Cancer

Turkey: The future of cancer care

Turkey has one of the most revered Social Security Systems in the world, providing its citizens with free healthcare and access to…

NHS approves ‘game-changing’ cell therapy for children with cancer

Novartis receives NHS approval for their CAR T-cell therapy to treat leukaemia in children, 10 days after…

Novartis: EU approve gene-modifying cancer therapy

This week Novartis received approval from the European Commission (EC) for Kymriah, their chimeric antigen…

UK charities: The funding giants of medical research

One notable quirk of the British life sciences ecosystem is the importance of its not-for-profit sector. Indeed, in…

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People to Watch in Cancer

Saunthari Somasundaram – President, National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM)

Dr. Saunthari Somasundaram walks us through the NCSM’s mission to raise awareness on cancer prevention and early diagnosis in Malaysia. She details the need for more government support to make cancer education a pillar in healthcare and discredits the idea that care only includes treatment and cure.   Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience as well as…

Kamel Bouzid – President, Algerian Society of Medical…

Anne W.M. Lee, Vice-Chair, HKACS, Hong Kong

Dying to Survive

This week, China has fast-tracked approval for 48 “much-needed medicines.” Regulators gave special…

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Countering NCDs in Algeria

Long considered maladies of affluent urban populations in mature Western economies, non communicable diseases…

Peru: Better Cancer Survival Rates Than Europe or the US

Despite Peru’s sometimes-sluggish development when it comes to healthcare, the progression of cancer prevention…