21 years, "medicine chi" expedites

more than 10 only new drugs

The YeWeiDong xinchang pharmaceutical factory, from a common scientific research personnel to second prize of national technical invention podium

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YeWeiDong (former) are developing new drugs

Recent YeWeiDong very busy, always Shanghai, shaoxing, xinchang run three heads. He performed the development of international original antitumor drugs-a general for the Kui sulfonic acid has entered into the phase of clinical trials, and he will pay close attention to the drug test results. People call the "crazy" medicine of the heart, he YeWeiDong the most happy matter or see the new drug research and development on the market successfully.

This year the YeWeiDong 48 years old, graduated from zhejiang university in 1990, the zhejiang pharmaceutical hsin chong pharmaceutical factory, so far, he has presided over the bear levofloxacin levofloxacin, vitamin H, hydrochloric acid for sand with more than 10 magnitude of new drugs only national research task, to fill in a domestic blank.

From a common scientific research personnel, took to the national technical invention second prize in the podium, and was elected to the provincial labor model and the provincial people's congress representative. 21 years, YeWeiDong witness the rise of xinchang pharmaceutical factory road.

Developing a new drug, sales have more than $1.3 billion

In 1990, YeWeiDong 27 years old, he is from the institute of ningbo a nest "to" jump at that time is devoted to the development of new drug xinchang pharmaceutical factory national.

Less than 10 days to report, YeWeiDong will participate in the pharmaceutical factory is the first state-level levofloxacin "the research and development of the new work. The project is the Chinese academy of medical sciences and development cooperation, very difficult. Stranger doing scientific research, it seems, is a very boring work, every day is not facing the test instruments to the data is kept calculus, the authentication. But YeWeiDong said: "every time put on white walked into the laboratory, the whole people will feel special calm." In other people's eyes, he has amazing stamina and endurance.

"From" test "received" to get the approval document YeWeiDong, and his team members only a years and 10 months. The project in 1992, zhejiang province, the science and technology progress prize filled in the domestic blank.

Chew the first piece "hard stuff", YeWeiDong 56-point thrashing. As a "levofloxacin" workshop director, YeWeiDong during the "left" research project received. "Levofloxacin" is to take in the curative effect of molecular levofloxacin without removing, and dextral the curative effect of the rich reserves left spin, so as to reduce side effects, to enhance effectiveness.

After hundreds of thousands of times after test, see will succeed, but was a difficult problem got stuck. In the infrared spectrum in detecting, he found that the result is wrong. "When the night sleep all night, walk, eat, sleep is thinking about when." YeWeiDong said, have a walk on the road, he suddenly is suddenly enlighted, understand the product in the reaction process "salt", remove the "salt", "levofloxacin" appeared. The products listed, made great economic benefits and social benefit, has accumulated sales has more than 1.3 billion yuan.

Tackling a new drug, "starve to death" cancer cells

Then, YeWeiDong and lead the team to research and development success biotin and vitamin A, etc.

In June, 2001, the national drug biotin (vitamin H), and the industrialization rapidly occupation international and domestic market, at present the factory biotin production has of the world market, 60% of the total sales of 950 million yuan, tax turnover, RMB 250 million yuan. 2003 years in national torch plan, 2004 as national new product, and in January 2006 won second prize of national technological innovation.

Xinchang pharmaceutical vitamin territory in the world constantly expansion.

But, YeWeiDong and are not met, he told reporters, the current domestic production enterprises of drugs more medicine is the international giant patent protection of generic drugs, the industry is called "generic". In his view, the "don't do original, China only forever." the masters So, the next step, YeWeiDong goal is to do the first of the international drug.

A general for the Kui sulfonic acid is in this context of developed. According to YeWeiDong introduction, international a small bit of "targeted" antitumor drugs, can put on such tumor site, and kill cancer cells, and a general for the Kui sulfonic acid can not only to tumor cells implementation, and still can accurately blow in the tumor cell growth process through the DuoZhong channels cut off its "nutrition", "starve to death" cancer cells.

At present, the product is already approved the enters clinical trials.

In addition to a general for the Kui sulfonic acid, YeWeiDong still lead the team is working on developing additional seven only international initiative of new drugs.