worry, you must have heard of Sanqing's original drug, so I won't boast. We are also the strongest generic drug in the world, and we even sell it to Eagle Country. gone."

"You can search this website. There is a generic drug company called Lantian in Eagle Country. It was jointly established by more than 500 well-known hospitals across the country. It specializes in high-quality and cheap generic drugs. They don't have a factory themselves, so they asked Sanqing for it. Production, of course, is mostly generics for rare diseases."

Taki showed a surprised expression and gave a thumbs up: "Amazing, Sanqing is really amazing. Next time I go to the pharmacy, I won't buy Tianzhu medicine, I will buy your medicine."

Zhang Chunming asked curiously, "How does Tianzhu's generic medicine work when you usually take it?"

Taki shook his head like a rattle: "How should I put it, most of the time it is easy to use, but there are also times when it is unreliable, and there are quite a few. Maybe the medicine you bought this time is very useful. I bought it again when I had time, and found that it didn’t have any effect. In short, it depends on luck. Although the price is cheap, I don’t dare to eat one brand all the time, and I always buy different brands.”

"Of course, if you go to a private clinic to see a doctor, the medicine they will prescribe for you is expensive and good, and it will be effective immediately after taking it."

Zhang Chunming immediately understood: "Understood, the quality is uneven, right? Isn't this supervised?"

Taki's eyes widened in an instant: "Dude, this is the Philippines, and $500 is enough to make any official turn a blind eye to you."

Zhang Chunming said speechlessly: "Well, it seems that quality control depends entirely on self-consciousness. Fortunately, the quality of our products has always been excellent, and we have already gained a good reputation in some countries. Besides, Huaxia's aid team also purchases from us, so we dare not cheat people. "

Taki nodded: "I still believe this. Sanqing Group has become famous in the Philippines since the locust plague last year."

"Besides, you have a brand-name drug that has been selling like crazy in the past six months. If I also come to be a sales agent, can I give you a little discount?"

Zhang Chunming was stunned for a moment before he realized it, and said with a strange expression: "Are you talking about painkillers? Although the agents really like it, they want as many as they want, and they don't bargain, but the price is not cheap. It’s rare to see locals using it, so why sell it like crazy?”

Taki looked around, then took out a small brown medicine bottle from his pocket, and handed it over with a mysterious expression.

"You try this," he said in an encouraging tone.

Zhang Chunming took it in a daze, and was even more confused when he saw that it said cough syrup on the bottle.

He opened the bottle cap and smelled it. There was a sweet candy smell. He poured a little into the cap and it was a brown syrup.

He didn't dare to try this nonsensical thing, so he fell back and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is this?"

Taki showed a smile of "as expected, so I know you can't see it", took it over, raised his head and took a big sip before opening his mouth.

"This is the magic medicine that can cure all diseases."

"What?" Zhang Chunming rolled his eyes in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said with a smile: "Witch doctors in Feizhou are very developed, and I have heard of it, but we are a pharmaceutical company, so we don't know much about it."

Taki shook his head: "It's not a witch doctor, and I didn't use any herbal medicine. It's just ordinary syrup with a Sanqing painkiller in it."

"Fuck!" Zhang Chunming burst out a national curse in shock, his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

"You Filipinos can really work hard." It took him a long time to hold back a sentence.

Taki proudly said: "A box of painkillers for you costs 80 dollars, only ten pills. It is too expensive, and we really can't afford it, so we came up with this method. In this way, an 8-dollar painkiller, mixed with syrup, It can be made into a bottle of potion, and when you are in pain, take two sips, which can greatly relieve the pain, enough for a week."

"After diluting a painkiller, it can still have such a good effect. This also proves that what you said is true. The quality of Sanqing's medicine is indeed excellent, and the effect is not compromised at all. That's why Sanqing can have such a good feeling in our hearts." Good word of mouth."

He gave a thumbs up and was full of praise.

Zhang Chunming couldn't laugh or cry. He never thought that the Filipino people could find a new way to use a painkiller.

This medicine was originally prescribed for patients with chronic diseases to deal with severe pain, but after being diluted by patients in the Philippines, it was used to relieve some milder pain.

