U.S. research institution creates biotech joint venture at Mariel

Source : Johannes Werner Wed Sep 26, 03:35 pm EST
While the small Roswell Park biotech joint venture is neither the first U.S. venture at Mariel, and commercialization of the drug is — at best — years and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of testing away, its creation is significant. Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance S.A. is not only the first U.S.-Cuban biotech joint venture, but it is taking shape amid tightening U.S. sanctions. Previous Top Stories

Economy

U.S. food export conference planned for Havana

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Companies

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Politics

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LIFESTYLES

Tony Zamora, 1941-2018

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BLOG TICKER

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Data & Maps

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