Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 475 New Breakthrough of Galaxy Life: Immune Drug HT197
Somewhere in Africa, a helicopter flew over a dilapidated village, and the Galaxy logo on the fuselage emitted a charming glow under the reflection of the sunset.

If you are familiar with the security industry, you will know that this sci-fi-like logo is the logo of the Galaxy Security Company.

There were several armed men in camouflage uniforms inside the plane, and in the middle sat a middle-aged man in a suit and tie.

The helicopter landed in an open space between buildings on the edge of a small city before the last rays of sunset faded.

As soon as the helicopter landed, the armed personnel in the helicopter brought the others down from the plane. At the same time, a group of people who had been waiting for a long time quickly came up to greet them.

The leading man said, "Warmly welcome Commissioner Qian to visit our institute!"

Commissioner Qian, dressed in a suit, nodded slightly, looked around briefly, and then said amiably, "Director Li, you too, why are you still holding a welcome ceremony? It's unnecessary. Let's all go!"

Director Li said: "This is all the enthusiasm of our colleagues after hearing that you, the Commissioner, are coming to inspect. I tried to stop them, saying that our Commissioner doesn't like pomp and circumstance, but I couldn't stop them!"

"Commissioner, please bear with us. Many of us here have been looking forward to the arrival of people from the headquarters!"

Commissioner Qian also sighed: "Now that we have met everyone, let's go back and do what we need to do. You have a heavy task and are busy with work here. You can't waste your precious scientific research time for me alone!"

Director Li immediately said: "Okay, I'll let them go back to work!"

Director Li asked a large group of people to disperse, and then took the remaining few people to stand next to Commissioner Qian: "Commissioner, let's go in too. I have prepared a welcoming dinner here."

Commissioner Qian said, "What are we going to eat? Take me to see your new project first!"

"I didn't come all this way just to eat your meal!"

Director Li immediately said: "Yes, yes, then let's go and see the project first!"
Commissioner Qian, Director Li and others entered the building!

At this time, among the crowd that had come to greet the guests but were now dispersing, a middle-aged man with an Eastern European look said to an Asian-looking man beside him, "Sun, who is this Commissioner Qian? Our director values ​​him very much, and we have been preparing for his inspection several days in advance!"

Sun Dong said with a mysterious expression: "Andrew, you have just arrived and don't know much about our company. Our Galaxy Life is not simple...!"

Andrew rolled his eyes. “Don’t treat me like an ignorant newbie. The research institute I worked for before was a secret research institute set up by our local consortium… What we did was no different from Galaxy Life. It’s just that the scale of the research institute I worked for before was too small, and now our Galaxy Life is larger and has more resources!”

"I know very well what our Galaxy Life does. I just don't know whether this Commissioner Qian is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, the Scientific Research Committee, or another department?"

"Or to put it more simply, I am more concerned about whether his visit this time can bring us any benefits? You know, my project funds are already very tight, and now I can't even afford to buy consumables. Director Li has been saying that the funds are not enough and asked me to wait..."

Sun Dong was slightly stunned after hearing this, and said awkwardly: "That's right, Andrew is not an outsider... Well, I won't say anything else, just talk about this Commissioner Qian!"

"Our company's organizational structure is different from that of ordinary companies. Although we still have a board of directors and various institutions on the surface, the real power is still in the executive committee of the board of directors. It is said that every member is appointed by the boss himself!"

"There used to be a very powerful Security Committee, but now it has been split off. It is now the Galaxy Security. Although a new Security Department was established later, the new Security Department is only doing ordinary guard work. It is incomparable to the previous Security Committee!"

"The current executive committee has the most power. It manages the company's operations and is directly responsible to the board of directors, which means our boss!"

"The Research Committee is responsible for deciding the direction of research and the allocation of research funds, but it is still responsible to the Executive Committee!"

"Think about it, the members of the Executive Committee have such high status, how could they possibly come to our shabby place? Even the people in the Research Committee won't come here!"

"We don't even know who those executive committee members are, God knows who they are!"

