BioCubaFarma
{{Short description|State-run biotech organization in Cuba}}
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| hq_location = Avenida Independencia No. 8126
| hq_location_city = Havana
| hq_location_country = Cuba
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BioCubaFarma is a Cuban state-run biotechnology organization.{{Cite web|title=BioCubaFarma constituye el principal grupo empresarial del sector biofarmacéutico cubano|url=https://www.fiiapp.org/en/biocubafarma-constituye-principal-grupo-empresarial-del-sector-biofarmaceutico-cubano/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-28|website=www.fiiapp.org|date=23 June 2020 |language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925164408/https://www.fiiapp.org/en/biocubafarma-constituye-principal-grupo-empresarial-del-sector-biofarmaceutico-cubano/ |archive-date=2020-09-25 }} It is responsible for roughly 50% of all Cuban research activities.{{Cite journal|last1=Guzmán-Sánchez|first1=Maria Victoria|last2=Piñón-Lora|first2=Maybel|last3=Villaseñor-García|first3=Elio Atenógenes|last4=Jiménez-Andrade|first4=José Luis|last5=Carrillo-Calvet|first5=Humberto|date=2018-06-01|title=Characterization of the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry from collaborative networks|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2719-5|journal=Scientometrics|language=en|volume=115|issue=3|pages=1533–1548|doi=10.1007/s11192-018-2719-5|s2cid=255007864 |issn=1588-2861|url-access=subscription}} It was created by government decree in 2012, from a variety of already existing organizations.{{Cite web|title=Cuban experience with local production of medicines, technology transfer and improving access to health|url=https://www.who.int/phi/publications/Cuba_case_study121115.pdf|url-status=live|page=27|publisher=World Health Organization|date=2015|accessdate=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611054718/https://www.who.int/phi/publications/Cuba_case_study121115.pdf |archive-date=2020-06-11 }}{{cite book |last1=Cárdenas O´Farrill |first1=Andrés |title=Cooperation Networks and Economic Development: Cuba's High-Tech Potential |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |location=London & New York |isbn=9781138558984 |pages=290–291 |edition=1st |url=https://www.routledge.com/Cooperation-Networks-and-Economic-Development-Cubas-High-Tech-Potential/OFarrill/p/book/9781138558984 |access-date=12 January 2022}}
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External links
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Category:2012 establishments in Cuba
Category:COVID-19 vaccine producers
Category:Medical and health organizations based in Cuba
Category:Biotechnology companies of Cuba
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