Chapter 603 Sales of Penicillin

The successful test flight of the Test-1 rocket is certainly good news, but Arthur also has greater expectations for this, which is further research on rockets and missiles.

To this end, Arthur deliberately divided the current rocket research community into two parts. Part of it is led by Tsiolkovsky, who is mainly responsible for the improvement and research and development of rockets. It takes the Test series rockets as its flagship product and strives to continuously innovate in rocket research and development and create more records.

The other part is led by Herman, who is responsible for transforming existing rockets into missiles for military use, and constantly innovating.

This also means that the research directions of Tsiolkovsky and Hermann will be divided into rockets and missiles in the future, with one responsible for the military field and the other responsible for the civil field.

Neither of them had any objection to this division. After all, Tsiolkovsky is currently 67 years old, and his main research direction is rocket theory, and he does not have much energy to transform rockets into missiles.

But Herman is different. As a young scientific researcher born in 1894, he is only 30 years old now. He is in the prime of life and has more energy.

Instead of continuing to explore the theoretical aspects of rocket development, it would be better for Herman to focus on the transformation of rockets into missiles and the follow-up research on missiles.

After all, he is a young man with more energy and more related thoughts, which may create more imagination.

Arthur still has a certain understanding of rockets, and naturally understands the value of the three experts known as aerospace pioneers, Tsiolkovsky, Goddard and Herman.

Leaving the research on missiles to Herman is a more reasonable choice, at least at this point in time.

Arthur does not expect major breakthroughs in rocket and missile research in a short period of time. But at least before World War II, more improvements were possible.

After all, during World War II, Germany developed a V2 rocket with an attack range of more than 300 kilometers and a maximum flight altitude of nearly 30 kilometers.

Australasia's current research and development progress is much ahead. It seems that it will not be difficult to develop a rocket of the same level as the V2 rocket in advance, right?

In addition to the successful test of the rocket, the pharmaceutical group also decided to sell penicillin as a drug, but kept its manufacturing formula and specific production principles strictly confidential.

After all, historically penicillin was discovered before World War II. During World War II, many countries were able to independently manufacture and produce penicillin.

Rather than keeping this technology in your own hands and waiting until it is developed by other countries in the future, it is better to directly produce it as a drug and earn a lot of profits from other countries in advance.

Even if Australasia started selling penicillin drugs now, other countries would not be able to discover and mass-produce penicillin without a few years.

Coupled with the impact of the Great Depression, large-scale production of penicillin is likely to be delayed until more than ten years.

It is now 1924, more than ten years since the outbreak of World War II. This also means that when World War II actually comes, not many countries may be able to master the production of penicillin. The sale of penicillin alone is enough for Australasia to make a large profit.

The reason why the pharmaceutical group is determined to sell penicillin now is because the current medical methods do not have a good way to treat wound infections.

It also means that penicillin, a drug that has been proven to treat wound infections, is a life-saving medicine for those suffering from wound infections.

Didn't even the former Greek King Alexander die from wound infection and sepsis?

Not to mention that ordinary people in worse conditions, when faced with more serious wound infections, all they can do is wait for death.

At this time, if it is claimed that there is a drug that can completely cure wound infections, the shock and sensation it will bring to those in need will definitely be unparalleled.

Even if there is a time difference, you can definitely use this time difference to make a lot of profits.

At present, the manufacturing cost of a bottle of penicillin drug is about 9 Australian dollars, but the external selling price is generally as high as more than 5 Australian dollars, and even the price in some areas has exceeded 5 Australian dollars.

This is the domestic price in Australasia. Due to transportation costs and import tariffs, the price of penicillin in foreign countries is more than 10 Australian dollars per bottle, and it is basically in a state of pricelessness.

Penicillin was actually put on the market in July 1924. Once it was put on the market, it caused a sensation all over the world and caused a large number of media to rush to investigate and experiment.

They conducted experiments on white mice with infected wounds, and were surprised to find that this drug could indeed treat wound infections. This directly promoted penicillin to the altar and was hailed as the greatest drug of the 20th century.

Fleming and Wright, who invented penicillin, were also awarded baronetries by Arthur in a public statement, and each was awarded a reward of 5,000 Australian dollars.