"But under the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, there is also an African Executive Committee, which is responsible for coordinating business in the African region. Commissioner Qian is one of the members of the African Regional Committee!"

"Director Li took great pains to invite him to come for an inspection. He wanted him to see our research results so that he could ask for funding later!"

The organizational structure of Galaxy Life is quite special because it is not a normal enterprise.

As an enterprise whose core goal is to research and develop in the field of life and health, its only mission is to develop technologies that can restore youth and even extend lifespan!
All other projects serve this core goal... Even Galaxy Pharmaceuticals, which seems to have a big name now, is just a white glove that Galaxy Life pushes out to the public and uses Xiluokeda to make money.

Fang Yulin, the CEO of Galaxy Pharmaceuticals, is just one of the members of the executive committee of Galaxy Life’s board of directors!

Xu Shenxue personally serves as the chairman of the executive committee of Galaxy Life's board of directors. In addition, the CEO of Galaxy Security also serves as a committee member in Galaxy Life.

Under the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors are the Scientific Research Committee and multiple regional committees, which are responsible for the business of different regions and departments.

In addition, Galaxy Life has a board of directors, CEO, department managers, etc. in South Africa, but these people are basically white gloves. In fact, these people are just ordinary middle-level employees of Galaxy Life.

As for whether the board members, CEO, and department managers will take control of the actual power, leading to a change in the hands of the entire company...there is no need to worry about that.

On the surface, Galaxy Life is just an ordinary multinational pharmaceutical company in South Africa. It has no assets and is an empty shell. It could go bankrupt at any time!

Galaxy Life's core assets are actually various research institutes located around the world. These research institutes were established in secret and are not publicly registered at all.

Besides, Xu Shenxue's means of controlling the life of the galaxy does not rely on any laws, but on the computer permissions of the internal systems of various research institutes, funds, and armed personnel of the galactic security.

It's a bit ridiculous to rely on laws to determine the ownership of something like a secret research institute!
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At this time, Andrew heard that Commissioner Qian was a member of the African Regional Committee, and his eyes lit up: "He is a big shot. If he comes to inspect this time and is satisfied, can we get hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in the future?"

Sun Dong said: "Of course, as long as he is satisfied, hundreds of millions of dollars in funding will not be a problem!"

Andrew couldn't help but look forward to it when he heard it: "As long as there is funding, my project has made good progress. As long as there is another tens of millions of dollars in funding, I am sure I can produce actual results!"

Sun Dong was speechless after listening to this. Although Galaxy Life had no shortage of money, it was not to the extent that they would allow an ordinary small project team to spend tens of millions of dollars!
The annual funding for their research institute is only a few hundred million dollars, but there are many projects in the institute.

Andrew's project is just an inconspicuous one among them!
Without mentioning the idle chat between the two, let’s say that Commissioner Qian and Director Li entered the building and then entered the elevator...but the elevator did not go up, but instead went down.

After the elevator went down to the fifth underground floor, the elevator door opened. What came into people's sight was a space that was totally out of place with the backward small African city outside!
The unique sense of technology brought by the metal plates and lights looks very strange in a modern way.

After Director Li led Commissioner Qian into one of the laboratories, a staff member immediately turned on the big screen, and a PPT report began to appear on the screen. Director Li began to introduce it to Commissioner Qian: "Commissioner Qian, this is the recent achievement of our HT197 project!"

"Look at our latest animal experiment data. After taking the medicine, the test subjects all showed a significant increase in immune cell activity and showed very good resistance to various common bacterial infections!"

"According to our design theory and current animal experiments, our HT197 drug can effectively improve immune function, enhance human immunity, and resist daily diseases!"

"Of course, because the current animal experiment is still relatively small in scale and data collection is not yet complete, we need to conduct further research in the future. At the same time, we also need to study the changes brought about in other areas after the HTY197 drug enhances the activity of immune cells, but this requires a lot of additional research and experiments!"

"It's just that the funding and number of R&D personnel in our institute are not enough to support the large-scale development of the next step of the project!"

Commissioner Qian looked at the report in front of him and said, "So, what is the difference between this and some common ways to enhance immunity on the market, such as balanced and comprehensive nutritional meals, increased zinc supplementation and other trace elements?"

