Cuban Pharmaceutical

Cuba resumes production of cytostatic drugs

Cuba resumes production of cytostatic drugs

The AICA Laboratories plant restarts operations after an investment that expands its capacity, guaranteeing cancer medications for the Cuban people

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Photo: Prensa Latina

In a context of severe economic limitations and a tightening of the blockade, Cuba takes a decisive step to support care for cancer patients. The AICA Laboratories cytostatic drug plant restarted its production operations after completing an investment process aimed at expanding its capacity, news that reaffirms the Cuban State’s commitment to prioritizing the life and health of its people.
The president of BioCubaFarma, Mayda Mauri Pérez, welcomed the Minister of Public Health, José Angel Portal Miranda, to the facility during a visit that highlighted the integrated work between the biopharmaceutical industry, the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), and the Cuban government—a key factor in achieving this reactivation despite the current complex situation.
According to a Facebook post by the biopharmaceutical group, during the tour, specialists explained that the restart is a phased and controlled process, in which each production phase is activated gradually to ensure technological stability and the quality of the medications.
The plant, now with increased capacity, is responsible for supplying 16 cytostatic drugs to the National Program for the Care of Cancer Patients. Production will resume prioritizing those medications of greatest clinical criticality, according to the schedules agreed upon with the Ministry of Public Health.
Attending the restart of operations at the cytostatic drug plant of Laboratorios AICA, Portal Miranda noted that, despite economic constraints, its reopening will contribute to ensuring the availability of medications for cancer treatment.
For her part, Mayda Mauri Pérez emphasized the current situation and highlighted the strong alliance between the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors as an essential pillar for maintaining the supply of cancer medications to the Cuban population, despite the intensification of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States.
The visit also included the participation of oncologists, who exchanged views with management on therapeutic priorities, thus ensuring that production directly responds to the clinical needs of patients.
The reactivation of this plant is not an isolated event: it is a clear example of how the Cuban biotechnology industry and the public health system work in complete partnership, under a single objective: guaranteeing the availability of essential medications at the most critical time. In a country facing shortages induced from abroad, each drug produced in this plant represents sovereignty, hope and a commitment to the right to health for all Cubans.

Raul Castro

Raúl Castro 95th Birthday

Cuban Sovereignty

Cuba must be respected

Cuba must be respected

Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, delivered the message sent by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, who expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the solidarity of our people and friends around the world, and assured them that as long as he lives, he will continue leading our people, defending the Revolution, and with one foot firmly in the stirrup.

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Photo: Dunia Álvarez

250,000 Havana residents, representing the Cuban people, gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune to condemn the manipulated and unjust accusation against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, Leader of the Revolution, and to support the Declaration of the Revolutionary Government.
Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, delivered the message sent by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, who expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the solidarity of our people and friends around the world, and assured them that as long as he lives, he will continue to march at the forefront of our people, defending the Revolution and standing firm.

Photo: Video screenshot

In that regard, Hernández Nordelo declared that the imperialists, “do not forgive us for the humility they cannot destroy. Against our high morale, they incite all kinds of plans, always allied with lies and terrorism against this land.”
The Cuban combatant recalled the recent provocations by the United States Secretary of State on May 20th, whose speech—far from having the intended effect—”has generated contempt and indignation among cowards.” In response to these maneuvers, he affirmed that, from our National Apostle, whom we paid tribute to just hours ago on the 131st anniversary of his day of combat, we learned that “monster” is the precise definition to reflect what is orchestrated within the bowels of the empire.
Hernández Nordelo, one of the Five Heroes imprisoned by the empire, bluntly exposed the truth known from those northern lands and recalled that between 1994 and 1996 Cuba suffered more than 25 serious violations of its airspace, and that our country publicly and officially warned the United States, even sending direct messages to the then-president.

