Chapter 873 The Test of New Drugs

Sitting by the porthole, the vast Taihang Mountain quickly passed by.

Every time he takes a plane, he will give Chen Ping an unprecedented feeling, as if the earth suddenly becomes very small.

20 years ago, it took about 22 days for the fastest civilian ship to arrive in Sydney from Shanghai, but now the newly opened air route from Shanghai to Australia via Luzon and Rabaul only takes 3 days. If it is not taken into account that the pilot needs to rest, the flight distance of the plane is not enough and needs to be refueled halfway, and even It can be shortened to 2 days.

Eleven times the gap!

Although there is no explosion on the newly opened route, there is no doubt that the aviation industry, which is regarded by the emperor as one of the pillar industries in the future, will undoubtedly give the country wings.

However, it is not the time to consider these. At present, the most important thing is to curb the rapid spread of influenza in China.

The situation is very bad. The number of infected people on the southeast coast has exceeded one million. Judging from the outbreak trajectory of the century plague in Europe and the United States, if we can't find a way, it will be an outbreak in April**, which is likely to have hundreds of thousands of deaths or more than a month like the current situation in Europe and the United States!

It must not be like this!

The pilot seemed to understand the mind of the Chief of Staff and rubbed the ridge into the clouds below. As the cumulus gradually disappeared, a small airport suddenly appeared between the mountains.

Ghost base.

This is one of the most dense military bases in China. The airport is only used for transportation. In view of the special destructive power of ghosts, all facilities must be built in Taihang Mountain, and then the potential danger must be blocked with thick cement and soil.

After getting off the plane, Chen Ping, who had been waiting for a long time, drove for about five kilometers and then plunged into the mountain wall. A huge steel arch nearly four meters high on the mountain wall was like a big mouth cracked by a wild beast, slowly devouring the convoy.

Circles of lights illuminate the tunnel. The total length of this kind of tunnel in the whole ghost base is 27 kilometers, and the core of the base is about 300 meters from the surface. In order to ensure reading and non-interference, the whole base has fully readable communication, power and other facilities.

In order to build this base, the military used a total of more than 80,000 natives captured from Nanyang to build at night, which not only took 10 years, but also cost countless.

As the elevator slowly sank, Chen Ping and his entourage quickly arrived at the test hall. After verifying their identity and put on their white coats, the guards were allowed to enter.

The test hall does not belong to a high-secret laboratory. It is not as strict as the laboratory care separated by glass. When you walk into it, you can see hundreds of chemical and biological experts and assistants busy, and from time to time you can see some foreign faces that can't leave Xinhua in their lives.

After seeing Chen Ping, Lin Lianhui, who had already got the news, immediately came over. After a few greetings, the two immediately cut into the topic and asked, "How's it going outside?"

"If it's okay, I won't come." Chen Ping sighed and roughly told the situation outside. Especially when he heard that Li Mo was still with the sick soldiers in the Strait, Lin Lianhui couldn't help frowning.

"How are you doing here? I rushed over as soon as I heard that there was progress. The emperor and the Prime Minister were also waiting for the news. Chen Ping stopped in front of several young interns and turned his head to ask.

Lin Lianhui immediately released the already prepared test data, pointed to a piece of information and icon and said, "This is based on the data of the new cold medicine configured by Yin Qiaosan as the main party. Judging from the current test situation, there is a great killing surname for this influenza virus. If it can be used with antibiotics, the effect It could be better."

"Oh? So there is hope?!"

"I hope there is." Lin Lianhui nodded, and he couldn't help but smear a trace of joy on his face. He was also very happy to find a formula to restrain the flu in such a short time, but he was happy and said seriously, "Yuanshou, I don't want to hide from you that whether each new drug can really work or not must go through clinical trials for months to years. Only then can we know whether it is really effective.

Judging from the previous experience and the process of international drug development, there are not many cases where new drugs in the laboratory can finally be determined to be effective. Most of them are failures, and influenza is different from other diseases. Once the drug is ineffective, it will promote mutation of the disease strain, causing greater damage, and it will be controlled in the future. It's even harder!"

"What you mean."

"There is not enough time. If there is a March or May for us to continue the clinical and [***] experiments, we may be sure, but now if we want to use it by force, I can only say everything and be safe!"

Lin Lianhui's heavy words made Chen Ping also hear the hidden dangers. Once the new drug fails to cause the mutation of the disease strain, I'm afraid he won't have time to develop a new drug, and he can only watch the flu rage.

Judging from the previous preparations, dozens of pharmaceutical companies across the country have been notified at present, and all raw materials are also well stocked. It is not a problem to produce enough drugs within two months if you work overtime, but the problem is that the new drug has not yet obtained clinical trials, and all the data is born in the laboratory.

Will it lead to mutation of the disease strain? Will it aggravate the flu epidemic instead?

Do your best, don't be safe! It's just six words, but it's a major decision that no one dares to be responsible for!

"Puncuffe the Prime Minister's Office and the Emperor." Even a person like Chen Ping took a deep breath and turned his head to prepare for contact before he asked, "Does the new medicine have a name?"

