{"id":4289,"date":"2021-05-20T22:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2021-05-20T22:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:45:38","slug":"blockade-disrupts-production-of-medicine-for-cubas-national-health-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/blockade-disrupts-production-of-medicine-for-cubas-national-health-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockade disrupts production of medicine for Cuba\u2019s national health system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/nin%CC%83a-contra-bloqueo.jpg?resize=528%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4290\" width=\"528\" height=\"440\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. government\u2019s financial persecution of Cuba, added to the economic, commercial and financial blockade, limits the industry\u2019s operations and development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directors of Cuba\u2019s Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries Enterprise Group (BioCubaFarma) denounced the impact on their research and production of the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They reported that the criminal policy specifically affects the industry\u2019s ability to acquire raw materials, spare parts and supplies to guarantee medicines for the National Health System, and limits the progress of research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The directors noted that the cost of inputs needed to manufacture candidate anti-COVID vaccines has increased. They must now be purchased through third countries, since usual suppliers have declined to continue doing business with Cuba for fear of U.S. reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The industry is affected every year in terms of research, manufacturing and marketing of its products, and academic and scientific exchange is limited. The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, for example, reported to Prensa Latina that, despite interest, it has not been able to export to the United States the medication Heberprot-p, the only treatment of its kind in the world for diabetic foot ulcers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.cubadebate.cu\/news\/2021\/04\/27\/blockade-disrupts-production-medicine-for-cubas-national-health-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CubaDebate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government\u2019s financial persecution of Cuba, added to the economic, commercial and financial blockade, limits the industry\u2019s operations and development Directors of Cuba\u2019s Biotechnological<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/blockade-disrupts-production-of-medicine-for-cubas-national-health-system\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":4290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-aggression"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8508,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/in-cubas-report-us-blockade-comes-off-as-weapon-of-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":4289,"position":0},"title":"In Cuba\u2019s Report, US Blockade Comes Off as Weapon of War","author":"Editorial Team","date":"October 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo by\u00a0Jeremy Stewardson Cuba\u2019s foreign ministry annually reports on the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba and its recent impact mostly in order to enlighten delegates of the United Nations General Assembly prior to voting on a Cuban resolution.\u00a0\u00a0For 31 consecutive years the General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution claiming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-at-23.06.16-1.png?fit=677%2C428&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-at-23.06.16-1.png?fit=677%2C428&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-at-23.06.16-1.png?fit=677%2C428&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8550,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/in-cubas-report-us-blockade-comes-off-as-weapon-of-war-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4289,"position":1},"title":"In Cuba\u2019s Report, US Blockade Comes Off as Weapon of War","author":"Editorial Team","date":"December 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuba\u2019s foreign ministry annually reports on the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba and its recent impact mostly in order to enlighten delegates of the United Nations General Assembly prior to voting on a Cuban resolution.\u00a0\u00a0For 31 consecutive years the General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution claiming \u201cthe necessity to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/nina-contra-bloqueo-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5170,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/despite-worldwide-opposition-biden-extends-law-sustaining-the-blockade\/","url_meta":{"origin":4289,"position":2},"title":"Despite worldwide opposition, Biden extends law sustaining the blockade","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, September 7, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed another one-year extension of the Trading with the Enemy Act, one of the statutes that sustain the economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. 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