Cold and Flu Product and Jacqueline Shan

Jacqueline Shan: Shans new autobiography tracing her life from a childhood in rural China to CEO of the company making Canadas top cold and flu product reads like the classic immigrant success story, with highs and lows reflecting the unique resilience of newcomers determined to make it here, according to The Star. People around me always encouraged me to write the book, but I d never had the time to do it. They d say, Its not just your story, its our story. I finally did it when I got my little break after selling the business in 2011 . It helped me cope with my transition. Its therapeutic and You may never have heard of Jacqueline Shan, but chances are you ve used, or at least seen, her well-known over-the-counter health product Cold-FX. Timing and luck is very important from the business point of view, but you have to work very hard to wait for that break to happen, said Shan, who co-founded the Edmonton-based Afexa Life Sciences Inc., which developed and makes Cold-FX. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.