According to the Cuban website www.cubadebate.cu, one of the lines of work
of Cuban scientists has been to widen the national production of
antineoplastic and complementary drugs, and new biotechnological products.

Local researches confirm that Cuba has the potential to avoid more than
10,000 new cases per year by means of prevention programs, which play a
significant role in this regard, though there is a higher incidence rate
of this disease due to alcoholism, smoking, and bad feeding habits.

Last week Cuba and China signed joint agreements in the field of
biotechnology for the development of vaccines and other biomedical
products, including bilateral prevention, early diagnosis, and cancer
control actions.

The Caribbean island is also taking forward cooperation programs with
Brazil in order to produce cheaper medicines for world markets, if
compared with prices imposed by the international pharmaceutical industry,
without decreasing the quality of the products.

Annually, cancer takes the lives of about 18,000 people and results in
nearly 28,000 new cases in the national territory.