Cuba to set up biotechnology plants in more countries

Cuba to set up biotechnology plants in more countries

Published on June 9, 2014



HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuba's Biopharmaceutical Laboratory Business Group

(LABIOFAM) is working on the design, construction, assembly and launch

of biotechnology plants in countries like Ethiopia and Tanzania, after

doing so in Venezuela, China, Vietnam and Argentina, among other countries.



These efforts will be shown during the LABIOFAM 2014 International

Congress, scheduled for September 22-25 at Havana's Convention Center,

Jose Antonio Fraga, LABIOFAM director, announced at a press conference

last Thursday.



Attending the meeting will be entrepreneurs and health and agriculture

ministers of several countries, representatives of international

organizations and delegates of Spain, China, Russia, Rumania, Peru,

Mexico, the United States, Bolivia and Chile, among other nations.



LABIOFAM develops a wide range of bio-pesticides, bio-stimulants and

bio-fertilizer products for human, plant and animal use, with the

purpose of preventing the harmful damage caused by chemicals.



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