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Project aims to ease cancer patients' skin toxicity
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 15/10/2024
» Cancer is an unrelenting disease, with the National Cancer Institute reporting that 140,000-180,000 new cases are detected every year.
Ex-Opec president faces UK corruption charges
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» LONDON: Former Opec president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria's oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday.
Pfizer buys biotech firm Seagen for $43 billion
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Monday that it had reached a deal to buy biotech firm Seagen, specializing in innovative cancer treatment, for $43 billion.
Bumrungrad retains cutting-edge lead
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 21/07/2022
» Walk into the lobby of Bumrungrad International Hospital today and it becomes quickly evident that business is back.
PTT, GPO team up on cancer med manufacture
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 26/09/2020
» National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has partnered with the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to develop Thailand's first cancer pharmaceutical factory at a total cost of 2.5 billion baht.
The Internet of Bodies
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 06/07/2020
» Surveilling people's health data via wearable devices has gained momentum with contact and health tracking during the coronavirus outbreak.
Bioscience lines up 3 new drugs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/02/2020
» Thai pharmaceutical maker Siam Bioscience Group plans to produce and sell three new drugs for complicated diseases -- cancer, kidney failure and autoimmune diseases -- by 2022 both domestically and abroad.
China's Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Patients to Scramble for Remedies
Business, Josh Chin & Fanfan Wang, Published on 07/02/2020
» Desperate for a cure for the new coronavirus spreading quickly across the country, Chinese families are flocking online to seek experimental remedies that might be effective against the virus, despite government warnings that no proven treatment has been found.
Cancer in the workplace: Integrative and preventive healthcare
Ezree Ebrahim, Published on 12/11/2019
» Cancer is no longer a death sentence. There are several ways to prevent, manage and even cure a disease that is rapidly increasing in prevalence. Knowing and understanding the disease can help take preventive steps or choosing the right curative path.
Cancer in the Thailand workplace
Ezree Ebrahim, Published on 22/10/2019
» Cancer strikes anxiety and fear in the minds of many. This is especially so in a place like Thailand where more and more people are becoming health conscious and more familiar with the concept that “health is wealth”. Population size is fast approaching the 70 million benchmark. As the population ages, so does the number of cancer patients in Thailand. The number of new cancer cases in Thailand in 2018 according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) stood at 170,495, as reported by Globocan, while the number of deaths stood at 114,199 in the same year.