"With Yin Qiao San as the main side, it is tentatively designated as Yin Qiao Jiefeng Pill."

"Wind means wind plague, right?"

"Yes." While Lin Lianhui nodded, Chen Ping had quickly walked to the communication office. After a while, a few radio waves quickly reached the destination. Anyone who saw the telegram knew that this was a big decision related to the lives of tens of thousands of people--

"Your Majesty, this is the Prime Minister's decision."

Li Enfu handed the telegram to Li Mo: "Shochuan said that he was ready!"

Li Mo took the telegram and nodded. From the telegram, he also saw the determination and tension expressed by Tang Shaoyi between the lines, because a new drug that has not undergone clinical trials is directly used by soldiers. Once it fails, it means that his position as prime minister is likely to come to an end!

Li Mo turned around and turned his head to look at a young colonel wearing a mask standing in front of him: "The Prime Minister has decided, but I still want to ask you, do you know what this means? There are currently 1,325 people in your fleet who are sick. Conservative treatment may cost about 200 deaths, but if it fails now, it may be the result of aggravation of the disease.

"Your Majesty." The young colonel saluted: "I know the consequences, but we are soldiers!" Yes, you are the best soldiers!" The colonel's words made everyone in the hall awe.

"Go and prepare. The medicine can be airlifted tomorrow morning." Li Mo was not pretentious at all. At this moment, any words were superfluous. He only ordered: "You must promise me that everyone is voluntary!"

"Yes, your emperor, everyone is voluntary!"

The colonel left the slender milky Oriental Princess, brought a message back to the last two cargo ships docked in the strait, and then took out a written volunteer letter.

The first coughing soldier pressed his fingerprints, followed by the second and third.

Everyone knows that they have become a tool for testing drugs, and some people have quit, but more people still choose to press their fingerprints, because the country is still waiting for the result of whether the new drug is effective, and waiting for it to rescue more citizens, including their family and friends.

The colonel looked at his soldiers, and his masks had been wet with tears. He clearly remembered the names of each soldier and knew the merits they had received. Many of them could actually quit. As long as they could survive until they recovered, they could return to their hometowns! But now, they have embarked on another unknown road without hesitation.

Li Mo is also in a heavy mood. This time, the Prime Minister's Office is almost against the wind with a future and reputation. Everyone knows what it means to leak the news once it fails! However, there is no other way. Whether the new drug is effective or not must be known in the shortest time. In this case, only the most dangerous and unpredictable direct use test can the first-hand information be obtained as soon as possible.

The next morning, a rescue fast ship carrying new drugs and nearly 100 medical staff arrived in the Strait, and the new Yin Qiao Jiefeng pills, which had not yet been clinically tested, were sent to the soldiers who agreed to test the medicine.

Then, everyone is waiting--

The landing clock in the corner of the Prime Minister's office kept ticking, hammering the hearts of everyone waiting here like a bell and drum.

"How's it going? Is there any news? I'm so anxious that I haven't closed my eyes in the past three days. Long Guozhang walked into the office with red eyes and rushed to Tang Shaoyi to ask questions without waiting to say hello.

"Don't worry, wait."

Although Zhao Long held Long Guozhang and pretended to discuss the work of the post-war army with him, he had already flown to the selected four offshore isolation wards, including the two infected cargo ships where the emperor was currently located and had to be stopped.

Tang Shaoyi also touched the pen in his hand, and the thick document in front of him could not be seen at all, because this time he almost gambled on all his future and fate. Rong Kui and Liang Dunyan are talking about the extent of the economic damage caused by the flu, but from their ears, you can see that in fact, most of their thoughts are concentrated on the phone not far away.

"Dingling bell." Suddenly, the phone rang.

Looking at the telephone on the right side of the Prime Minister's desk, everyone held their breath.

"Prime Minister, Line 1, it's radio communication, the emperor's call!" The secretary rushed into the office breathlessly, pointed to the phone and shouted, "He wants to talk to you in person immediately."

"The emperor called in person?"

"Is it a failure?"

"I don't think so."

In uneasiness, Tang Shaoyi slowly raised the phone. Even if it was far away, everyone could still hear the excited and familiar voice from the microphone.

"It worked!"

"The effect of the new drug is very good!"

"Immediately inform everyone to send someone to take the pharmacy to each pharmaceutical factory. Every production process must be strictly checked and must not go wrong!"

"Ghosts, inform the ghost troops and let them be responsible for supervising the situation after the use of drugs, and they must report every day!"

With the good news from the four major experimental areas, the Prime Minister's office, which was originally audible, seemed to become a noisy vegetable market in an instant. Everyone was happy, constantly high-fiveing their companions and trotting all the way to deploy the details of prevention and control.

In the office, Tang Shaoyi also loosened his shoulders and sat down slowly. He knew that if the result was the opposite, then his political career, the prime minister who decided to use drugs that had not passed clinical trials, might come to an end...

(to be continued)