PhotPhoto: Dunia Álvarez

“Therefore, Cuba’s response to the repeated aggression against its airspace constituted an act of legitimate self-defense.” It is an inalienable right of every nation and an obligation to ensure the safety of its citizens.
He questioned the hypocrisy of the empire: “Would the United States allow its airspace to be violated in a hostile and provocative manner? Of course not. They themselves would act with the use of force.”
The national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution was emphatic when referring to the revolutionary leader, Raúl Castro: “The young man who jumped the Moncada Barracks without fear of death. The Granma expeditionary, the one who went to fight against an army with barely seven men, the one who founded the Second Eastern Front and changed the lives of the peasants. Fidel’s most faithful follower, capable of serving, demanding, and loving.”

PhotoPhoto: Dunia Álvarez

Nordelo closed his remarks with the declaration of principles that Cuba reaffirms its commitment to peace, “and its firm determination to exercise the inalienable right to legitimate self-defense. No one will take that right from us.”
“The Cuban people reaffirm their unwavering determination to defend the Homeland and the Revolution, and with the utmost strength ratify their absolute and firm command of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, as declared by the Revolutionary Government and as is being demonstrated in every corner of the nation.”
During the commemoration of the revolutionary leader’s 95th birthday, attendees reaffirmed that neither threats, nor blockade, nor energy embargo, nor false accusations will be able to break the will of an entire people in defense of their Revolution.

PhoPPhoto: José Manuel Correa
PhotPhoto: José Manuel Correa

 

Blockade of Cuba

Cuban President denounces the impact of the blockade on the worsening energy situation in the country

Cuban President denounces the impact of the blockade on the worsening energy situation in the country

The Cuban president stated that this dramatic worsening has a single cause: “the genocidal energy blockade to which the U.S. subjects our country, threatening irrational tariffs on any nation that supplies us with fuel”

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Photo: Osval

“The situation of the National Electric System has been particularly tense in recent days. A deficit of more than 2,000 MW is forecast for today during peak demand hours,” stated Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, on his social media account this Wednesday.
The Cuban president stated that this dramatic worsening has a single cause: “the genocidal energy blockade that the U.S. subjects our country to, threatening with irrational tariffs any nation that supplies us with fuel.”
In this regard, he pointed out that this Wednesday, for example, the amount of power lost in Cuba due to fuel shortages caused by this criminal blockade reached 1,100 MW.
“The best demonstration of what we are saying is the significant improvement in service during the month of April. The arrival of just one fuel ship to a Cuban port, out of the minimum of eight needed each month, allowed us to reduce the deficit and, consequently, the blackouts, which, although they did not disappear entirely, were mitigated,” he emphasized.
He also recalled that in recent days, U.S. media outlets serving the belligerent agenda of that country’s federal agencies expressed bewilderment at the heroic resistance of the Cuban people and the firmness and unwavering unity of our government. “They have had to acknowledge that, despite the brutal measures of economic and energy strangulation decreed by the US, Cuba remains standing; it is not a failed state.”
“They are thereby admitting that the crisis gripping us is the result of the severe economic war they are waging against us and the energy persecution.”
In short, Díaz-Canel explained, what the spokespeople for the U.S. regime are trying to portray to the world as a direct consequence of mismanagement by the Cuban government is, in reality, the result of a perverse plan intended to push the people’s shortages and hardships to extreme levels.
“Neither the blockade imposed more than six decades ago, nor the 243 tightened measures imposed by the previous Trump administration, could destroy the Revolution.”
That is why they adopted an executive order that completely blocks fuel supplies to Cuba and another that persecutes and penalizes those who trade or invest on the island. It is a perverse scheme whose main objective is to inflict suffering on the entire Cuban people, to hold them hostage and turn them against the government, the President stated.
In this regard, he recalled how the easing of some measures of the blockade a few years ago demonstrated, without a doubt, how much the people of Cuba and the United States, trade relations between the two countries, and the economic and social development of our nation could benefit from this draconian policy.
“A small group of far-right extremists, who have hijacked the policy toward Cuba and deliberately and cynically lie or spread misinformation about the Cuban reality, while demanding more suffocation and threats against our people, fear this improvement,” he added.
“Our response remains the same: always open to dialogue on equal terms, we will continue to resist and build, increasingly convinced that it is up to us to overcome enormous difficulties through our own efforts, united as a nation, and resolute in facing the toughest challenges,” Díaz-Canel