Commissioner Qian is able to come and inspect the technological achievements, so he is naturally not a person who knows nothing. In fact, many senior managers of Galaxy Life are from a technical background. Although they cannot be scientists, they all have basic qualities in the field of life and health.

If it only improves the absorption of nutrients and the immunity enhancement brought by various vitamins, it is of no use... You have to know that the sponsors of Galaxy Life and Health are all billionaires, and their living conditions and medical and health care are comprehensive.

It is impossible that there is a problem of insufficient trace elements in the daily diet... If there is, it is the negligence of their health care team!
At this time, Director Li said: "In fact, the premise for our HT197 drug to work is also based on the sufficient trace elements. If the trace elements are insufficient, the HT197 drug will not work. After all, a good cook cannot cook without rice. However, our HT197 can raise the upper limit of the immune system!"

"Our drugs act directly on the immune system through the nervous system!"

"Look at our animal experiment data. We have conducted repeated tests in many cases, and it is fully reflected in the control group. The experimental animals after taking the medicine have shown a higher upper limit of immunity!"

Commissioner Qian stared at the report and even looked through the detailed experimental data himself. After a while, he said: "Yes, this project looks good and has great potential."

"Director Li, I will hold a meeting after I return to discuss the additional research funding you applied for. I can't say how much more it is, but $100 million won't be a problem in the early stages. You should hurry up and conduct more in-depth experiments and produce more good results. I will apply for additional funding from the Executive Committee!"

"What you need to do next is to continue to conduct more comprehensive and in-depth research on the HT197 drug. I want to know where its upper limit is. If it is only slightly increased like the current one, then the actual effect will be very limited!"

"In addition to the direct effect of improving immunity and preventing diseases, I also hope to see the impact of this drug in other areas, such as anti-aging, growth and development, metabolism, tissue regeneration, etc. after improving immunity!" "There are also potential side effects, etc. This is very important and must be understood. If there are obvious side effects, we will conduct targeted research and suppress them in the future!"

As he spoke, Commissioner Qian looked at Director Li and said, "You are not the only institute in the company that is working on the immune system project. In fact, many institutes are conducting research in the immune field, and some of them have achieved good results. But I personally am more optimistic about your project!"

“I hope you can work harder. I look forward to seeing better results from you in the near future!”

Just as Commissioner Qian said, Galaxy Life actually has many research projects targeting immune function... After all, in the field of life and health, immune function itself is a very core research field. It is reasonable for Galaxy Life and even other pharmaceutical companies or research institutions to focus on immune function research.

The now famous Xiluo Keda is actually a by-product of the research on immune function... It’s just that the project team at that time wanted to achieve anti-aging effects by enhancing immunity... But the immune system thought that Xiluo Keda was useless in anti-aging, but it showed great effects in treating cancer.

However, there are many people engaged in research in this field, but currently there is no product that can truly produce obvious anti-aging effects!

Not only is there no such thing in this field, there have been no actual technological breakthroughs in research in other fields!
Why are various foundations willing to donate funds to Galaxy Life? Isn't it because they hope that Xu Shenxue can lead his team to produce practical results?

Galaxy Life has also been working on this for many years and has achieved some small results, but they are of little use.

There is still a long way to go before we can obtain anti-aging drugs with obvious effects. When they can be produced depends on the investment of funds and talents on the one hand, and on when God is happy on the other!

The current HT197 project has given hope to Commissioner Qian, who is in charge of these R&D projects... In fact, what he said to Director Li was half true and half false!

The truth is, there are many research and development projects in the immune system in Galaxy Life Science...but the one that has really made a name for itself for the time being is Director Li's HT197 project.

However, there is no need to say this to Director Li. We must always put some pressure on the R&D team and give them a sense of urgency!

After inspecting the HT197 project, Commissioner Qian also took a look at other research projects of the institute. However, they were all projects with no practical results. Apart from wasting money, their only purpose was to cultivate talents!
But even so, Galaxy Life still spends huge amounts of money every year on a large number of research and development projects!

