Mercenary’s War Chapter 1589 - 1568: It’s Him, It’s Him, It’s Still Him

The Phase IV clinical trials of the drug involve open-label studies with no control groups, but can also include small sample randomized controls. The purpose is to further investigate the safety and efficacy of the new drug.

In other words, the drug that Gao Yang obtained has hardly been used by anyone. Naturally, usage dosage, thods, and adverse reaction warnings won’t be listed out. These details are only known by Butter Knife, who bears the responsibility of being a dic.

If you don’t know anything, where would you dare to use the drug recklessly? While drugs save lives, they can just as swiftly end them. It’s unclear whether the aerosol spray carried by Butter Knife is ant for all 24 people or just enough for two or three people. Use too little, and it might be ineffective; use too much, and it could be deadly, which wouldn’t be surprising at all.

Even ordinary cold dicine taken in excess can be fatal. This spray is directly for wounds, and for seriously injured people at that. Any adverse reaction might not even give ti for rescue.

Andy He was uncertain, and Gao Yang was even less confident. With furrowed brows, he said, "So you’re saying it’s useless then?"

Andy He also shook his head with a frown, saying, "That’s right; we definitely don’t dare to use it. But not using it just feels unsatisfactory. Such a good thing, and we can’t use it..."

After Gao Yang sighed for a while, he finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, forget it. Safety cos first. If there’s no special circumstance absolutely requiring its use, then let’s not use it. Just false joy then."

Andy He exclaid loudly, "How can it just be false joy? If we were to sell these few things, they’d be worth several million, do you believe it?"

Gao Yang frowned and said, "I recall Morgan saying that the capital consud by Project S has already exceeded 1.6 billion dollars?"

Andy He nodded, saying, "That’s right. Look, we indeed can’t use this thing now. However, we can sell it to the pharmaceutical giants. Once they get the physical specins, they can quickly analyze the composition. With the specific components, they can imdiately apply for a patent, so those civilian pharmaceutical companies would absolutely be glad to buy it."

Gao Yang touched his face and smiled bitterly, saying, "I don’t understand."

Andy He hurriedly said, "Let explain. This series of drugs was spearheaded by the United States Departnt of Defense, and the funds provided are from the Departnt of Defense. The intellectual property rights belong to the Departnt of Defense—that is, the Departnt owns the patent. The laboratories or companies that specifically developed these drugs cannot register patents. But if the Departnt were to register for a patent, it would have to disclose formulas and data on active components, which is currently impossible because the U.S. Army has decided not to mass-promote this. So the Departnt of Defense has to keep as secretive as possible until before mass production and promotion, patents cannot be registered."

Gao Yang nodded and, in a deep voice, said, "Got it, then what?"

"Then, this drug is certainly effective, and of course, a military drug can be used in civilian applications, just like penicillin. If a company acquires this, learns the components, they can register the patent and claim it without spending a di on research. It’s a project with a cost of 1.6 billion dollars, how much do you think they’d spend to buy it?"

Gao Yang raised his hand, saying, "Wait a minute; don’t drugs involve more complexities than that? For example, analyzing the composition is one thing, but how the components are obtained, purified, and under what conditions they are incorporated or mixed involves a series of strict processes and workflows. Even if you know the formula, you might not manufacture the drug; even if you do, the process may not be usable for troops, and even if usable, the effect might not be good, right?"

Andy He impatiently said, "Foolish! I ntioned that drug patents are classified into several types: drug product patents, drug manufacturing process patents, drug usage patents. Those powerful multinational pharmaceutical companies are very adept; they quickly craft their thod after understanding the components. Even if the process or manufacturing differs from what the United States Departnt of Defense possesses, it’s irrelevant. Achieving the effect is what matters, or part of it is acceptable. Plus, as long as the drug patent is registered first, other manufacturers and the U.S. Departnt of Defense cannot register it. Specifically, you don’t need to fully grasp; actually, neither do I fully understand, but essentially this is malicious patent registration."

Gao Yang nodded and solemnly said, "Alright, I generally understand. It’s about money, huh?"

Andy He slapped his hands, pointing at Gao Yang and said, "Exactly, it’s about money! We don’t dare use these things now, but keeping them can perhaps sell them to those large pharmaceutical companies. Okay, I need to go perform surgery now. You handle these things. I estimate—just an estimate—might be several million dollars, or even tens of millions, even reaching billions."

Having said that, Andy He was about to leave when Gao Yang grabbed him urgently, saying, "Wait, you’re saying these sprays, if subdivided, are they still usable? Are they still effective?"

Andy He frowned and said, "There won’t be a problem in a short ti; just don’t stretch the ti too long."

Gao Yang released his grip, allowing Andy He to leave. He scratched his head and muttered to himself, "Sell it? Such good things, it’s a pity to trade them just for money. Sending portions to Huaxia as an exchange certainly qualifies, right? Hmm, inquire!"

Gao Yang was indecisive, and whenever he hesitated, he’d consult Morgan on what to do, so he imdiately phoned Morgan.

"Morgan, I’ve got good stuff, the drug you ntioned, S series, super drug, the U.S. Army’s next-generation first-aid dication, rember?"

Morgan was visibly startled, shouting loudly, "What! You acquired the S series?"

"Yes, right in my hand. I think it is."

Morgan imdiately said, "How do you intend to handle it?"

"I don’t know, so I’m calling to ask you. If you can find the usage instructions and dosage, that would be great."

Morgan emitted a hissing sound, extrely conflicted, saying, "This is good stuff, good stuff indeed, but it’s also problematic. Listen, absolutely don’t sell it; if this leaks out, so people in Arica will lose it, and those multinational pharmaceutical companies can’t withstand that pressure. Even if they’re fine, whoever sells it will be dood, so absolutely don’t sell."

Never overestimate the conscience of capitalists, and Morgan surely is one, never hesitating when undermining Arica.

"What to do?"

Morgan thought for a mont, then whispered, "This thing absolutely cannot be handled recklessly, but if leveraged well, can yield benefits beyond money. Since it can’t be monopolized, then widely spread it out, everyone shares! Make it impossible for anyone to trace it back to you as the origin. Save a portion for , but first give a part to Russia. Anyway, Russia is quite weak in this area; even if they acquire it, they can’t replicate it, but it can let Russia take the bla as a strong faction. I’ll teach you specifically how to do it, you just..." (To be continued. If you like this work, welco to recomnd or vote for it on Qidian (qidian). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)