The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is a government-subvented body tasked to market and promote Hong Kong as a travel destination worldwide and to enhance visitors' experience once they arrive.
Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society was started by a group of cancer patients in the community who founded and registered in 1963 and was formally established on October 6 the following year. Their aim is to educate the public on cancer information for cancer patients and help their families with support services. The Society is committed to promoting the psychological and emotional needs of the patient. They have worked closely with the Nam Long Hospital since 1986 to ensure such services, offering over 180 beds for cancer patients. Membership in the Society consists of medical social workers and administrators, and cancer surgeons who are dedicated to helping fight cancer. Research on the causes of cancer in the community is conducted to specifically deal with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and female lung cancer. In 1964, Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society was accepted as a full UICC member.
The Union for International Cancer Control's (UICC) rapidly increasing membership base of over 1200 organisations in 172 countries, represents the world’s major cancer societies, ministries of health and patient groups and includes influential policy makers, researchers and experts in cancer prevention and control. UICC also boasts more than 50 strategic partners.
In the last decade, we have reached millions of people with World Cancer Day, welcomed more than 15,000 delegates at our World Cancer Congresses, and launched four new organisations: the International Cancer Control Partnership, the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer, City Cancer Challenge Foundation and the NCD Alliance.
N°1 dermatologist recommended skincare brand worldwide, La Roche-Posay’s mission is to offer life-changing dermatological skincare solutions. Recommended by 90,000 dermatologists worldwide*, La Roche-Posay was created by a pharmacist in 1975. The brand is today present in over 60 countries. It offers a unique range of daily skincare developed for every skin type to complement their dermatological treatments and promote good skincare practices adapted to each skin concern. The brand develops formulas with its exclusive Selenium-rich water, also used at its Thermal Center, the first Dermatology Center in Europe, due to its antioxidant and soothing properties. The products are developed using a strict formulation charter with a minimal number of ingredients and are formulated at optimal concentrations. Additionally, La Roche-Posay products undergo stringent clinical testing for efficacy and safety, even on sensitive skin. The La Roche-Posay Cancer Support program includes two pillars related to the fight against cancer: Fight With Care to improve patients’ quality of life during all cancer treatment for better adherence and higher chances of healing, and Save Your Skin to prevent skin cancer specifically. On both topics, the brand is committed to raising awareness, training health care professional and the general public, and helping patients by supporting NGOs’ projects beyond skincare. Since 2019, the Fondation La Roche-Posay is also committed to improving the life of children with cancer and their families. In 2020, the brand went a step further in its commitment to protect the planet. Besides launching the first eco-designed tubes integrating cardboard, the brand announced a long-term plan to reduce its use of virgin plastic by 70% in 2025.
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*source: survey on the dermocosmetic market carried out by iqvia and other partners (ipsos, tns) between september 2017 and august 2018 among dermatologists in 62 countries.
AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. Together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pharmacyclics, AbbVie employs more than 28,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries.
For more than a century, MSD, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has been inventing for life, bring forward medicines and vaccines for the world’s most challenging diseases. MSD is a trade name of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA. Through their prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products, they work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. MSD also demonstrates their commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, MSD continues to be at the forefront of research to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and communities around the world - including cancer, cardio-metabolic diseases, emerging animal diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and infectious diseases including HIV and Ebola.
Founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, as one of the first industrial manufacturers of branded medicines, Roche has grown into the world’s largest biotechnology company and the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics. The company pursues scientific excellence to discover and develop medicines and diagnostics for improving and saving the lives of people around the world. We are a pioneer in personalised healthcare and want to further transform how healthcare is delivered to have an even greater impact. To provide the best care for each person we partner with many stakeholders and combine our strengths in Diagnostics and Pharma with data insights from the clinical practice.
In recognising our endeavour to pursue a long-term perspective in all we do, Roche has been named one of the most sustainable companies in the pharmaceutical industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the thirteenth consecutive year. This distinction also reflects our efforts to improve access to healthcare together with local partners in every country we work.