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Cuba Begins Export of Medical Product Deriving from Scorpions’ Toxin.

By Xelcis Presno   
CUBA, May 7, 2011.-  Cuba begun to export Vidatox, a medical product for cancer therapy derived from a toxin found in scorpions, as announced by José Antonio Fraga, the director of the Havana-based Pharmaceutical and Biological Laboratory (Labiofam), which produces the medicine.

Fraga explained that the substance is extracted from the Rhopalurus junceus, also known as red scorpion, which is an indigenous species of Cuba.

Speaking to reporters during the inauguration of a new facility for the production of Vimang, a natural antioxidant obtained from the bark of the mango tree, Fraga highlighted the existing good prospects for the commercialization of Vidatox.

Labiofam’s products are already present in all continents and the group has other manufacturing plants abroad: one in China and two in Viet Nam. The director of the institution added that Labiofam is currently working to strengthen a national program for the industrial production of dietetic supplements and natural components. (Cubaminrex-RHC)