NOVEL NEXT Chapter 13 Drug Launch
In the early morning, Lao Jiang closed the windows of the rental house and turned on the air purifier in the room. This was one of the few modern things in the old rental house.
After making breakfast for his daughter, Jiang put on his coat and mask and went out.
Old Jiang, where are you going so early?
After walking out of the community, two aunts who had just returned from shopping for groceries greeted Lao Jiang warmly.
Lao Jiang nodded politely: Go buy some medicine.
Looking at Lao Jiang's leaving figure, one of the aunts shook her head and said, Lao Jiang is also a miserable person.
Another aunt nodded with emotion: My daughter got leukemia when she was only 12 or 13 years old. My family was not rich to begin with, so all the property was used to buy medicine for my daughter. My wife couldn't bear it and ran away. Fortunately, he could keep on.
Lao Jiang ignored the comments of the two neighbors, because he was already used to such comments. He just wanted to stay with his daughter for as long as he could.
Lao Jiang walked towards the familiar pharmacy. Because the flu was raging during this period, he was going to prepare some flu medicine for his daughter today.
After all, the resistance of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia is much worse than that of normal people. Although the number of white blood cells in their bodies is large, these white blood cells are undifferentiated and mature white blood cells and do not have the functions of normal white blood cells at all.
Therefore, even a mild flu can have serious consequences.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek had to be careful.
Originally, Chiang Kai-shek did not understand these things at all, but after his daughter contracted chronic myelogenous leukemia, Chiang Kai-shek knew by heart what patients should pay attention to.
After arriving at the pharmacy, Lao Jiang said: Bring me a box of oseltamivir.
This is what a patient in the chronic myeloid patient group taught him. He doesn’t need any antibiotics, just a box of oseltamivir. The more medicines are not the better, but the right medicine.
When the clerk went to get the medicine, Lao Jiang glanced around the pharmacy, and finally his eyes fell on the familiar counter.
There is a bottle of medicine in white and green packaging on the counter, and that medicine is Gleevec.
However, the price marked on the bottom of Gleevec made Lao Jiang a little discouraged.
Lao Jiang sighed. He calculated that it has been half a month since his daughter stopped taking the medicine. If she does not continue to take the medicine, her daughter's condition will soon worsen.
Just hold on for a few more days, just hold on for a few more days.
Lao Jiang pursed his lips and thought that the money he had now was not enough to buy a bottle of medicine. He could only afford the medicine after his salary was paid this month.
Just when Lao Jiang was about to withdraw his gaze, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a bottle of medicine placed next to Gleevec. When he saw the bottle of medicine, Lao Jiang couldn't help but froze.
Because he had been to the drugstore countless times, Lao Jiang remembered clearly that the counter was specially used to display drugs for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Usually, only one drug, Gleevec, was displayed on the counter.
But now there is an extra bottle of medicine.
The packaging of that bottle of medicine is pure white, so it is easy to distinguish it from Gleevec.
The outer packaging of the medicine bottle has three words printed on it, Bai Shuke.
Is this a new drug for the treatment of leukemia?
Lao Jiang instantly guessed what the effect of this bottle of medicine was.
Lao Jiang admitted that at that moment, he was indeed excited, but this excitement only lasted less than a second, and then turned into helplessness and loss.
In Chiang Kai-shek's view, chronic myelogenous leukemia is a type of cancer and an incurable disease. The prices of things that can be related to the treatment of cancer have always been disappointing.
Just like Gleevec.
Lao Jiang looked helplessly at the bottle of medicine called Bai Shuke on the counter.
He estimated that the price of this new bottle of medicine would be at least...tens of thousands!
However, this Bai Shuke is a new drug after all. No matter how expensive it is, it should not be as expensive as Gleevec...
But no matter what, Lao Jiang still held a trace of luck in his heart.
After all, his daughter has been off medicine for half a month. The longer she is off medicine, the faster her condition will worsen. Now he just wants to find a way to bring a bottle of medicine back to his daughter as soon as possible.
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Jiang took a deep breath. He raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Bai Shuke on the counter, and then asked in a hoarse voice: Well... may I ask, how much does that bottle of medicine cost?
Lao Jiang swallowed. He was mentally prepared to accept the despairingly expensive price.
The pharmacy staff turned to look at Bai Shuke on the counter, and then replied: Baishuke, 500 a bottle.
I knew it……
Lao Jiang subconsciously blurted out, but he was only halfway through his words when the voice suddenly came. His eyes widened suddenly, like two lanterns, and the volume couldn't stop rising: How much!
This voice startled everyone in the pharmacy, and the little girl was even more frightened and confused by Lao Jiang's voice.
After realizing his gaffe, Lao Jiang quickly apologized: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was gaffe... Just how much did that bottle of medicine you just mentioned cost?
Lao Jiang swallowed, wondering if he had heard wrong just now.
The little girl in the drugstore also came to her senses at this time, and she said with some fear: It's only 500 yuan.
500? ! !
After repeatedly confirming that he heard correctly, Lao Jiang's heart was already in turmoil.
What is this concept? The price is only one-eighth of that of Gleevec, which means that the money you spend on one bottle of Gleevec can buy 80 bottles of White Shuk.
Ever since he felt numb and desperate about the sky-high price of Gleevec, Lao Jiang no longer expected cheap drugs in the world. He only hoped that the drugs would be within the range of his affordability.
However, now a bottle of medicine costing only 500 was placed in front of Lao Jiang, which made Lao Jiang wonder for the first time whether he was dreaming.
After coming back to his senses, Lao Jiang seemed to realize something. He quickly asked: What diseases can this medicine treat?
Although Beishuke was on the counter for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, Lao Jiang still couldn't believe it. He was afraid that he had made a mistake, and worried that Beishuke might just be some kind of health product combined with Gleevec.
The little girl at the pharmacy said weakly: It's just...the medicine to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia!
Lao Jiang almost pricked his ears to listen. After confirming that Bai Shuke was the drug for treating chronic myelogenous leukemia, Lao Jiang's heart started to tremble.
It’s really only 500!
The medicine to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia really only costs 500!
Lao Jiang's heart trembled at this moment. It was just an ordinary sentence, but it gave Lao Jiang an unreal feeling as if he was in a dream.
Lao Jiang has no time to think about other things now. He has only one thought in his mind at the moment.
He can be saved, his daughter can be saved!