Cuban 'scorpion' drug cleared for Jamaica

Cuban 'scorpion' drug cleared for Jamaica
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, September 13, 2012

MONTHS after Cuban government representatives introduced cancer-fighting drug Vidatox to Jamaican distributors, the item is to be sold here soon.

A team from the Cuban drug company Labiofam is in Jamaica to tie up a deal with a major local distributor, following approval given by the Ministry of Health.

"We are close to signing an agreement with a large distributor," Dr Carmen Morales Paneque, specialist in clinical trials at Labiofam told the Jamaica Observer in an interview.

"We registered Vidatox here on June 18, and we have received approval from Jamaica's Ministry of Health so now we are here to sign contracts with that distributor, which I am sure will happen before we leave Jamaica.

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