The Push to Get Everything Running!

Half an hour later.

Looking at the cooperation agreement stamped with both companies' seals, Xu Yun and Lin Feian both breathed a sigh of relief.

The agreement meant that their partnership had officially been established. For Xu Yun in particular, it instantly lifted a huge weight off his shoulders.

There were still plenty of procedures to complete, but they were mostly unrelated to Huadun Biotech.

Chia Tai Tianqing would handle everything from logistics and distribution to insurance. Huadun Biotech now had only three things left to do:

First, go all out on production and prepare enough stock for shipment.

Second, wait for the EU's GMP and GDP reviews. They should receive specific notice in due course, and since Bayer had guaranteed that no political maneuvering would be involved, neither review should pose a problem.

After all, the production workshop for Yi Ge Lang Mie had once been a Pethidine facility. If Novartis hadn't moved out of Hefei back then, Huadun Biotech would have had almost no chance of getting a plant of this caliber.

Pethidine's production requirements were far more stringent than Yi Ge Lang Mie's.

Beyond those two points, the company also needed to consider when to launch the product—and there wasn't much to discuss there.

Europe and Huaxia were both in the Northern Hemisphere, so they shared the same seasons. The climate might differ, but summer was obviously the best time to export to Europe, when the little pests were most active.

It was now late March. Traditional sea routes between China and Europe took around 28 to 35 days, depending on the destination. In some cases, the journey could take more than forty days.

Ideally, then, Huadun Biotech would have its reviews and stock ready by early June, allowing distribution to begin in early July. After a