Chapter 1048: Sanctions against Johnson and Johnson
The moon, in the experimental cabin of the Yuehua Taiwan Research Base.
Standing in front of the electron microscope observatory, Professor Scott Sean from the Planck Institute of Microbiology was observing the experiment in his hand with excitement against his thick dark circles.
Under electron microscope, the Class A Mars bacteria used in the mixed inhibition experiment section quickly stopped their activity after engulfing the reverse inhibition expression protein provided by Chinese staff, and then gradually died.
"Incredible, someone actually found a way to treat Class A Martian infection so quickly."
In the laboratory, after seeing the experimental results, Professor Scott Sean muttered in disbelief.
On the side, Professor Hicks Gilbert from the School of Biology of the Royal Academy of Sweden echoed.
"What's even more incredible is whether they found a solution to kill this Martian bacteria directly, which is simply unbelievable."
Although it was revealed that four astronauts in China had been infected with microbial bacteria from Mars nearly three months ago, in fact, scientific researchers from various countries have officially started researching this bacteria for only one time.
Just a month.
Especially in the face of bacterial infection, the detection equipment and related experimental devices on the Hanhai space shuttle cannot provide much information that can be studied in depth.
For human medical technology, every bacterial and virus infection requires continuous dialectical confirmation through a large number of live experiments, gene experiments, medical experiments and other means to finally find a solution.
This time can be as short as three or four months, and it may take several years to achieve it.
What surprised him even more was that the reverse inhibitory expression proteins handed over by the Chinese to study actually had the effect from the perspective of killing Class A Martian bacteria.
For the current medical technology of human beings, this is definitely an "outlier".
Because normally, drugs to fight viral infections usually use various means to inhibit the reproduction of viruses and assist the human immune system to eliminate viruses in the body.
For example, ganciclovir tablets that can be used to treat herpes zoster, chickenpox and other diseases can be used to treat valacinivir hydrochloride tablets. After entering the human body, it can achieve therapeutic effect by inhibiting the replication of herpes virus.
There are also ribavirin tablets used for viral pneumonia and bronchitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus, which are also treated through viral proteins and inhibiting the growth and methods of viruses, and thus inhibiting the reproduction of viruses.
There are drugs that directly target virus-killing, but the number of drugs with relatively wider inhibition methods is very rare.
Because the difficulty of research and development is very high.
As an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, who has participated in the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine, Professor Hicks Gilbert is too clear about the difference between the two.
Inhibition of the reproduction and survival of viruses can be carried out through broad-spectrum antiviral drugs and protease inhibitors, while inhibiting the activity of the virus surface can be carried out through neuraminidase inhibitors.
What is needed to directly kill every virus is to fully understand the virus and find drugs that target its active structure or genetic genes.
Compared with the wider inhibition or inactivation of the virus, the latter is more difficult than the order of magnitude.
Because the former is relatively universal from a medical perspective, that is, only by determining the genetic gene and structure of the virus and understanding the protein or amino acids required for its replication, you can quickly find the corresponding universal through previous experience
Sexual medicine.
And killing is another completely different concept.
The gap between the two is like prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
And those Chinese can find Class A Martian bacteria killing drugs in just one month, which is simply unbelievable.
This simply subverted his understanding of bacteria, viruses and the medical community.
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Meanwhile, on the other side, the earth.
In Jinling, Xinghai Research Institute, and Xu Chuan's office, there was a crisp knock on the half-covered door.
Behind the desk, Xu Chuan's eyes fell on the documents in his hand and replied casually.
With a report document, Zheng Hai walked in and handed over the documents in his hand while briefing the report.
"Professor, the leak of Class A Mars bacteria at Yuehua Taiwan Research Base that you asked me to investigate has already been found."
"We can already be sure that we are one of the board members of Johnson & Johnson Group, and a man named Dryden Porter arranged all of this behind the scenes."
"He sent Constance Minnik, a professor of alien biology at Georgia Institute of Technology to the International Mars Life Research Project through Johnson & Johnson Group and the influence of the Wood family behind him, and eventually used intentional artificial infection to steal and
Class A Martian bacteria were leaked."
"In addition, through NASA's Space Administration restarting the space shuttle Toughness and SpaceX's lunar module, he sent people to the Aitken Basin on the South Pole of the Moon to dock with Constance Minnik..."
After taking the investigation report from Zheng Hai, Xu Chuan looked through it, frowned slightly and asked, "That is, according to your investigation, has Class A Martian bacteria indeed been transported to the earth?"
Zheng Hai nodded and said, "Well, Dryden Porter invested in the Hopkins Life Institute two years ago and restarted the institute's restart of cryo-dosity technology."
"And this technology is currently under the charge of Professor Carl Weaverde of Johns Hopkins University."
“Through investigations into the institute, we have confirmed that the institute has a Level 4 biosafety laboratory and started a secret research project called ‘Sleeping Beauty’ a month ago.”
"The confidentiality level of the project is very high, and the specific information is only known by Professor Carl Weaverde in the Hopkins Institute of Life."
"But through the conquest of a assistant of Professor Carl Weaverde, we learned that nearly a month ago, Professor Carl Weaverde received a mysterious research subject, some experimental data revealed by the other party.
Look, the subject of this study is a microbial bacteria and is highly similar to Class A Martian bacteria."
Xu Chuan nodded, frowned and asked, "I have another question."
"Theoretically, even if there is an infection leak in the Yuehua Taiwan Research Base, it should only be the internal base. There should not be any problem of Class A Martian bacteria being stolen and transferred to the earth."
"I want to know what happened on the moon, so that such a big mistake happened."
The Yuehua Taiwan Research Base was proposed by him and applied to the above for construction.
