"Who can't see a sick person? Can you promise not to get sick for the rest of your life? "
"I don't want to die, I want to live!"
In 20 18, the film "Dying for Survival" swept across the national cinema, deeply analyzing the plight of leukemia patients. The old lady's lines moved countless audiences to tears.
More importantly, this movie is full of tragedy, and no one in the whole movie is wrong. Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on new drugs, but they can only recover their money through "sky-high" drugs. In order to survive, patients have to go to India to buy generic drugs. Drug dealer Lu Yong was sentenced to jail for buying "fake drugs" to save lives.
But what many people don't know is that this drama has a realistic foundation. Yong Cheng, the protagonist of the film, is called Lu Yong in real life.
Lu Yong, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, is engaged in small foreign trade in knitwear. Before 2002, Lu Yong, like countless people in China, looked forward to career progress and family harmony. The most important thing in their life is the loss or profit of their enterprise.
But at the age of 34, a sudden accident broke the peace of his life. In a physical examination, Lu Yong was diagnosed with chronic leukemia, and his bright future was suddenly dashed. Lu Yong's hand was shaking when he was holding the experimental paper.
Want to do a bone marrow transplant, matching donors said no, at the doctor's suggestion, Lu Yong took Novartis's "Gleevec" anticancer drug. This medicine has a miraculous effect on chronic leukemia. If it is taken in time and the dosage is correct, the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach more than 90%.
But the price of Gleevec is shocking, 23,500 yuan a box. Considering the average economic level of China society, few families can say it is cheap.
Although Lu is a business owner, he can't afford expensive medicines. In less than two years, his savings began to drop to the bottom.
On an anxious night, Lu came across the imitation Gleevec made in India. He heard that the ingredients of these two drugs are basically the same, 99% are almost the same, and almost all of them are original drugs.
Most importantly, the Indian-made Gleevec only needs 400 yuan RMB per box!
As a businessman who has been in contact with foreign trade for a long time, Lu Yong bought generic drugs from India through the contact of a Japanese friend. After two months of intense diet, Lu Yong's medical report showed nothing unusual. The "fake medicine" bought from India turned out to be his lifeline.
In August of that year, Lu Yong told the news to a group of patients, who cheered like a hose about to swallow the last straw and came to consult Lu Yong.
At the same time, the end of the world has reduced people, and Lu Yong is naturally the solution for patients, giving them detailed instructions on how to buy medicines. But when it comes to foreign trade, many people don't know how to operate. Out of trust in Lu Yong, some patients began to beg Lu Yong to help them.
Lu Yong didn't hesitate. Anyway, he is a patient who wants to take medicine. In addition, people in the group often die because they can't afford medicine, which makes the soft-hearted Liu Yong see the fear of death.
Since helping three or five people, cheap and effective Indian medicine has made leukemia patients from all corners of society flock to Lu Yong. This is a dazzling light in eternal darkness.
As the number of people increased, Lu Yong finally had to buy things for thousands of patients. On his shoulders, there are more than 1000 suffering souls.
Although 400 yuan is insignificant compared with traditional medicine, the annual cost of several thousand yuan is still a big burden for poor patients.
Lu Yong once again stood out, relying on his own business experience, personally went to India and signed an order at the "group purchase price" of a box in 200 yuan. Running for patients before and after running, Lu Yong never took the money. He knows what it's like to be poor because of illness.
With Lu Yong's help, patients no longer worry about their lives. He is worthy of being a "medical god".
Although saving a life is a good thing, generic drugs are not allowed to be sold in India. In our country, they are counterfeit drugs and illegal business.
Lu certainly knew the laws of his own country, so he bought three credit cards registered in other people's names online and sent the money to India to be on the safe side.
On August 20 13, police in Yuanjiang, Hunan province arrested Lu Yong for buying credit cards while investigating illegal credit card manufacturers.
At that time, there was still 3 million yuan in his credit card for buying drugs, and the case of "buying fake drugs" involving a huge amount of money surfaced.
Lu Yong was detained in accordance with the law and lost contact with other patients in the detention center. The patients are worried. How can they live without Indian medicine bought by Lu Yong?
Inquired about it and found that their "poison god" Lu Yong was arrested for "selling fake drugs". More than 300 people wrote to the judicial department, demanding that Lu Yong's criminal responsibility be reduced.
This issue has gradually set off a wave of public opinion in the society, and more and more people have expressed their support. The collision between law and human emotion interweaves into the opposition between emotion and reason.
From 2065438 to February 2005, Yuanjiang Procuratorate voluntarily withdrew the public prosecution after detailed investigation and extensive public opinion survey, and exempted Lu Yong from the charges of "interfering with credit card management" and "selling counterfeit drugs".
Lu Yong, the God of Medicine, returned safely.
Lu Yong is a hero in the eyes of patient friends, but his behavior is on the edge of the law. Gleevec's high price is because its research and development expenses are as high as $5 billion. Who wants to develop new drugs in the future if they don't come back during the patent period?
So, is Lu Yong a criminal? He personally reunited thousands of families. The verdict said: "Lu Yong's crime violates the people's just values." . At least at the moment, the indifferent and serious method was touched by Lu Yong.
Fortunately, the government has stepped in to solve this dilemma. From 20 17, the high-priced anticancer drug Gleevec was included in medical insurance. After reimbursement, patients can get prescription drugs for only a few hundred yuan a month.
And what happened to Lu Yong after this storm?
When the reporter went to interview him, Lu Yong was full of energy. He said: In the past, many patient groups were established, 10000 people. Now it's basically a greeting card group. People who don't need help buy medicine, life has a lot of leisure and no suspense of pressure.
Not only that, Lu Zhaoxi's career is also very successful now, including selling knitted gloves to the Dutch royal family.
During the epidemic, Lu Kang went to India again, but this time, instead of buying fake drugs, he bought goggles and masks for his Indian compatriots and donated them to the medical staff at the front line of the epidemic.
Jin Yong said: "The greatest warrior is to serve the country and the people." In my opinion, the name "drug god" gives people a feeling of being above and overlooking all beings.
"Medicine Summer" is indeed consistent with Lu Yong's deeds. Originally, people were scattered in the rivers and lakes, and they spoke righteousness; Holding thousands of lives, grit your teeth.
He is the most extraordinary ordinary person, and Lu Yong's name deserves to be remembered and moved by future generations.