Chapter 322 Sponsorship From AstraZeneca?

The next day, Little Sun Restaurant.

The restaurant is adjacent to Jinghua Second Hospital and has a large flow of people.

The chef's skills are also good. The Sichuan cuisine is very authentic and the price is reasonable, so it attracts many customers.

"Boss, please give me a portion of stir-fried pork intestines, spicy chicken, spicy shrimp, and boiled fish."

"Okay, wait a minute, it will be served soon!"

Lu Chen and Wang Ruoxi sat opposite each other.

"Sister Wang, you don't have to be so polite. I feel so embarrassed every time you invite me to dinner." Lu Chen said to Wang Ruoxi in front of him with a smile.

Wang Ruoxi dressed fashionably and beautifully today. She was already very beautiful. When she dressed like this, she had a mature charm that young girls did not have.

Wang Ruoxi frowned slightly when she heard Lu Chen's address: "Sister Wang, does this address make you look old?"

Lu Chen was stunned and touched the back of his head awkwardly, "Sister Ruoxi?"

"Well, this is good." Wang Ruoxi smiled.

"Sister Ruoxi, is your chest pain better now?" Lu Chen said.

"Much better." Wang Ruoxi nodded slightly, "This is all thanks to you. If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I would have been troubled by this chest pain."

Lu Chen smiled. In fact, he didn't prescribe any special medicine for Wang Ruoxi.

"Sister Ruoxi, you should pay more attention to rest."

"Well, the company was busy some time ago, and I didn't rest much. I took a vacation during this period." Wang Ruoxi said.

Lu Chen knew that Wang Ruoxi used to study medicine, but later she didn't choose to be a doctor.

In recent years, more and more medical students have not engaged in clinical work, and have found another way to change careers.

"Sister Ruoxi is usually very busy?" Lu Chen asked casually.

"Well, I work in a pharmaceutical company and often have to travel around. Staying up late is commonplace." Wang Ruoxi said.

Pharmaceutical representative?

Lu Chen was stunned. He has come into contact with many people in this profession.

Especially after coming to Jinghua Second Hospital, he has seen many pharmaceutical representatives of all kinds.

"Then do you come to the hospital often?" Lu Chen paused.

"No." Wang Ruoxi smiled, "I'm not a salesman who runs business. I'm the regional manager of AstraZeneca, mainly responsible for contacting various businesses of the company and the hospital."

AstraZeneca's regional manager?

My goodness, Wang Ruoxi looks only about 27 or 28 years old, this is too amazing!

AstraZeneca is an international pharmaceutical giant. To be a regional manager in the Huaxia region, Wang Ruoxi is very remarkable both in terms of personal talent and identity background.

It seems that Wang Ruoxi is really a rich woman!

The key is that this rich woman is also very beautiful.

That's right!

Lu Chen suddenly had a thought in his mind, AstraZeneca...

Isn't this the manufacturer of dapagliflozin?

"Sister Ruoxi, dapagliflozin belongs to your company, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Ruoxi said with a smile, "This is the main drug of our company recently. I am responsible for the promotion of the entire upstream product. By the way, I am also going to talk to Director Cao of the Department of Cardiology of your Jinghua Second Hospital."

"Sister Ruoxi, you are really amazing." Lu Chen exclaimed, "You and I are about the same age, and you are now a regional manager."

Wang Ruoxi smiled modestly and said, "Brother Lu Chen is also very good. I heard about you from Zihao. Not only did you win the championship of the National Medical Skills Competition, but you also entered the National Electrocardiogram Competition this time."

After praising each other for a while, the relationship between the two became closer.

"Hey, you just asked about the drug dapagliflozin. Is there something wrong?" Wang Ruoxi suddenly said.

"It's like this." Lu Chen cleared his throat and said, "I recently had an idea for a project on dapagliflozin. I asked a few questions as my opening report. There's nothing else to do."

"Project?" Wang Ruoxi's eyes lit up. "Excuse me, what kind of project is this?"

"A prospective cohort study." Lu Chen said.

Clinical research can be simply divided into prospective research and retrospective research.

Retrospective research generally compares existing data, which generally takes less time and money.

Prospective research requires clinical comparative experiments and continuous follow-up to determine the long-term efficacy of drugs or certain treatment methods. It costs more money and takes a long time.

However, in terms of research preparation alone, prospective projects are definitely better.

"Prospective project?" Wang Ruoxi asked in confusion, "How big is your sample size?"

"About fifty patients." Lu Chen said.

"Fifty patients... Follow-up requires examinations and blood sampling, and there are also costs for experimental drugs." Wang Ruoxi frowned and said, "Then your expenses should be quite high. You are still a student. It is not worthwhile to do such a prospective study?"

Wang Ruoxi is also a medical graduate. As far as she knows, most medical masters will choose retrospective studies, which can produce papers as quickly as possible and graduate.

"The department will bear part of the cost. I still have some savings, so it should be enough." Lu Chen smiled.

"Well, let's do this." Wang Ruoxi suddenly said, "Can you show me your clinical research project?"

"Ah?" Lu Chen was stunned.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else." Wang Ruoxi smiled, "I mean, if your topic is good, I think our AstraZeneca company can sponsor you partly."

"Sponsorship?" Lu Chen frowned.

"Well, we will provide the cost of the drugs used in your experiment." Wang Ruoxi said, "You should know that a box of dapagliflozin is very expensive now, and ordinary patients can't afford such high medical expenses."

Lu Chen lowered his head and thought about the cost of the drugs. This is also the biggest problem he encountered in the entire experiment.

A box of dapagliflozin is estimated to be 70 yuan, and one box can only be taken for half a month, so the cost of the drug for one month is about 140 yuan.

The follow-up time is generally at least half a year, which means that the cost of one patient for half a year is 840 yuan.

The cost of 50 patients is 42,000 yuan.

This is what Lu Chen can't afford at present.

It is impossible for him to borrow money from his parents to do his own clinical experiments.

So, in Lu Chen's idea, he needs to find those patients who voluntarily take dapagliflozin at their own expense. UU看书ｗwｗ.uukanshu.net

This way he can reduce part of the cost of the medicine, and mainly bear the cost of blood sampling for the examination.

However, it is quite difficult to select such patients who meet the conditions.

If AstraZeneca bears this part of the cost, then his experiment will solve the biggest problem.

Wang Ruoxi looked at the young Lu Chen in front of her, and she regretted what she had just said.

Although she is a regional manager, she cannot have the final say.

For the sponsorship of such experiments, it must be decided by a higher-level leader.

Moreover, the person in charge of such sponsorship is usually the department director, and it is not the turn of students like Lu Chen.

The most important thing is that the project done by the student should not be in the eyes of her leader.

Now giving Lu Chen hope, and then destroying it with her own hands later, it is really cruel!