财经金融新闻 白血病患者购买廉价药

In today's podcast, we will discuss a court case involving a leukemia patient from Jiangsu who got him into trouble by buying generic¹ drugs from India via mail order.

在今天的播报中，我们将探讨的是一名来自江苏的白血病病人因通过邮件订购印度药品而陷入麻烦的事件。

Lu Yong, a 46-year old exporter from Wuxi, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, will stand trial in a court in Yuanjiang,

46岁的陆勇是一名江苏无锡的出口商，他将站在湖南沅江法庭的被告席上，

in the central province of Hunan, on charges of credit card-related fraud and sales of fake drugs.

理由是他涉嫌利用信用卡销售造假药物。

Lu was diagnosed with leukemia more than 10 years ago and was treated with Glivec, a patented drug made by Novartis.

陆在10年前被查出患有白血病，并进行了格列卫的治疗，这是一个由诺华制药有限公司出品的专利药物。

The Swiss company got a license² to sell the medicine in China in 2002.

这家瑞士公司于2002年拿到了在中国销售的许可证。

The drug regimen costs 23,500 yuan a month and is not covered by China's health care insurance, meaning it is too expensive for many ordinary people.

使用这种药物每个月将花费2.35万元的医药费，并不在医保范畴之列，这就意味着一般家庭来无法负担高额的医药费。

After spending hundreds of thousands of yuan on the medicine,

花费了十几万医药费以后，

Lu was close to be broke in 2004 when he came across an English-language article mentioning another leukemia drug, this one called Veenat,

2004年，陆将近破产，就在那时他看到了一篇英文文章，上面介绍了另一种治疗白血病的药物，Veenat，

a much cheaper generic version of Glivec made in India.

这是一种更为低廉的格列卫药物，是由印度公司生产的。

He bought 3,000 yuan worth of Veenat via mail order, and this helped his condition improve.

他通过邮件订购的方式购买了3000元的药物，在一个月之内，他的病情有所好转。

Lu not only switched to the generic drug himself, but also started to help patients he met in an online forum³ buy it.

路不仅更换了药物，他还帮助网上论坛中的病人购买药物。

For this, he was arrested in a crackdown on credit card fraud in Yuanjiang in August 2013.

就因为此案，2013年，他因涉嫌信用卡诈骗而遭到沅江的拘捕。

In July, he was charged with "disrupting management of credit cards" and sales of fake medications.

7月，他被指控违反信用卡管理制度，以及销售假药。

Luo Jian, a prosecutor⁴ in Yuanjiang, told Caixin that any drug lacking a government license, even one made by a registered pharmaceutical⁵ company

沅江法官罗建告诉财新网说，任何未经政府许可，就算是注册的医药公司，

is classified as a counterfeit⁶ under Chinese law.

在中国也被视为造假。

Lu also broke the law by providing his Indian supplier with a credit card he got from abroad, the prosecutor says.

法官说陆还为印度供应商提供了他在国外的信用卡。

The patent for Novartis' Glivec expired in 2013,

2013年，诺华制药有限公司的专利到期，

and at least two China-based pharmaceutical companies have jumped on the opportunity to churn out generic substitutes.

之后，至少有2家中国制药公司抢占先机生产了大量的替代品。

But a generic version produced by Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group in Jiangsu Province cost 4,200 yuan a month and another substitute,

但是，江苏的正大天晴药业集团股份有限公司所生产的产品每个月是4200元，

from Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical, cost 3,800 yuan a month.

江苏豪森药业股份有限公司的替代品每个月3800元。

The versions from India cost just 200 yuan a month.

而印度的药物每个月只有200元。

Chinese patients snub locally made generic medicines because they are concerned about quality as well.

中国病人不愿意使用中国药品，其原因是担心质量问题。

For Caixin media, this is Philip, Thank you for listening.

这是菲利普为您带来的财新网报道，感谢收听。

1 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

2 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

6 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。