The net profit of a bottle of penicillin in Australasia is about A$3, and the net profit abroad is about A$7.

At present, more than 400,000 bottles of penicillin have been sold in more than a month since its launch, with total sales exceeding 3.5 million Australian dollars and net profit reaching more than 2.3 million Australian dollars.

You should know that this is only the sales data for more than a month, and it is also because people did not believe the propaganda of the pharmaceutical group in the early stage, and the corresponding transportation work was not perfect, which led to the poor sales abroad.

Even so, penicillin, which is sold at a price of more than 9 Australian dollars abroad, has also been welcomed by a large number of Europeans and Americans.

The reason given by the pharmaceutical group is that the current production technology is immature, and the limited production quantity of the drug leads to high prices.

Of course, high tariffs and transportation costs are indispensable, which is why the price of penicillin abroad is nearly twice that of domestic penicillin.

Other reasons are fine, but the limited production quantity alone is enough to make some wealthy people worry.

These rich people are not worried about money, but they are more afraid that the drugs they need will be snatched away by the poor, or directly consumed.

Although the current price of penicillin is indeed very high, converted into US dollars as high as more than US$25, this still cannot stop wealthy Americans from buying penicillin.

According to the sales statistics of the pharmaceutical group in the United States, Americans bought the vast majority of penicillin, and the United States alone contributed at least 150,000 bottles of sales to the pharmaceutical group.

This is because the pharmaceutical group adopted a hunger marketing strategy in the United States, which limited the sales volume in the United States to a certain extent.

If the purchase restrictions were lifted directly, I am afraid that the sales volume in the United States alone would exceed one million bottles in a short period of time.

However, hunger marketing also has its benefits. The price of penicillin in the United States is the highest, generally as high as more than 5 Australian dollars, far exceeding the average price of 5 Australian dollars in Europe.

But Americans have no dislike for this expensive drug, and even line up to grab it every day, becoming very crazy.

According to the pharmaceutical group's estimate, the sales of penicillin will not be affected at all in the short term, and the sales will only increase.

Unless other countries can quickly discover penicillin in a short period of time and quickly find a way to mass-produce penicillin, it will affect the sales of penicillin in Australasia.

But the problem is that the research on penicillin in Australasia took more than ten years and a lot of efforts from relevant personnel.

Especially Alexander Fleming, who was the first person in history to discover penicillin. Under Arthur's guidance, he was even more adept, which was also the reason why penicillin was discovered quickly.

Arthur invested a lot of money in research for him, set up a corresponding R&D team specifically for the discovery of penicillin, spent a lot of money to build the world's most advanced biological research laboratory, but it took more than ten years to achieve mass production of penicillin.

For other countries, from the discovery of penicillin to mass production of penicillin, if they did not receive strong sponsorship from the national government and win over a considerable number of biological talents, it would take at least ten years to complete this step.

According to the net profit of up to 2 million that penicillin brings to the pharmaceutical group every month, it is at least 24 million net profit a year, and at least 400 million Australian dollars in net profit in ten years.

For Arthur, this is far greater than the investment in the pharmaceutical group and the biological research laboratory, and the return is far greater than the investment and cost.

More importantly, the next World War II is the biggest opportunity for penicillin sales. Even if there are several companies competing for business at that time, Australasia can still get a considerable part of the penicillin orders.

This drug is an extremely important antibiotic even in the future. It will never have to worry about sales. It is a giant beast that can continuously spit out money.

And such profit calculation does not take into account the hunger marketing strategy currently being carried out by the pharmaceutical group.

According to the actual production speed of the penicillin manufacturer, the sales volume of more than 400,000 bottles a month is far behind the production volume. The subsequent sales volume should be even higher, and it is not a problem to double it several times.

This also means that during this period, the benefits that penicillin brings to the pharmaceutical group are immeasurable.

This is not only financial income, but also the improvement of national reputation and scientific research level, as well as the attraction to those biological students.

At this time, the sales of penicillin can also make the Australasian pharmaceutical industry famous worldwide, and make basic preparations for the sales of other drugs in Australasian.

Perhaps this can also become a brand, and the Australasian Pharmaceutical Group will become a world-renowned pharmaceutical manufacturer, and even hope to become one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world with penicillin.

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