China’s No 4 politician was among senior Beijing officials and other heavyweights who sent wreaths to the wake for Hong Kong tobacco and media tycoon Charles Ho Tsu-kwok. State-run Xinhua called Ho a patriotic businessman and “an intimate friend” of the Communist Party of China in an article published on Saturday night. “Ho played an…
China’s No 4 politician was among senior Beijing officials and other heavyweights who sent wreaths to the wake for Hong Kong tobacco and media tycoon Charles Ho Tsu-kwok. The ceremony for Ho, former chairman of the Sing Tao News Corporation who died at the age of 75 earlier this month, was held at the Hong…
Pharus Diagnostics, a Li Ka-shing-backed developer of diagnostic tests for cancer powered by artificial intelligence (AI), said it would tap into fundraising channels in Hong Kong. The Taiwan-based start-up aims to complete a round of fundraising and a clinical study on lung cancer by the end of the year, said CEO Philip Huang. “Currently, we…
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The impact of cancer on both patients and their families cannot be overstated, but new figures show that more people than ever will be living with cancer by the end of 2025. According to analysis of NHS data by Macmillan Cancer Support, a record 3.4 million people in the UK will be living with cancer…
A handful of brave celebrities have voiced how they really feel about assisted dying ahead of the debate and vote in parliament on 29 November. Euthanasia is illegal in the UK and can be prosecuted as murder or manslaughter. The parliament debate marks the first attempt to change the law in a decade. Assisted dying…
Cancer cases in Hong Kong and around the world are expected to rise significantly in the years ahead as populations age. The latest figures for the city, from 2022, seem to buck that trend with 35,373 new cases recorded, an 8 per cent drop on the previous year. But the Hong Kong Cancer Registry statistics…
Cancer may seem like an old person’s disease, but studies have shown that certain types have become increasingly prevalent in Americans younger than 50. Recent research found that Gen X and millennial Americans are at higher risk of developing 17 cancers compared to older generations. Rates of colon cancer diagnoses, for example, have increased by 15% in adults…
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, whose China president is under investigation, was previously investigated for medical insurance fraud cases involving cancer medication sales, according to new Chinese media reports. The news comes after the British-Swedish company announced on its official website last week that its China chief Leon Wang was cooperating “with an ongoing investigation”, and its…