Scientific research is like looking for a needle in a haystack, searching for a glimmer of hope for success among a vast number of projects, so it is normal for most projects to fail.

After the inspection, Commissioner Qian had a meal in the local area and rested for a night. The next day, he left by helicopter escorted by security personnel.

After Commissioner Qian left, Director Li was in a very good mood and was humming a little song while walking!
With this research funding, not only can the project be carried out in a more in-depth and larger scale, but it will also bring great benefits to individuals!

He gave up his good life in his home country and ran all the way to this remote place in Africa to lead a team to do research. It was not only for the scientific research ideals, but also for the generous income!

He joined Galaxy Life many years ago, but he started out doing research at the Galaxy Life Research Institute in China... However, whether it was in China or in research centers in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, there were too many restrictions, so he basically focused on early theoretical research.

Specific in-depth research, especially when it comes to drug experiments, will be transferred to places such as Africa and India. On the one hand, the experimental costs can be lower, and on the other hand, various messy reviews can be avoided.

This is actually the common practice of many conventional large pharmaceutical companies... Early drug experiments are generally conducted in backward countries. No one is stupid enough to conduct early experiments in countries like Europe and China because the cost is too high.

For example, many of the conventional drug research and development of Galaxy Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Galaxy Life, and many of the so-called early clinical trials are conducted in India... It is very convenient to conduct drug research and development there. Nine out of ten multinational pharmaceutical companies like to go to India for experiments, and India is also very supportive... After all, the pharmaceutical industry is also a pillar industry in India, and India’s various generic drugs are very famous.

This is also a tacit understanding between multinational pharmaceutical giants and India... You make generic drugs, I do experiments, and everyone is well!

By the way, there are also pharmaceutical companies in India trying to imitate Galaxy Pharmaceuticals' Xylokeda... According to the laws of their own country, Indian pharmaceutical companies can imitate Xylokeda, even though Xylokeda is a patented drug.

But they can’t copy it!

Because Xiluokeda is a very special macromolecular drug, the complexity of its structure is among the highest even among macromolecular drugs.

At the same time, macromolecule drugs themselves are very complex drugs and are difficult to imitate.

This is determined by the characteristics of macromolecule drugs themselves!
Generally speaking, there are two types of drugs. One is small molecule drugs, which are chemical agents. The difficulty of imitating them is not high. To describe its difficulty, it is probably like imitating an ancient wooden wheelbarrow.

Large molecule drugs, that is, drugs that rely on cellular biosynthesis, are also called biologics. The difficulty of copying such biologics is equivalent to copying a modern passenger aircraft... In theory, it is almost impossible to copy an identical large molecule drug.

In the words of the industry, biosimilars must not only ensure the consistency of the amino acid sequence, but also ensure that the secondary and tertiary structures of the amino acids are the same. However, it is almost impossible to make the amino acids completely consistent from the sequence to the folding state.

Therefore, almost all generic drugs of single-molecule drugs have a considerable gap in efficacy compared with the original drugs, and various side effects will also be greater... Because strictly speaking, generic drugs of large-molecule drugs only imitate the original drugs, rather than directly copying the original drugs!
Therefore, in the modern medical world, many large molecule drugs still have very large sales even after their patent period has expired because it is difficult for others to imitate them. Even if they are imitated, the generic drugs are not as effective and have various problems such as serious side effects.

Of course, generic drugs are less effective and have more side effects, but they are still effective in treating diseases...

Large molecule drugs are difficult to imitate, which is why many large pharmaceutical companies like to develop large molecule drugs. Their product life cycle will be longer, bringing as much revenue and profit as possible to the company.

This is still referring to ordinary macromolecule drugs, while Xiluokeda is a more special and more complex macromolecule drug!
Ordinary macromolecular drugs, such as various drugs with "monoclonal antibody" in their names, are as difficult to copy as making a civil airliner. Then, copying a very special, even strange drug like Xiluokeda is probably as difficult as copying an interstellar spaceship!

