Cuban Biotech
Over the last two decades, the Cuban government has invested more than $1 billion in the country’s R&D sector. As a result, more than 90 new Cuban biotech products are currently being investigated in more than 60 clinical trials. This has not only helped Cuba to make great strides in medicine, but many of these products are now being exported to other developing countries thereby creating revenue.
Cancer in Cuba
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 31,000 new cases of cancer in Cuba each year, and that 21,000 patients die of the disease annually. As part of a major effort to fight cancer, the country’s second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease, the Cuban government has invested heavily in the development of biotechnology anticancer drugs and vaccines.
Anticancer Drugs
WHO officials report that Cuban scientists have made considerable progress in their search for new cancer treatments, as well as in developing tools for better diagnosis and prevention. In particular, Havana’s Center of Molecular Immunology (CMI) has developed several new anticancer biotech products. One such vaccine used in the treatment of advanced lung cancer was developed and registered by CMI in 2008. A second vaccine against the same type of cancer was patented in the beginning of 2013. Another Cuban biotech drug developed at CMI is Nimotuzumab, used to treat advanced tumors in the head, neck and brain. Nimotuzumab, is currently undergoing clinical trials in Europe and Japan.
Clinical Trial Translation
We at Language Connections recently worked on a translation project involving Nimotuzumab, where we provided translation services from English and Spanish into Russian for a company conducting clinical trials on the drug in Russia. Our experience working in the life sciences along with our expert linguists allowed us to provide our client with high quality translation, a crucial requirement in conducting successful international clinical research.
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