[Marxism] ACN: Brazil to Produce Cuban Medicines

[Walter Lippmann]

Brazil to Produce Cuban Medicines

Havana, Feb 14 (acn) Brazil will soon begin to produce two medicines 
developed by Cuban institutions as part of cooperation agreements 
between the two nations.

According to the website of the Brazilian Oswaldo Cruz Foundation 
(Fiocruz), the medicines are Erythropoyetin, for the control of kidney 
failure, and Alpha Interferon, for patients with infections caused by 
viruses, such as hepatitis.

The cooperation agreement that allowed this transference of technology 
is the result of a visit by specialists from Fiocruz to the Caribbean 
island in August 2003. On that occasion, they identified Cuban products, 
processes and technologies that the Brazilian nation wants to have 
access to.

Brazil, which during a first stage packed the medicines imported from 
Cuba and then began to carry out quality control tests, will now begin 
to produce the active pharmaceutical ingredient.

Local production will lower costs in one third and it will allow more 
people to receive these medicines free of charge.

The medicines will be produced by the state laboratory Biomanguinhos, 
which will acquire the necessary equipment and will train personnel in 
operations of quality control and guarantee in all the stages of the 
process.

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     WALTER LIPPMANN
     Los Angeles, California
     Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
     "Cuba - Un Paraíso bajo el bloqueo"
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