In the past few years, there has never been a major accident like this one. The security has always been very good. However, even so, there has been a problem of theft and leakage of Martian bacteria, which really puzzled him.
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Hearing this question, Zheng Hai sighed and said, "Strictly speaking, this is the dereliction of duty of the staff of Yuehua Taiwan Research Base."
After pausing, he continued to explain: "Although Yuehua Taiwan Research Base is equipped with a security work team and related monitoring equipment, due to the long distance and no bases of other countries on the moon, there has never been a security-related one.
threat work.”
"In short, due to the accumulation of various factors, the security team drawn from Xiashu Aerospace Base itself is not so strict in training, and after two years of stability, it gradually slacked off."
"So when Constance Minnik used the lunar rover to leave the edge of the base, the security team was too lax that day, and when he found out, the other party had left the surveillance range."
"The Space Administration has contacted Guoan and controlled the security team on duty that day, waiting for the investigation and trial after the infection is over."
After a slight pause, Zheng Hai looked at Xu Chuan and suggested: "Considering safety issues, I suggest that the security work of Yuehua Taiwan Research Base, Yueside Biosphere Engineering and other projects will no longer be drawn from the Xiashu Aerospace Base.
The Confidentiality Department is directly responsible.”
“In addition, the team responsible for security needs to maintain regular rotations in case of recurring accidents.”
Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Okay, you will do this."
"Well, I will contact the people from the Guoan and the Confidentiality Office to handle this matter."
Zheng Hai nodded and continued: "In addition, the business side is arranging sanctions on Johnson & Johnson Group and related companies under the name of the Wood family to serve as a counterattack for the other party to steal scientific research at Yuehuatai base."
"Including companies that will look for alternatives to Johnson & Johnson's products at home, prohibiting these companies from engaging in import and export activities related to us, adding new investments in our country, and prohibiting their senior management from entering the country, etc.."
"According to the business side's plan, this counterattack will cause the opponent to lose at least 100 billion market share. This is the first lesson. It is not ruled out that the counterattack will be added in the future."
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On the other side, the United States.
Wall Street, for the elites working here, they should have spent the morning leisurely with coffee, but today, they are not so wonderful.
Nothing else, all the busyness today comes from an announcement from China Business Administration.
In the office of a building, he was holding the newspaper in his hand, drinking coffee leisurely, looking at the busy golden area trader Kofi Heyman, who was busy with colleagues in the fields of medical care, nursing, medical equipment, etc., couldn't help but shake.
Shaking his head and sighing.
"What did Johnson & Johnson Group do? It actually caused the country on the other side to impose such severe sanctions on them?"
In his hands is a newspaper from the United States Business Weekly, the publication that is most familiar with the business and economic situation in the United States, and often publishes some information on American business and economic activities.
And on the front page of this newspaper, there was an announcement from China lying there in a larger and thicker manner.
"......... in order to safeguard the country, according to.................. working mechanism for the list of unreliable entities is based on Articles 2, Articles 8 and Article 10 of the "Provisions on the list of unreliable entities" and other relevant provisions,
Relevant laws have decided to include Johnson & Johnson Group, Belgium’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals, etc. and take the following measures:”
“1. The above-mentioned enterprises are prohibited from engaging in import and export activities related to China;
“Second, the above-mentioned enterprises are prohibited from investing in China;
“Three, senior management of the above-mentioned enterprises is prohibited from entering the country;
"Fourth, the above-mentioned senior management personnel of the enterprise are not approved and cancelled..."
“…”
Sitting aside, colleague Tommy Jais shrugged and said, "I don't know, maybe China lost its heart and became crazy?"
After a moment of pause, his eyes fell on the newspaper in his hand and continued, "And to be honest, this strength, tsk tsk...even Lockheed Martin hasn't."
I have to say that today's announcement really made everyone confused.
Not targeting military-industrial groups or high-tech enterprises, but targeting a medical and health care product company and consumer care product company?
This method, even if it is placed in the whole world, is unique to the scorpion poop.
What is even more confusing is that judging from this announcement, China is probably completely serious this time.
Someone believes that this strength is said to be trying to kill Johnson & Johnson Group with one blow.
So after the announcement came out, all companies on this list of unreliable entities reacted in the stock market to a direct cliff-like decline, and a red color.
I don't know what this company is doing.
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Meanwhile, on the other side.
In the Chicago Wood family's estate, Dryden Porter, who holds the shares and vocational rights of Johnson & Johnson Group, is furious.
The vases and various antique treasures in the room were broken all over the floor. In the corner, the personal assistant who was reporting the news was standing aside with his head down and trembling, at a loss.
As the world's largest market today, the importance of China to Johnson & Johnson Group is self-evident.
Not to mention the rest, just judging from the financial report data in 2024, Johnson & Johnson Group's revenue of 95 billion meters gold, of which more than 18 billion meters gold came from China, with nearly one-fifth of its market share.
In particular, innovative pharmaceutical products cover blood, immunity, solid tumors, infectious diseases and other fields, and are the key core areas of revenue.
After all, China is a superpower with a population of more than 1.4 billion, and it is an astronomical figure in the procurement of various drugs every year.
If Johnson Group lost the huge market of China, then this will undoubtedly be the beginning of their rapid decline.
Not to mention maintaining the title of the world's largest medical and health care products and consumer care products company, they may not be able to maintain the status of the world's top 100 companies.
After all, China today has a great influence on the whole world.
Their every move is probably even more severe than the impact of the United States on the global economy in the early 21st century.
Once Johnson and Johnson cannot solve this, investors and consumers who supported them in the past will abandon them without mercy, or even step on it.