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Hong Kong police arrest clinic operator for selling fake cancer vaccine

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Hong Kong police have arrested a clinic operator for allegedly selling a laboratory reagent as a fake cancer vaccine. The product, marketed as a "WT1 cancer vaccine" against over 20 cancer types, was actually a German chemical intended only for research purposes and is not registered as a medicine globally. Authorities seized over 50 unregistered injections, including vitamin-type health products, during raids on 13 premises linked to the clinic. AI

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Hong Kong police arrest clinic operator for selling fake cancer vaccine

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Danny Mok ·

    Hong Kong police arrest clinic operator over sales of bogus ‘cancer vaccine’

    Hong Kong authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man in charge of a clinic accused of selling a laboratory reagent as a bogus vaccine against more than 20 types of cancer. The arrest followed a joint operation by the Department of Health and police, during which investigators ra…

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