Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2018
China's vaccine tourists drain Hong Kong's supply of cancer drug
14 June 2018 - Prices have spiked and clinics are turning away patients.
Medical tourism has been a great business for Manna Wang, an insurance agent in Shenzhen who’s been helping Chinese women travel to Hong Kong for a vaccine against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer.
Business has been so good, in fact, that the medicine is running is out.
In the two years since Merck's Gardasil 9 became available in Hong Kong, about 2 million mainlanders have come for the shots, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