Logically speaking, it is wrong to disobey the doctor's advice, but this is in the Philippines, where there is no law, so what can he say.

I had to show a professional smile: "There is another advantage you forgot to mention, this painkiller will not be addictive after a long time."

Taki exclaimed: "That's great. I was a little worried at first, but now with your guarantee, I can safely and boldly give the children a drink."

"Uh..." Zhang Chunming wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, completely speechless at the boldness of the Filipino people.

He was on the verge of persuading that prescription drugs were not suitable for children.

Suddenly, a group of people walked into the gate of the venue, all of them were in neat suits, with proud expressions, black and white.

Zhang Chunming looked solemn, sat up straight in an instant, and stared at the stage intently.

The tender will officially begin.

The participating pharmaceutical companies submitted bids one after another, and made explanations and explanations.

When it was Sanqing's turn, Zhang Chunming just stood up and gave an introduction.

On the rostrum, a big fat man with glasses and red skin suddenly interrupted him.

"Sanqing Group? Why did you show up at the bidding site?"

"Ah?" Zhang Chunming couldn't help being taken aback: "Isn't this an open bidding event? Why can't Sanqing come?"

The fat man frowned, and reprimanded severely: "Sanqing's generic drug has not passed the pre-certification of the WHO, and it has not reached our bidding threshold at all. You should hurry up and don't waste our time here."

Zhang Chunming picked up the documents in his hand, and argued: "I have the certification documents for the successful certification, and you can also check it in the list of medicines published on the WHO website."

The fat man waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Sanqing's generic drug has been removed from the WHO's pre-certified drug list. I know this very well. If you don't believe it, you can check it yourself, and stop doing useless work here. gone."

He shouted at the top of his voice, "Next!"

Zhang Chunming quickly turned on his laptop and logged on to the WHO official website. Sure enough, Sanqing’s drugs were no longer found in the list of pre-certified drugs, and even Sanqing Group was kicked out of the supplier list.

He stared blankly at the screen, a surge of anger welling up in his heart.

why?
Why would Sanqing be kicked out of the list?

We paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in application fees?

How can this be?
It's simply incompetent.

It took him a long time to recover from his trance.

Taki looked at him, hesitated to speak, and asked after a while, "Should we leave?"

Zhang Chunming gritted his teeth and said, "No, I have to go to the door and ask for clarification. I can't charge money like this and treat us like monkeys."

He found the address of the WHO office in Kenya, took a taxi and went straight there.

He was received by a black lady with a kind smile. After learning about the whole thing, she gave a standard official answer.

"WHO's review standards have changed significantly recently, and Sanqing has some missing documents, which need to be completed within the specified time."

"Following the resubmission of documents, an on-site review will be initiated again within six months."

"During this period, all previous review results will be invalidated."

"Fortunately, the application fee does not have to be repaid."

Zhang Chunming was so angry that he wanted to slap the table and roar a few times. 7
What's the matter, do I need your application fee?

Waiting to go through the process again according to the requirements, it will take half a year, how much time will be wasted.

In the past six months, all biddings that required WHO pre-certification have been abolished, and none of them can participate.

The only way to go is direct procurement from the government and aid agencies. Except for pharmacies and private hospitals, all other channels are gone.

How much does this cost the company?
How does this make him explain to Mr. Wei?
After returning angrily, he hesitated again and again, and finally mustered up the courage to call Wei Kang and report the matter from beginning to end.

Wei Kang was also stunned: "Grass, can you still play like this?"

Instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "You're playing dirty, right? If this is the case, let's stop playing. You withdraw the application and ask the other party for a refund."

"The profits of generic drugs are not high anyway, so we can just do China's aid team and the business of public institutions."

"In the future, we won't deal with NGOs. We also have our own charitable foundation, and we can also be NGOs. We can donate free medicines directly, and we don't need to be bullied by them at all."

"In the future, the products produced by Sanqing will be the most authoritative certification, and there will be no need for any other organization's approval."

Wei Kang said decisively and domineeringly.

(End of this chapter)