Invaluable Prospects of New Drugs!

"Group A Target, suitable for weight loss drugs!" Song He began.

"Currently, it is known that after this group of targets is activated, it can inhibit hunger and affect Dopamine and norepinephrine in the central nervous system, significantly reducing food intake in White Mouse and monkeys. However, there are also potential side effects, such as bloating and irritable bowel syndrome!"

The White Coats looked focused, silently taking notes.

You can doze off in class, sleep through exams, but when the boss holds a meeting, you must prick up your ears and listen!

"Group B Target, suitable for blood pressure drugs!"

"Currently, it is known that after this group of targets is activated, blood pressure fluctuates greatly, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing. The specific mechanism of action remains to be clarified!"

"Here, we need to highlight the key point: drugs related to the Three Highs are definitely cash cows! Pfizer's Lipitor, used to lower blood lipids, sold a full 100 billion dollars! And that's 100 billion dollars between the 1980s and the expiration of the patent in 2011! In those days, the dollar was quite valuable!"

Everyone's faces flushed with excitement, collectively gasping for air!

Hundreds of billions, an astronomical figure!

If they could really develop effective drugs for the Three Highs, they would probably become immortals on the spot and achieve financial freedom for everyone in minutes!

This isn't just making medicine, it's printing money!

"Group C Target, suitable for anti-fatigue drugs!"

"This group is the most amazing! It's different from stimulants. Stimulants often make your hormones explode and secrete, overdrawing your body to exchange for temporary physical strength, with severe backlash afterward. But after this group of targets is continuously activated for a few days, the mitochondrial level in the muscles of Mouse and monkeys actually slightly increased, and the animals became more energetic!"

Everyone looked serious, lost in thought.

"You should have noticed a phenomenon: when adults take children out to play, the children run around all day without getting tired, while adults get tired after walking a few steps," Song He said. "Why?"

"Because children have very high mitochondrial levels, equivalent to Ironman triathlon athletes, and they are not tired at all from daily running and jumping! Adults, on the other hand, lack exercise, and their mitochondrial levels decline year by year, so they start panting after a little movement!"

"Who doesn't want to be energetic all day long? Who doesn't want to be full of vitality at all times? If we can develop an anti-fatigue drug that improves mitochondrial levels, the income each of you receives will definitely exceed the annual profit of a medium-sized enterprise!"

A series of rapid breathing sounds filled the air as everyone frantically gnawed on the pie drawn by the boss in their hearts.

The income each person receives exceeds that of a medium-sized enterprise?!

Before, this was a terrifying income that everyone wouldn't even dare to imagine!

But after working with the boss for this period of time, everyone felt that this pie was within reach! And easily obtainable!

"After talking about the good news, let's pour some cold water and talk about the bad news," Song He cleared his throat.

"The prospects are bright, but the road is tortuous!"

"From theory to drugs, we still have to solve a series of tricky problems, such as what drug can stimulate Neuropeptide to bombard the targets? Will the overflowing Neuropeptide produce strong side effects? What drugs should be used to suppress the side effects? What is the reasonable range of drug dosage?"

Song He spoke eloquently, writing a series of question marks on the Whiteboard.

"Now, please ask the group leaders and deputy group leaders of each group to come to the stage in turn to share their views. Any point of view is welcome, speak freely!"

"Let's start with Lou Jinghui."

Song He stepped aside, giving up the podium.

The group leaders and deputy group leaders of each group came forward to speak, and they were all eloquent. After all, they had done so many days of experiments, and they had accumulated a lot of feelings and experiences.

But Song He didn't listen.

Relying on the inspiration of these people to make medicine, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until the Year of the Monkey!

He clapped like a robot, his mind wandering, and opened the System Shop in his mind.

Black Technology Blueprint, start!

