Chapter 134: The American Cancer Conference (10)

Chapter 134: The American Cancer Conference (10)

What are you going to do about this? asked Scott, the director of the FDA.

Scott was talking to Jamie Anderson in irritation in the lab directors office at the Cold Spring Laboratory. He had a frown on his face.

Director, the EMA[1] has asked hospitals all over Europe to refrain from using APD. And they are considering withdrawing the approval.

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The FDA has been very kind to you and the Cold Spring Lab. You know that, right? We trusted you and used it.

But you earned that much from us, too.

What are you insinuating? There is nothing wrong about our relationship. Watch what you say.

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The EMA has almost the same status as the FDA. Just like how the United States has the FDA, the European Union has the EMA; it is the FDA of the European Union. We cant sit on our hands if they revoke APDs approval.

Phew

And even the president is defending Ryu Young-Joon like that, so how can I take your side here, Director? Im getting out of this here. But do you have any other solutions?

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Wheres Doctor Oliver?

He hasnt been coming to work lately. Hes probably in shock.

... Sigh, everything is a mess.

Honestly, Im shocked, too. I didnt know that there was such a severe side effect to the immune checkpoint inhibitor. I didnt believe it before, but now, I have no choice but to believe it.

Anyway, youre on your own now. Sooner or later, the FDA will be making an announcement to refrain from using APD, Scott said briefly and left.

The Cold Spring Laboratory had studied the immune checkpoint inhibitor for almost twenty years. They considered it to be one of the greatest achievements since the founding of the lab. There were many challenges along the way, and Oliver, the leader of the project, was so overwhelmed by the difficulty and stress that he tried to abandon the project several times. Even the executives of the lab were doubtful as well. It was because the idea of activating immune cells to cure cancer was so far-fetched at the time. They were still worried even after the mechanism was relatively well-known.

The person who pushed for it was Jamie Anderson. And when they finished the clinical trial, he thought that had done it.

Hard work can be wasted.

It was before this huge project received a death sentence.

Jamie Andersons status was falling rapidly.

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I feel bad for Doctor Oliver, but someone got what was coming. He was racist all the time, and now, he was screwed over by an Asian. LOL

This short post quickly blew up on Twitter, and the issue of Jamie Andersons racism began to surface. He was already in the spotlight because of the immune checkpoint inhibitors side effects. But if he was also a racist?

Instinctively realizing that this was going to be a very entertaining story, media outlets like CNN and Fox News began gathering more specific tips.

And the next morning

So, are you saying that he continued to make discriminatory and offensive comments to female and Black scientists at the lab? asked Natalie, the CNN reporter.

One scientist at the Cold Spring Laboratory, who was guaranteed anonymity, let out everything she had been holding in.

Yes. It was no joke. It was worse for me especially because I was a Black, female scientist. Youre going to be shocked when you hear it.

Thank you for your interview. Theres one more thing we would like to ask you.

Yes.

Its about a paper that Doctor Jamie Anderson, the director of the Cold Spring Laboratory, published in Nature about the structure of DNA. There is a rumor that he stole the data from a scientist named Rosalind Franklin. What do you think about this?

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Rosaline, who was sitting beside Young-Joon, quickly turned her head and glanced at him.

I think a lot of what Doctor Rosalind Franklin deserved went to Doctor Anderson, Young-Joon said. Doctor Rosaline Franklin produced that data, and the paper was being written; it hadnt been revealed yet. Regardless of who gave that to Doctor Anderson, it is true that her data was used without permission. There is no question about that. Its a major research ethics violation. This kind of thing should not happen.

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At A-Bio, Park Joo-Hyuk laughed so hard that his stomach hurt while standing beside Lee Hae-Wons desk.

Ah, this crazy bastard He got justice all the way in America, and he made an old guard from the twentieth-century retire.

He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye.

He is our CEO, but he sometimes scares me, Lee Hae-Won said.

The things that were happening in the United States were major news in Korea as well.

This morning, there was breaking news.

[Jamie Anderson resigns as the director of the Cold Spring Laboratory.]

It was called resignation, but he was basically fired.

Anyways, Im happy that a racist like him was destroyed, Park Joo-Hyun said.

If youre done, you should go work as well. I have patent documents to write.

Theres another patent?

Park Joo-Hyuk chuckled.

Yes. Its from Sweden. That, um, gene surgery.

Oh, youre writing about that.

Yes. But work is manageable nowadays. No late nights either.

You got an email.

Park Joo-Hyuk pointed to her monitor. Lee Hae-Won really received an email, and it was from Young-Joon.

Click.

When she clicked on it, she saw a manuscript that looked like a rough draft of a paper and a few concepts.

[Please have the patent team review this in denial and prepare the application.]

[Patent application for technology to quickly grow cultured meat by hyperprogression.]

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Lee Hae-Won was speechless. Park Joo-Hyuk gave her a pat on her shoulder.

Good luck tonight!

1. European Medicines Agency