A team from Cuba’s Labiofam Entrepreneurial Group, the Cuban Government’s arm of medical and biological research in Cuba, visited St Lucia recently to introduce the cancer-fighting drug Vidatox 30CH made from the venom of a scorpion indigenous

to Cuba.

Research on this drug has been ongoing for the past 15 years, and it is now available in Central & South America, Europe, Asia and Cuba. The team is on a Caribbean tour which includes St Lucia to promote the drug in the region.

The visiting team of physician Mariela Margarita Guevara Garcia, Head of Clinical Analysis Department and Inarvis Martinez Montes de Oca, Export Specialist for North America and the Caribbean at Labiofam, are following up on an earlier visit by a team of three in October 2011 who met with the permanent secretaries of Health and Agriculture, the Medical Association, the OECS Pharmaceutical Procurement Agency and the Chamber of Commerce.

This visit which came quickly on the heels of last year’s initiative, should pave the way for Vidatox 30CH to become available over the counter to patients looking for relief and cure from cancer diseases.

(Courtesy of the St Lucia Star).