Rely on it to save lives! Major companies switch to ventilator production, countries have snapped up "Made in China"

Author: Yu-kun left

"The mask is still a ventilator, you always look at one of the two." Perhaps everyone remembers this hard-core propaganda slogan during the most tense period of epidemic prevention and control in China.

Just after everyone gradually adapted to go with the mask, the ventilator became a new generation of "hard currency". Affected by the continuous spread of overseas epidemics, lifesaving equipment ventilator is in short supply worldwide.

Data Figure: Doctor Bai Haisheng from the Shaanxi-Aided Wuhan Medical Team operates the instrument. For image

Hurry! Lifesaving ventilators in many countries

According to statistics from the American College of Respiratory Diseases, the widespread use of ventilators has increased the success rate of clinical rescue by approximately 55%.

On March 27th, local time, US President Trump said at a White House press conference that when he talked with British Prime Minister Boris, who tested positive for new coronary pneumonia, the other party's first sentence was "We need a ventilator!"

Right now, the United States is experiencing a severe shortage of ventilators. According to the "New York Times" report on March 25, there are currently 160,000 to 200,000 ventilators in the United States, and 12,700 are in the national strategic reserve. But the American Academy of Critical Care Medicine estimates that in the worst case, a total of 960,000 infected people in the United States will need to use a ventilator.

Due to the shortage of ventilators, the New York Hospital has started to share a ventilator for two patients. CNN introduced on April 3 a system for scoring patients based on different conditions, helping doctors decide who can use the ventilator. Hundreds of hospitals across the United States have adopted this scoring system.

Life in Britain is equally difficult. British Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said on March 29 that there are currently 8,000 ventilators in the National Medical Service (NHS). However, according to the British "Daily Telegraph" report, the British ventilator gap is expected to reach a maximum of 20,000 units.

The number of ventilators in Italy is only about 4,800, which can only meet the needs of less than a quarter; the Spanish Intensive Care Association surveyed 149 of the 250 ICU wards in the country and found that nearly 60% of the ICUs together only had 2487 breaths. Machine, so that some hospitals have to use "fortune telling" to decide who to save first; there are about 22,000 ventilators in major medical institutions designated for infectious diseases in Japan. The government allows the conversion of animal ventilators to human ventilators because "as long as Breathing with the lungs is the same. "

In addition, German scientists developed a simplified version of the ventilator, and the Israeli missile production line was changed to produce a ventilator ... Some people described the world as a huge ICU, and everyone is waiting for the ventilator to continue to live.

Emergency crossover! International auto companies switch to production and urgently build "lifesaving machines"

The country where you live is "difficult to breathe", and naturally companies need to come forward. In this team of emergency ventilator conversion, the major car companies are at the forefront.

On March 27, US President Trump announced the launch of the National Defense Production Law. Industrial manufacturers including car companies such as GM, Ford, and Tesla have invested in the production of medical equipment such as ventilators. On April 6, Tesla released a video in which engineers wearing masks introduced in front of the camera that they were using ventilator models for car Model 3.

On April 3, local time, Brooklyn, New York, a medical worker walked to his hospital. China News Agency reporter Liao Panshe

On March 31, the British Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove said that the domestic manufacturing giants formed an alliance, and companies including Rolls-Royce and Dyson will quickly launch ventilators and mass-produce them. Seven F1 teams including McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes also switched to ventilator production.

On the same day, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France has formed an alliance of industrial enterprises, including the automotive company Peugeot Citroen and automotive equipment supplier Valeo, to require them to produce 10,000 ventilators by mid-May.

Italian automakers Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler are negotiating with the country's largest ventilator manufacturer to increase ventilator output.

The automobile manufacturing industry regarded as the "king of industry" is a master of industrial production technology. The automobile production line composed of various parts production lines has considerable plasticity. At the same time, both ventilator and automobile manufacturing are very dependent on electronic and pneumatic products, and the exchange of some professional technologies in the two industries determines that car companies have become the first choice for this conversion.

Schedule to summer! Global rush to snatch Chinese ventilator

Global auto giant "cross-border" production of ventilator, difficult to quench the thirst. Dongxing Securities said that cross-border enterprises need to break through technical barriers, rebuild production lines, improve the supply chain, and pass quality inspection and approval for the production of ventilators. It is estimated that cross-border enterprises starting from zero may take 18 months to achieve mass production.

Nowadays, governments of various countries have set their sights on China, which has resumed production and production. A number of Chinese ventilator manufacturers said that orders from abroad have soared recently.

