Cuba placed on its domestic market a new drug made in Cuba from beeswax, with antioxidant properties and high qualities as a nutritional supplement, it was reported today.
Abexol in suspension is the result of the joint work between the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) in Havana and the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of Oral Liquids (Medilip), located in the eastern province of Granma.
For the first time, the compound is available in suspension format for sale in pharmacies and other points of sale, reported Granma newspaper, which also highlighted the pre-existence of Abexol in tablets.
The innovative supplement contains a mixture of fatty alcohols extracted and purified from beeswax, which favors all the processes of pharmacological action faster than pills, the digital publication indicated.
Delivered orally, Abexol in suspension allows for greater bioavailability, easier swallowing, dosage flexibility, immediacy and potency of the antioxidant action, the report added.
Medilip's director, Efrén Rodríguez, explained to the press that, in this first stage of commercialization, the product will only be available in the network of pharmacies in the province of Granma and in the CNIC store in the capital.
According to what he confirmed, they expect to extend the sale to other territories of the country, in accordance with the possibilities of increasing the production of active ingredients to obtain the nutritional supplement.