Hong Kong parents should have their children vaccinated against respiratory infections as the city faces a triple threat from influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a medical expert has said. Dr Mike Kwan Yat-wah, an honorary clinical associate professor in the University of Hong Kong’s department of paediatrics and adolescent medicine, warned on Saturday…
A growing number of mainland Chinese institutional fund managers have built up stakes in Hong Kong-listed biotechnology stocks over the past month, drawn by attractive valuations amid a surge in cross-border licensing deals in the sector. China’s largest mutual fund manager, E Fund Management, has taken a 7 per cent stake in gene-editing biotechnology firm…
The first phase of Hong Kong’s Hetao innovation hub, a key cross-border initiative under the Northern Metropolis megaproject, has been well received, with two of its wet laboratory buildings fully leased, its chairman has revealed. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming, who also chairs the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park…
David Ricks, chief executive officer of Eli Lilly & Co., speaks during the China Development Forum in Beijing in March this year. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2026 Bloomberg Finance LP In the latest China pharmaceutical industry collaboration pact with a global drug leader, Abbisko said today it will work with U.S.-based Eli Lilly and Company…
Jeff Rowe grinned with satisfaction when the dashboard of his John Deere combine harvester showed the yield of the first run on his family’s farm during this year’s harvest: 253 bushels per acre, equivalent to 13.8 tonnes of corn per hectare. The yield on the 100-acre Schubert parcel was the highest in many years, said…
Hong Kong’s finance chief courted Italian companies on Thursday to go public on the city’s stock exchange, which would allow them to tap into mainland Chinese liquidity and solidify their presence in Asia. Addressing the Trade Development Council’s “Think Business, Think Hong Kong” symposium in Milan, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po highlighted the deepening ties…
By Charlie Conchie LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s move to upgrade its listing in the U.S. risks pulling liquidity away from London’s stock market and could pave the way for other large companies to follow suit, analysts, investors and advisers said. The British drugmaker, one of London’s most valuable listed companies, said on Monday it would retain…
The British government will offer to pay more for medicines that it buys for the National Health Service, the Financial Times reported on Friday, hoping to defuse one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s top complaints after he announced steep tariff increases on branded medication. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief business adviser, Varun Chandra, will…
We recently published 10 Power Stocks Crushing Wall Street — 7 at All-Time Highs. Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLYS) is one of the best performers on Tuesday. Mineralys surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday, as investors gobbled up shares after one of its counterparts posted positive trial results for its aldosterone synthase inhibitor (ASI),…
Those looking to protect themselves against the flu this season now have an at-home option. FluMist, the only nasal spray flu vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is now available for purchase for self-administration. AstraZeneca’s FluMist was approved in 2003 to be given by health care providers. Last year, the FDA broadened the approval of…