[Please enter the Black Technology you want to develop, the more detailed the description, the better:]

After hesitating for a moment, Song He quickly entered three major paragraphs:

[A weight loss drug based on Neuropeptide, which can significantly reduce a person's redundant fat through methods such as restricting food intake and consuming body fat, with no obvious side effects]

[A blood pressure drug based on Neuropeptide, which can improve the blood pressure of patients with hypertension, with no obvious side effects]

[An anti-fatigue drug based on Neuropeptide, which can improve mitochondrial levels, making people more energetic, with no obvious side effects]

[For the above three drugs, the daily dose taken by patients and the production cost should not exceed one hundred yuan]

After entering, confirm!

[Neuropeptide Three-Drug Blueprint Generated!]

[Normal Unlock: 1 Million Resentment Value (Only a pitiful blueprint)]

[Advanced Unlock: 3 Million Resentment Value (In addition to the blueprint, a special item is included to increase the success rate of research and development)]

The account happened to have 3.06 million Resentment Value left, all the hard-earned savings from this period.

Song He gritted his teeth and spent it!

[This blueprint is valid for 30 days]

[Successful research and development will yield 5 million Resentment Value and a varying amount of Knowledge Rebate]

[If the research and development fails, the system will be locked for two and a half years, and all Resentment Value generated during the period will be deducted]

[Time remaining before the blueprint expires: 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes!]

Song He's blood flow accelerated. Every time he activated a Black Technology Blueprint, he felt like he was at a gambling table!

Success meant a fortune, failure meant a two-and-a-half-year freeze. It was a high-stakes gamble!

He really didn't want to activate this kind of devilish bet unless absolutely necessary, but there was no choice. He had an experimental team to support, Chenghuang Company to support, and he had to defeat Jin Shunlu's team across the ocean in the world's spotlight. There was no turning back.

With a whoosh, the Black Technology Blueprint unfolded before his eyes.

Unlike previous blueprints, this one had three progress bars, from top to bottom: weight loss drug, blood pressure drug, and anti-fatigue drug!

At this moment, the progress bars for all three had reached 30%. Song He looked ahead. The first 10% of the progress was "Clarifying the mechanism of action of neuropeptides," and the remaining 20% was "Preliminary understanding of available targets," which happened to be the content of the previous period's work.

Good, no detours!

Looking further down, Song He frowned wildly.

The next step, accounting for 40% of the three progress bars, would reach 70% upon completion, basically nearing the end.

This step was simple: drug testing!

[Drug Combinations: Select reasonable combinations from the following drugs, adjust the concentration for in vivo experiments until preliminary efficacy appears]

Song He took out his phone and frantically typed the names of the drugs according to the requirements of the Black Technology Blueprint.

"Grayanotoxin I and III, commonly distributed in plants such as Sheep Mountain Laurel, Black Sea Rhododendron, and Aojiki Wood, can also accumulate in toxic honey..."

Song He had seen this stuff in papers. It could block sodium ion channels in cell membranes, inhibit nerve signal transmission, and then amplify the effect of neuropeptides, roughly equivalent to a neuropeptide enhancer?

"Hyoscyamine, can be obtained from Henbane, Belladonna, Datura..."

He had also seen this stuff. It could lead to increased blood pressure and block some nerve signals. It was extremely toxic. Livestock would die from eating a little, and it was easy to kill people with it.

[Isoquinoline Alkaloids, including Lycorine and Haemanthamine, can be found in plants such as Agapanthus, Blood Lily, and Candelabra Flower]

Also a poison, it can cause a sharp increase in blood pressure and tachycardia.

Why did the Black Technology Blueprint circle a bunch of blood pressure-raising drugs? Could it be that after dilution and combination, the blood pressure-raising components could actually lower blood pressure?

Song He tapped away on his phone, listing all the drugs mentioned in the Black Technology Blueprint, his mind racing, trying to figure out which ingredients could be combined.

After listing dozens of poisons, he packed them all up and sent them to Tang Rongrong.

"Urgently needed, big money for drugs!" Song He explained succinctly.