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Feb

19

2020

Bioscience lines up 3 new drugs

A good example of successful South-South biotech cooperation between Thailand and Cuba!

Thai pharmaceutical maker Siam Bioscience Group plans to produce and sell three new drugs for complicated diseases -- cancer, kidney failure and autoimmune diseases -- by 2022 both domestically and abroad.

The drugs carry a cheaper price tag than imported pharmaceuticals.

Managing director Songpon Deechongkit said the company has developed drugs for diseases such as erythropoietin for chronic renal failure patients and filgrastim for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Feb

19

2020

Caricom denounces tightening of U.S. blockade of Cuba

Government leaders of Caribbean Community member countries concluded the 31st Inter-session meeting yesterday, and reiterated their concern given the escalation of U.S. hostility toward Cuba

Feb

17

2020

Cohiba Behike draws attention in tobacco markets

Havana, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) Leading up to holding in this capital the 22nd Habano Festival, experts are highlighting the quality of elite Cuban products such as Cohiba Behike tobacco.

The Habano Festival will take place in this city from February 24 to 28, a favorable time for delegates from over 60 countries to contact Cuba's tobacco agribusiness.

Cohiba Behike, considered the most exclusive Cuban tobacco of all time, is marketed in over 140 establishments in the world, spokespersons of the international corporation Habanos S.A. indicated in due course.

Feb

16

2020

Putin accepts invitation to visit Cuba

Havana, February 14, 2020.- Russia's President Vladimir Putin accepted the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel to visit the country, stated Russian Ambassador to Havana, Andrei Guskov.

'Indeed, the invitation to visit Cuba that was sent to President Vladimir Putin was accepted,' the diplomat told the Russian publication Sputnik.

The date for this trip 'will be studied according to the agenda of the head of State, as well as the calendar of bilateral contacts of high and maximum level,' he added.

Feb

13

2020

Cuba is recognized worldwide as a safe tourist destination, a fact the United States cannot obscure

Visitors appreciate Cuba’s secure environment and the hospitality of our people

Cuba is recognized worldwide as a safe tourist destination, with outstanding hospitality, evidenced by the Excellence Award as the safest country for tourism, awarded at the 38th International Tourism Fair, in Madrid, Spain, in 2018.

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