Not to mention those Indian pharmaceutical companies with low technological content, even the other nine pharmaceutical companies among the top ten in the world are now at a loss as to what to do with Xiluokeda!

I haven’t even figured out the principle yet, so I don’t know where to start if I want to imitate it!

Others can figure out how airplanes fly, but they can’t figure out how interstellar spacecraft fly…

Of course, it’s not just them. In fact, Galaxy Pharmaceuticals itself doesn’t understand it either…

Galaxy Pharmaceuticals has tried numerous times over the past two years to modify Xiluokeda in an attempt to obtain similar drugs that can target other diseases.

However, each time it ended in failure, and the R&D funds wasted have reached billions of dollars!

Galaxy Pharmaceuticals itself and nine major pharmaceutical companies in the world are helpless with Xiluokeda, not to mention the generic drug manufacturers in India... They can't even figure it out, let alone imitate it!
However, even so, the Indian pharmaceutical companies have only publicly announced that they will imitate Xiluokeda, saying that they expect to produce results within a few years... Regarding their public imitation plan, a reporter interviewed Galaxy Pharmaceuticals, and the staff of Galaxy Pharmaceuticals refused to comment on it!
India is the only country in the world that has generic drugs within the patent period!
This uniqueness also comes at a price: major pharmaceutical companies, including Galaxy Pharmaceuticals, are conducting various drug experiments in India!

The situation in Africa is even more special. In places like Africa, normal drug experiments are not very suitable because of the lack of basic medical foundations.

However, many of Galaxy Life's projects are very suitable to be carried out here!
But even so, in order to attract a large number of R&D personnel to work here, Galaxy Life paid very high salaries!

Director Li is engaged in routine research and development at the domestic research center of Galaxy Life Science, and his annual salary is only about one million yuan, which sounds high, but he works and lives in a first-tier city, and his two children are in college. It is unlikely that he will get a high salary in the future. He has to let his son, who has supported him all the way,... this money is not enough to spend!

However, if you go to Africa to do research, especially a secret project, your salary will directly reach more than 10 million, which is a difference of five or six times.

Of course, this salary gap is not just to make up for the poor working environment, but a large part of it is also due to hush money, confidentiality fees and other expenses.

After all, many of their secret projects in Africa are not suitable for public disclosure and can easily attract criticism.

As a middle-aged man with a family to support and two sons, Director Li gritted his teeth and accepted the company's dispatch and came to this small city in the interior of Africa, where he stayed for more than two years!

I have made a lot of money, and have given it to my two sons who have no real skills. I have also prepared a fully paid house in a first-tier city.

Next, Director Li hopes to hold on for a few more years, earn tens of millions more, and retire to enjoy life after achieving initial financial freedom.

And if he can produce some projects with practical results in the middle of the process, then his plan for financial freedom will be more successful.

He had heard that the project team that created Xirokda was now composed entirely of wealthy people, and even the small fry who helped out could get bonuses of tens of millions.

The project leader of the team is now worth tens of billions and has long been financially independent. The reason why he continues to stay in the company to do research is simply because of his love for science!

The company is very generous to R&D personnel who have achieved research and development results, and offers various generous bonuses.

Director Li also hopes to achieve great results and then take his family across classes, from the ordinary rich class to the billionaire class!
But this is too difficult!
Nestled in this small place, he has been working on research day and night with hundreds of R&D personnel under him, and the R&D funds have been spent lavishly. However, so far, only the HT197 project has made some progress, but it is hard to say whether it can succeed.

He estimated that even if the project was not very obvious and could not meet the company's stringent technical requirements, as long as it only had a slight effect of enhancing immunity, it would probably be able to be commercialized... By then, he might be able to get a generous bonus.

With this mindset, after receiving the initial $197 million in funding promised by Commissioner Qian, Director Li quickly led his R&D staff to begin in-depth research on the HT project.

Sun Dong and Andrew, as the sub-project leaders of the HT197 project, are also busy following Director Li.

However, just a few days later, after checking the latest round of test results, Andrew suddenly laughed out loud, saying, "I succeeded, the test was successful, I knew I was a genius, haha, I succeeded!"

(End of this chapter)