Fuzhou Changle Airport Customs inspects and releases the export anti-epidemic materials. Photo courtesy of Fuzhou Customs

"In the middle and late February, we began to receive orders for ventilators overseas, and more and more, orders surged in early March." The staff of the domestic medical device company Mindray Medical told a reporter from China News. In the first week of March, they received an emergency purchase order for nearly 10,000 units from the Italian government. Subsequent orders from the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Israel are being negotiated.

"It is a common situation in the industry to arrange orders until summer." Many domestic ventilator companies told the media that the factory's scheduling has been scheduled for May and June, and even longer. At the same time, new orders are still pouring in.

According to the news from the press conference of the Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism of the State Council on April 5, from March 1 to April 4, a total of 16,000 ventilators were exported nationwide, worth 310 million yuan. In addition, 54 countries (regions), 3 international organizations and Chinese companies have signed commercial procurement contracts for medical supplies. In addition, 74 countries and 10 international organizations are in commercial procurement negotiations with Chinese companies.

On March 31, New York State Governor Como said at a news conference that New York State has urgently ordered 17,000 ventilators from China, of which the fastest 2,500 will arrive within 14 days. However, California, Illinois and other states in the United States are also competing to bid for these ventilators produced by Chinese companies like a bid.

In addition, on April 4, 300 ventilators from China arrived in the UK. At the press conference, the British Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove thanked the Chinese government for its support.

Affected by this, the stock prices of listed companies related to domestic production of ventilator are sought after by the capital market, and the stock prices have risen and dropped continuously. Among them, the ventilator leading stock Aerospace Changfeng has been surging all the way since March 20, and once again reached a daily limit on April 7 to 26.96 yuan, 9 daily limits in just 12 trading days, and the stock price has increased by 1.58 times.

Ultimate capacity! Chinese factories do their best to meet international demand

At the end of February, Elward, senior adviser to the WHO Director-General, lamented his investigation in China and lamented that if he had new coronary pneumonia, he hoped to treat it in China, because there are 50-60 ventilators in a hospital.

In fact, three months ago, most hospitals in Wuhan were equipped with fewer than 10 ventilators. Starting in mid-to-late January, China's ventilator factory was fully operational and worked overtime to support Hubei. This is what Alward saw.

The data shows that as of March 3, approximately 14,000 non-invasive ventilators were supplied to Hubei, and more than 2,900 invasive ventilators; by March 29, the main production enterprises have cumulatively supplied more than 27,000 ventilators to the country, with strong support The anti-epidemic process.

Production workshop of Hebei Meimei Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. Photo by Zhang Zhenqi

But when the ventilator gap expanded from Hubei to the world, the pressure faced by Chinese ventilator manufacturers can be imagined.

"At present, our factory can produce nearly 100 ventilators a day, so that it can produce 3,000 a month, which has increased about three times compared with the same period last year." Mindray Medical staff said that Mindray has opened a dozen Production lines, and strive to increase production through measures such as expanding staff and optimizing processes.

But in the ventilator industry, whether it is mass production in a short period of time or cross-border production, it is far easier than a mask.

On March 31, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs and the State Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement that from April 1 onwards, enterprises that export related medical materials such as ventilators should obtain Chinese medical device product registration certificates, as well as relevant imports. National admission certificates, such as FDA in the US and CE certification in Europe. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revealed on March 30 that there are currently 21 invasive ventilator manufacturers in China, and only 8 of its main products have obtained the EU mandatory CE certification, accounting for about 1/5 of the global production capacity.

In the field of high-end medical equipment such as ventilators, Europe and the United States have long-term advantages. Among the top ten domestic ventilator sales in 2019, only domestic brands are Mindray Medical (14.03%), Shenzhen Keman (3.30%), and Beijing Yi'an (3.19%). The reason why the "rising star" domestic ventilator was wildly robbed around the world is mainly because of the effective prevention and control of China's epidemic situation and the rapid increase in production capacity.

At the same time, the staff of Mindray Medical told Zhongxin.com that the production and sale of high-end and sophisticated precision instruments such as ventilator is only the first step. After the equipment is delivered, it is particularly important to train local medical staff and maintain them later, which is also important Relying on the localized platform and team accumulated by the ventilator company for many years in the local area.

"Now, from production to logistics, all aspects of costs have increased. But Mindray currently has no price increases, and there are no plans to increase prices temporarily." Mindray Medical staff said.

From "one hard cover" to "no opportunity to take advantage", the global anti-epidemic is still inseparable from "made in China".